{"id":37023,"date":"2021-04-02T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/building-resilience-through-strengthening-families-3\/"},"modified":"2023-06-13T13:18:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T21:18:29","slug":"building-resilience-through-strengthening-families-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/building-resilience-through-strengthening-families-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing Child Abuse &amp; Neglect through Strengthening Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p>April is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.childwelfare.gov\/topics\/preventing\/preventionmonth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Child Abuse Prevention Month<\/a>, dedicated to recognizing the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Alaska Office of Children\u2019s Services, <a href=\"http:\/\/dhss.alaska.gov\/ocs\/Pages\/statistics\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 3,000 cases of child abuse and neglect have been reported statewide in the past 12 months<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>A research-based framework called Strengthening Families can increase the well-being of children and families in Alaska. The idea behind Strengthening Families is that by increasing family strengths, child development is enhanced and the likelihood of child abuse and neglect is significantly reduced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cssp.org\/our-work\/project\/strengthening-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px\" src=\"https:\/\/threadalaska.businesscatalyst.com\/images\/content\/thread\/blog\/5_protective_factors.jpg?Action=thumbnail&amp;algorithm=fill_proportional&amp;width=391\" width=\"391\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Strengthening Families is based on engaging families, programs and communities in building five protective factors:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/586370cec534a5dbdedba846\/t\/58b9c3c3725e25152213ce6f\/1488569284200\/SF+Parental+Resilience+3-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parental resilience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/586370cec534a5dbdedba846\/t\/58b9c40317bffc990c57e1d7\/1488569348537\/SF+Social+Connections+3-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social connections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/586370cec534a5dbdedba846\/t\/58b9c4336a496359fbd066e2\/1488569396647\/SF+Knowledge+of+parenting+and+child+development+03+2013_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Knowledge of parenting and child development<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/586370cec534a5dbdedba846\/t\/58b9c53bbf629a6755bc067d\/1488569660463\/SF+Concrete+support+in+times+of+need+03+2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Concrete support in times of need<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/586370cec534a5dbdedba846\/t\/58b9c6d68419c262e9d833f9\/1488570071452\/SF+Social+Emotional.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social and emotional competence of children<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Through this Strengthening Families model (see sidebar) families receive guidance in building their family strengths in an environment that promotes optimal child development.<\/p>\n<p>There are many ways to build on these protective factors. For example, parents can build social connections by joining a parent group, or practice parental resilience by taking quiet time to re-energize.<\/p>\n<p>Working together, we can all increase the well-being of children and families in Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Strengthening Families, check out these websites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childwelfare.gov\/topics\/preventing\/preventionmonth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Department of Health &amp; Human Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dhss.alaska.gov\/ocs\/Pages\/families\/goals.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strengthening Families Alaska<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StrengtheningFamiliesAlaska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strengthening Families Alaska Facebook page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpcfairbanks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Resource Center for Parents and Children (Fairbanks)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juneaufamilies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JuneauFamilies.org (Juneau)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_tags":[],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37023","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reducing Child Abuse &amp; Neglect through Strengthening Families - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/building-resilience-through-strengthening-families-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reducing Child Abuse &amp; Neglect through Strengthening Families - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, dedicated to recognizing the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect. 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