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In this issue of our newsletter, you
will learn about important new studies and reports
on the billions of dollars that are being spent on
the treatment and management of abused and
neglected children, and the shockingly lesser
amount of federal funding that is being made
available for services like parenting education
that can help prevent child abuse in the first
place.
Thanks are in order to NEPI's Outreach
Coordinator, Don Schilling, for scripting this
important distillation article.
Then you will find an article
entitled, Helping Families, by NEPI
Advisory Board member, Dr. Caron B. Goode, which
provides comparisons between two approaches to
educating America's parents, the individual
coaching of parents, and the more traditional,
group-delivered parenting education. Caron
provides illuminating contrasts in terms of the
backgrounds and preparation of parent coaches and
educators, emphasizing the entrepreneurial
outlooks that are needed, and especially among
parent coaches.
The third article amplifies on one
aspect of being a successful parenting
entrepreneur, Informing and Educating the Public
Through the Media. This is
the second in the series of articles on marketing
parenting services by NEPI Advisory Board member,
Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE. Once again
Jody provides sound practical guidance
("do-or-die" secrets) to help bring the important
work of parenting professionals and agencies to
the attention of wider audiences.
We encourage your comments on these
articles and your suggestions for future
articles.
You can share and suggest by writing me at
kalvy@ciccparenting.org.
This issue also highlights three new
books by members of NEPI's Advisory Board
(see below). These are available to NEPI
members at a discount. While
clicking on the books of your choice and
purchasing them, be sure to add your member number
when you check out in order to get your 10%
discount. If you have miss placed that number,
contact Gary Oltman at gary@ciccparenting.org to
obtain it.
Good reading and good
luck!
Kerby T. Alvy, Ph.D.,
NEPI Founder and Board of
Advisors
The Case Against Adolescence
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New Reports Highlight Funding
Inadequacies
by Don Schilling
 Prevent Child
Abuse America (PCAA) estimates the costs of
child abuse and neglect to society were nearly $104
billion during 2007.
In a report that was presented at a press
conference in Washington DC on January 29, 2008,
Total Estimated Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect
in the United States, PCAA stated, "the
$103.8 billion cost of child abuse and neglect
includes more than $33 billion in direct costs for
foster care services, hospitalization, mental health
treatment, and law enforcement. Indirect costs of
over $70 billion include loss of productivity, as
well as expenditures related to chronic health
problems, special education, and the criminal
justice system."
A companion report, Time for Reform:
Investing in Prevention, Keeping Children Safe At
Home, by Kids Are Waiting (KAW), a project
of The Pew Charitable Trusts, pointed out the
unavailability of federal child welfare funding for
programs and services known to be effective at
reducing incidences of child abuse and neglect, such
as family counseling, emergency housing support,
referrals for drug treatment, and parenting
education classes.
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Helping Families: The Roles of Parent
Coaches and Parent
Educators
by Caron B. Goode,
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At first glance, the roles of
parent coach and parent educator appear to be one
in the same.
At second glance, it is easy to
see they are not.
While these professions share a
great many commonalities, they also share a great
many
differences.
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Informing and Educating the
Public Through the Media
by Jody Johnston Pawel,
LSW,
CFLE |
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You can use the media to
announce an event, get a feature story about your
program, educate the public on a special topic or
be interviewed as an expert. If you follow some
do-or-die secrets about working with the media,
your program shines and you will become a resource
the media calls repeatedly. If you don't, they
will know within seconds you are a newbie and
you'll be lucky to get a second chance to pitch
your idea.
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