Strenghtening Families Programme
The Strenghtining Families
Programme (SFP) is an internationally recognised parenting and family skills initiative
for high risk families. It was developed by Dr. Karol Kumpfer, a Professor of
Health Promotion and Education in the University of Utah. Initially, it was
designed as a prevention strategy for 6 - 12 year old high risk children of substance
abusing parents.
It has now developed as an evidence-based family skills training programme which
has been found through research to significantly reduce problem behaviours,
delinquency, alcohol and drug abuse in children. It has also been shown
to improve the families social competencies and child's school performance.
It reduces the risk of child neglect as parents strenghten the bonds they have
with their children and learn more effective parenting skills.
The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) along with fifteen other independant
studies have found positive results in the following key areas..
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