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1 1 In This Issue 1. 10 Years of Triple P: Looking Back 2. HFCC 2012 3. 2012 Training 4. UNODC Compilation 5. Options for Accrediting 6. Q & A with Prof. Matt Sanders 7. Triple P Tip 8. Infant Tip Sheets TRIPLE P POSITIVE PARENTING PROGRAM Vancouver Island Triple P Newsletter Issue 12 Winter 2013 10 Years of Triple P: Looking Back at the Evolution of Triple P on Vancouver Island It was 2003 when Vancouver Island began exploring the implications and possibilities of Triple P outcomes when applied to a large population and to how well the Triple P “system” fit with the growing vision of services to address childhood health and wellbeing. And, it’s been 5 years since the Islandwide rollout was completed. Here’s a recap of how Triple P has evolved on Vancouver Island: In the spring of 2004, VIHA piloted Triple P training and implementation in the community of Port Alberni, training practitioners across Ministries, agencies and services. Following a positive evaluation of that pilot, two largescale training opportunities were offered throughout Island communities (north from Cowichan to Port Hardy and west to Tofino and Gold River) between 2005 and 2007. Implementation was supported such that each community developed its own structures (e.g. community network meetings) to offer the whole “system” of Triple P programs in a cooperative and collaborative manner. VIHA supplied the Triple P program resources and materials at no cost to communities in order to facilitate communitywide implementation. A second evaluation of this expansion of Triple P, also demonstrating positive outcomes was completed and in 2008 new funding was committed by the Ministry of Child and Family Development, and expansion to the South Island occurred. Following the 2008 training, a commitment was made on the part of both VIHA and MCFD to continue to partner in the funding and sustainability of Triple P on Vancouver Island. As a result, we have continued to support Islandwide coordination of the program, the provision of Triple P resource materials to organizations for use with families, and Triple P training to support the current capacity to offer Triple P services in Vancouver Island communities. Since that time, a small round of training was offered in the fall of 2010 involving all Island communities, and finally, a round of training for all Island communities was completed in November of 2012 . Cont’d on pg. 2

Transcript of VI Triple P Newsletter Issue 12.pub

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In This Issue  

1.  10 Years of Triple P:          Looking Back     2.  HFCC 2012   3.  2012 Training    4.  UNODC Compilation   5.   Options for Accrediting   6.  Q & A with Prof. Matt  

Sanders   7.  Triple P Tip   8.    Infant Tip Sheets  

TRIPLE P POSITIVE PARENTING PROGRAM Vancouver Island Triple P Newsletter Issue 12 Winter 2013

10 Years of Triple P: Looking Back at the Evolution of Triple P on Vancouver Island

It was 2003 when Vancouver Island began exploring the implications and possibilities of Triple P outcomes when applied to a large population and to how well the Triple P “system” fit with the growing vision of services to address childhood health and well‐being.  And, it’s been 5 years since the Island‐wide roll‐out was completed.  Here’s a recap of how Triple P has evolved on Vancouver Island:  In the spring of 2004, VIHA piloted Triple P training and implementation in the community of Port Alberni, training practitioners across Ministries, agencies and services. Following a positive evaluation of that pilot, two large‐scale training opportunities were offered throughout Island commu‐nities (north from Cowichan to Port Hardy and west to Tofino and Gold River) between 2005 and 2007. Implementation was supported such that each community developed its own structures (e.g. community network meetings) to offer the whole “system” of Triple P programs in a coopera‐tive and collaborative manner. VIHA supplied the Triple P program re‐sources and materials at no cost to communities in order to facilitate community‐wide implementation. A second evaluation of this expansion of Triple P, also demonstrating positive outcomes was completed and in 2008 new funding was committed by the Ministry of Child and Family De‐velopment, and expansion to the South Island occurred.  Following the 2008 training, a commitment was made on the part of both VIHA and MCFD to continue to partner in the funding and sustainability of Triple P on Vancouver Island.  As a result, we have continued to support Island‐wide coordination of the program, the provision of Triple P resource ma‐terials to organizations for use with families, and Triple P training to sup‐port the current capacity to offer Triple P services in Vancouver Island communities.  Since that time, a small round of training was offered in the fall of 2010 involving all Island communities, and finally, a round of train‐ing for all Island communities was completed in November of 2012 .      Cont’d on pg. 2  

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The 15th Annual HFCC will bring together leaders in parenting and family issues to address the theme Every family: enhancing outcomes for vulnerable chil‐dren, families, and communi‐ties.  It will be held at The Omni Los Angeles Hotel, California Plaza from 13 – 15 February, 2013.   Keynote speakers include Pro‐fessor Matt Sanders, founder of the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program, Professor Emilie Phil‐lips Smith, co‐author of Pre‐venting Youth Violence in a Multicultural Society, and Pro‐fessor David L. Kirp, author of Kids First: Five Big Ideas for Transforming the Lives of Chil‐dren.   This is an invaluable conference for practitioners, policy makers and researchers working with families in the health, educa‐tion and welfare sectors, and to graduate students with an in‐terest in child and family issues.  

Cont’d from pg. 1 Looking Back  Essentially, the program is a partnership between VIHA Child Youth and Family Program, the Ministry for Children and Family Development, com‐munity agencies, and Vancouver Island School Districts.  VIHA and MCFD financially contribute equal amounts to the sustainability of Triple P on Van‐couver Island.  Practitioners trained in Triple P courses are now situated in almost every community on Vancouver Island. Over the years, well over 700 practitioners have been trained in at least one Triple P course, and many have been trained in two or more courses resulting in more than 1000 training spaces since 2004.  With high attrition rates being characteristic of the workforce on the Island,  bi‐annual training is necessary to maintain an adequate num‐ber of practitioners to meet the demand for Triple P services and to provide equitable access to service across the Island.  VIHA and MCFD as well as many non‐profit agencies have made significant commitments since the introduction of Triple P to the Island, including sub‐stantial monetary investments to the implementation and support of Triple P at a population level.  Evaluation to date has shown that this investment is meeting and exceeding goals and objectives and Triple P continues to be supported by all our partner agencies. Thank you to all our partners for your ongoing work with Vancouver Island families and for your ongoing use of Triple P as a system for providing support.                     Cindy Knott                     Vancouver Island Triple P Coordinator   

      

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UNODC Compilation of  Evidence‐Based Family Skills Training Programs 

The United Nations has pub‐lished the above e‐book, de‐signed to provide policymakers, programme managers, non‐governmental organizations and others interested in implement‐ing family skills training pro‐grams with a review of existing evidence‐based family skills training programs.   In this docu‐ment, Triple P is rated by the UNODC as their number one rec‐ommendation as an evidence‐based program.  To see the full report, go to:  http://www.unodc.org/docs/youthnet/Compilation/10‐50018_Ebook.pdf.  As you will see, this publication lists those programs regarded, on the basis of randomized control trials, as having had positive results. The programmes appear in descend‐ing order of the level of scientific evidence on which they are based. It also states that the UNODC strongly recommends practitioners, clinicians and oth‐ers working in the area of pre‐vention to use evidence‐based programmes rather than start developing their own from scratch. 

2012 Triple P Training Summary  Congratulations and welcome to our new Vancouver Island Accredited Tri‐ple P Practitioners.  In September of 2012, 60 practitioners from South, Cen‐tral and North Island: 19 Seminars Level 2 (15, 0 – 12 and 5, Teen); 22 Primary Care Level 2/3; and 19 Group, were trained.  In total, 55 participants were accredited in November: (19 Seminars; 14, 0 – 12, 5 Teen); 19 Primary Care; and 17 Group.  Practitioners accredited deliver services to families in South Island (aboriginal child welfare, not‐for‐profit agencies, military family resource, and SDs), Central Island (VIHA, SDs, not‐for‐profits, and MCFD), and North Island (VIHA, MCFD, SDs and not‐for‐profits).                 

DVD, Skype & Video Conference Accreditation

Please be advised that guidelines and hints for completing accreditation via DVD, Skype or Video Conference are now available on the Triple P  Provider Network.   To download a copy of these, log on at www.triplep.org and click on the Alternate Accreditation Guidelines & Hints menu item.  

 If you  are an accredited Triple P provider and do not already have a login, you can apply for online. Triple P Provider Network 

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Q and A with  Prof. Matt Sanders. 

Why is it important to use

reciprocal learning with parents?

Featured Triple P tip 

 

 Triple P Infant Tip Sheets 

For accredited Triple P practitioners, we now have available, three revised tip sheets from the Infant Tip Sheet Series:  Promoting Development, Sleep Patterns, and Crying.  To order, please contact Cindy Knott,  Vancouver Island Triple P Coordinator, at [email protected].  

Each of the parenting skills that we teach to parents has to be jus‐tifiable from a child’s perspective, says Professor Matt Sanders in this month’s Q and A video blog.  When parents use the positive parenting skills they’ve learned, children are also learning how to respond appropriately to what their parent is doing.  Learn more about how to make the most of reciprocal learning on the Triple P Provider Network.  Log on at www.triplep.org. Go to Your Questions Answered and click on Watch Q and A with Prof. Matt Sanders.  If you do not al‐ready have a login, you can apply for one online.