Qualitative Analysis of the Parents Anonymous® California Parent & Youth Helpline®
The Covid-19 Pandemic introduced unique stressors into the lives of California parents and youth. In an effort to mitigate some of those stressors, Parents Anonymous® launched...
Emotional support helplines are a longstanding strategy for supporting parents, but few studies have measured how much these programs work to address negative feelings in parents. Drawing on a sample of 281 helpline calls from parents to the California Parent and...
In the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse, Supported Evidence-Based Parents Anonymous® positively impacts Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Parenting. Parents Anonymous® is effective in addressing child safety and the prevention...
A study published in Children and Youth Services Review (May 2021) by Cynthia Burnson, Sarah Covington, Bertha Arvizo, Jun Qiao (Evident Change), and Elizabeth Harris (Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation) examined the role of Parents Anonymous®...
“Effectively Preventing and Treating Child Abuse and Neglect by Strengthening Families: Evaluation Brief 2016-2019,” October 2019. Dr. Andrew Ainsworth, Center for Assessment, Research & Evaluation, California State University Northridge....
“Development and Validation of a Wraparound Parent Partner Fidelity Tool,” Social Work Research. June 4, 2013. Polinsky et. al. This groundbreaking research is the only research of its kind to ensure the role of the Wraparound Parent Partner in thousands of programs...
Parents Anonymous® Group (Rating 3, Relevance to Child Welfare) in The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare. This premier Clearinghouse with scientific review and clinical relevance lists evidence-based programs based on published, peer-reviewed...
“Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect: A National Evaluation of Parents Anonymous® Groups,” Child Welfare, Vol. 89, No. 6, 43-62 (2010), Polinsky et. al. and the National Council on Crime & Delinquency, Final Report to Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...
“Parents Anonymous® Outcome Evaluation: Promising Findings for Child Maltreatment Reduction.” Journal of Juvenile Justice, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 33-47. (2011), Polinsky et. al. The results of the National study conducted by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency...
Pathways to Shared Leadership® (2005). Shared Leadership® in Action Program Explores focuses on improved parent leadership and practice strategies, increased program effectiveness and meaningful systems change. There are seven components of Shared Leadership® in...