Announcing our new Customer Advisory
Board!
Do you enjoy sharing your opinions? Apply today for a spot
on our Customer Advisory Board (CAB)! This special group will
be periodically asked to participate in short surveys on anything
from specific APP products to projects were considering for development.
For information or to get started, go to: ActiveParenting.com/CAB
Leaders
share ideas in the new Leaders' Forum
Active Parenting's free, e-mail-based Leaders' Forum opened
in the summer of 2003 and already dozens of leaders have signed
up to exchange ideas. Recent topics include: recruiting participants,
working with foster parents and finding funds. To join the Forum,
just click
here and follow the directions.
Active
Parenting moves to new office
In August Active Parenting Publishers moved to a brand-new
office suite in nearby Kennesaw, Georgia. The new office features
a much larger warehouse for all the new resources we are creating.
Please note our new mailing address: 1955
Vaughn Rd. NW, Suite 108, Kennesaw, GA 30144-7808.
Open-captioned
videos now available
Several of our most popular video series are now available
with open captioning for the hearing-impaired, including Successful Parenting,
Families
Talk About..., and Windows: Healing and Helping
through Loss. Click
here for a complete list of our captioned videos.
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New studies
on parental influence
Two new studies funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA) show how parental factors influence an adolescent’s
decision to begin drug use. One surprising finding was that,
although family and peer factors had similar effects on males
and females, family monitoring and rules had a stronger protective
effect for males than females.
(For the complete report, go to www.health.org and request NIDA Notes, Vol. 18,
No. 2.)
Have you conducted evaluations of your
Active Parenting programs?
We know that there are many other quality organizations
such as the Business Training Institute who are offering Active
Parenting programs in their communities with great success. If
your organization has conducted independent evaluations, we encourage
you to share the results with us! Please send a copy of your
completed evaluations to Active Parenting's Product
Development Department. (Questions? Call Rachel Metzger at
800-825-0060 x101)
Kudos for Active
Parenting Now
The Active
Parenting Now program and its components continue to receive
acclaim from experts in the field. Here are some of the most
recent:
Winner! National
Council on Family Relations Media Award - First Place in
Category 10: Parenting Issues (Active Parenting Now Video
Library Tape #3: Effective Discipline)
"...the information is current and relevant to today's families,
and will be a terrific help for parents from single, dual, blended,
or multi-generational families."
-Video Librarian magazine, January 2003
Finalist, 2003
Association for Educational Publishers Book of the Year
Winner,
2003 Aegis Award for excellence in video production
"In this helpful series, parents learn 'communication
and nonviolent discipline techniques' that aim to create positive
changes in family dynamics. In tape one, viewers are introduced
to various parenting styles and meet four culturally diverse
families (blended families, single-parent households, etc.) who
appear in vignettes throughout the series. A problem-handling
model to foster better communication is presented in session
two, while the third video discusses responsibility, discipline
and choices. Effective title screens, diagrams, and illustrations
illuminate the fourth episode, which helps parents understand
and redirect negative behavior. Segment five stresses character
building, courage, and self-esteem, while the final title highlights
family meetings. The importance of having fun with your child
is emphasized throughout these useful programs that often contrast
differing parenting styles in the dramatizations."
-Nancy McCray
American Library Association's Booklist,
February 1, 2003
