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AVERT for Parents
Child
Abuse Prevention Program
In collaboration with the San Luis Obispo County Probation Department
in California
The
Avert Project for parents functions under the notion that unless a parent is
capable of honestly experiencing him/herself in the shoes of their child while
taking disciplinary action they run the risk of abusing their parental role and
inflicting harm on their child. Teaching parents how to have an empathic
response toward their children when disciplining is at the heart of this
program. Participants learn the
difference between feelings and behaviors and how they interact to contribute to
appropriate vs. dysfunctional parenting. Parents learn the significance of their anger and how to
manage it appropriately when parenting their children and relating to others. Participants are allowed to explore
their own histories of family abuse/violence and how that may have
contributed to the behavior that brought them to our program. Parents
will have the opportunity to share, process, and explore new ways of behaving
with their children and others that will exclude the need for abusive/violent
behavior while encouraging them to express themselves freely and appropriately.
Through the use of sophisticated role-reversal techniques the parents
learn what it’s like to walk in the shoes of their children and the powerful
effect they exert on their children when carrying out disciplinary action.
Useful
Information:
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Avert Team for Parents
From left to right:
Leonard Manzella, LCSW
Lynn Swanson, MFT
Mike Boretz, LCSW
Bruce West, M.A., D.P.O. |
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