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Program Objectives
The ultimate objectives of the programs are to:
- Stop the intergenerational cycle of child abuse in families by building nurturing parenting skills.
- Reduce the rate of recidivism in families receiving social services.
- Reduce the rate of juvenile delinquency among high-risk youth.
- Reduce the rate of alcohol abuse in high-risk families.
- Lower the rate of multiple pregnancies among teenage girls.
To compete with the negative impact of inappropriate parenting, the following intermediate objectives form the basis of the programs' activities:
- Develop positive self-concept and self-esteem in all family members.
- Build an empathic awareness of the needs of others.
- Teach alternatives to hitting and yelling.
- Increase family members' awareness of their own and each other's needs, strengths, and weaknesses.
- Increase family members' awareness of the developmental needs of other family members.
- Increase communication and expressiveness within the family.
- Help parents substitute nurturing behaviors for abusive ones.
- Teach family members to promote healthy physical and emotional development for themselves and others.
- Build family support and cohesion.
- Help family members learn to have fun together.
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