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Programs Offered

Changing Destructive Adolescent Behavior

The only program of its kind in the country, in that it focuses on the most destructive of adolescent behaviors.

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Loving Solutions

A guide for parents with difficult younger children, ages five to ten.

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Who We Are

Parent Project Mission Statement

Our mission is to develop parent training programs for parents raising difficult or out-of-control children. We are committed to providing highly effective programs that are affordable for every parent.

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Educators

Why the Parent Project?

As an educator, no one is more in tune with the issues surrounding high-risk youth than you. Teen drug use, youth gangs, school violence, failing grades, truancy, and classroom discipline, are just a few of the problems teachers face every day.

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Juvenile Courts and Probation

Choosing the Right Model

There are two basic types of parent training programs, prevention and intervention models. Of the parent training programs in existence today, the overwhelming majority are prevention models. Prevention programs focus on the future. Intervention models focus on current behaviors, with need-based intervention techniques and specific skill development for parents.

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Law Enforcement

The Quintessential “COPS” Program

The Parent Project is a community police program developed in Los Angeles County. In the Parent Project model, law enforcement officers work directly with parents to help improve adolescent children’s school attendance and performance, reduce family conflict, curb drug and alcohol use, prevent runaways, stop violent behavior and develop strong in-home prevention and intervention strategies for youth gang involvement.

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Mental Health

    • Do parents of high-risk youth see your practice as an effective resource in helping them cope with their out-of-control children?
    • Are you interested in ways to diversify your practice or expand your agency’s visibility?
    • Are you searching for new methods to link with the referral sources in your community (schools, probation, courts, law enforcement, etc.)?

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Community Based Organizations & Christian Ministries

Why the Parent Project?

Whether you work for a Community Based Organization or Christian Ministry, no one knows the needs of your community like you. Working directly with families, you see first hand the problems parents face raising children in today’s complex society.

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