Program Outcome: Child/Family Well-Being

Children 5 -15 months and their families

Parents and caregivers (e.g., grandparents and other relatives raising young children, foster parents, and adoptive parents) of children birth to 10 years old, as well as pregnant mothers and their spouses or partners

Children in grades K-5, their parents/guardians, and personnel at the children’s school

Disadvantaged families with mothers with children eighteen months old and younger; families can include teenage parents, parents with mental health problems, those with child protection and/or substance abuse issues, or those experiencing poverty

Families with children/teens with disorders of attachment and trauma. Typically adopted and foster children, those who meet the DSM-V criteria for Reactive Attachment Disorder, and trauma-related diagnoses, and those who meet the clinical criteria for Complex Trauma (aka Developmental Trauma Disorder)

Primary Prevention use: Families with children aged 0-5 years. Secondary Prevention use: Families with children aged 0-5 years who have risk factors for child maltreatment such as parental depression or substance abuse

Universal populations (all children) including those with more serious behavior problems and/or cognitive challenges

Parents of families who have been reported to the child welfare system for child maltreatment including physical and emotional maltreatment in addition to child neglect; may be used as a court-ordered parenting program

Parents with learning difficulties who are the main caregivers of a child less than five years old

Parents with learning differences whose children are at risk of being neglected due to parenting skill deficiencies including parents who learn best with a step-by-step approach, such parents with learning difficulties related to intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, low literacy, and acquired brain injury. The program may be helpful to all parents, other caregivers, and babysitters who need to learn parenting and child-care skills.