The book presents a concise review of what is known and not known about parent education and family support programs as vehicles for preventing child maltreatment. It also reviews the literature regarding the various approaches of parent education, areas of focus, assumptions underlying parent education and the published curricula that are available and widely used. In addition, it examines: (1) evaluation for the prevention educator; (2) measurement tools for self-evaluation; (3) diverse parent education efforts; (4) case studies and key components of successful parent education programs; (5) a case study in outcome evaluation; (6) a policy agenda for child maltreatment prevention; (7) topical briefs for the practitioner; and (8) the good beginnings curriculum. Tables, figures, appendixes, references, index