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1 | P a g eName: Samy A.Date: March 11, 2018Instructor: Dr. Bradley GrahamCourse: TCRIM 371 Helping Skills Project Study Paper-HopeSparksHopeSparks is a place where there goal it to strengthen families by inspiring courage and confidence to make a lasting change through the five behavioral programs. These five behavioral programs help children and families who have faced trauma, abuse and overwhelming life challenges. The company was founded in 1895, within that time span their primary focus has remained unchanged where they address the needs of children and families in our community with the intended goal of creating strong families and lasting change. HopeSparks stick to their 5 values, Infinite worth of Individuals where every …show more content…
Services included within this program consist of Promoting First Relationships (PFR), Positive Parenting Program (Triple P), Readiness to Learn (RTL) and Incredible Years® Parenting Program. PFR is an evidence-based training program that is dedicated to promoting children’s social-emotional development through responsive, nurturing caregiver-child relationships. Furthermore, the staff at HopeSparks uses practical, in-depth, effective strategies for promoting secure and healthy relationships between caregivers and young children, from birth to three years old. In addition, Positive Parenting Program is one of the most effective evidence-based parenting programs in the world. Triple P gives parents simple and practical strategies to help them confidently manage their children’s behavior, promote healthy development and strengthen the parent-child relationship. What I found interesting is that Triple P is currently used in 25 countries and has been shown to work across cultures, socio-economic groups and in many different kinds of family structures.All in all, my experience at HopeSparks was rather very informing and important to know because there are families out there who are in need of help but lack the knowledge and resources to get that. HopeSparks truly provided an exceptional programs/services for children and families out there. There are many services/programs that they provide that can meet ones need in improving an individual’s state whether its attendance, mental health, eating disorders etc... I believe that in order to see a higher percentage of improvements there needs to be more of an awareness created that way it will guide people on where to