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communications, provide nurturance, and guide their children into age-appropriate behavior, have better developmental outcomes than children reared using authoritarian or permissive parenting styles? Children reared by highly demanding parents who require instant obedience and utilize severe punishments may rear children with Iow self-esteem, an absence of confidence, and who are at risk of rebellion? In contrast, permissive or indifferent parents - parents who are not interested in their children's life, disproportionately rear children who are impulsive, aggressive, and less than responsible.4 Such youth also display Iow self-reliance, Iow self-control and Iow maturity.5 Parents who are characterized by Iow income, migrant status, and other special characteristics also experience unique child-rearing problems. In this regard, CHCADA will provide parenting skills training for the parents of youth participating in Fue/~as Unidas. The curriculum that will be used for this course is the highly regarded Parenting Skills Workshop Series.6 Figure 14 below summarize~ some of the topics that will be covered in this curriculum. Figure 14: Sample Topics to be Covered in the Parenting Skills Classes Five Core Skills that are taught through this curriculum are: Encouragement - Fosters self-esteem and builds trust between parent and child; Can-Do - A guidance technique that teaches parents to teach children ~vhat types of~ behaviors are acceptable; Choices - Builds on these skills by encouraging parents and youth to work together to solve problems and make decisions; 4) Self Control - An anger management skill for adults; and 5) Res~ectine Feelings - An empathy building skill. These skills become routine through the structured leadership process. As mentioned, CHCADA has several sites in the targeted service area. The Parenting Skills Development workshop will include 15 sets of parents and/or guardians per session. Classes will meet for 1-1/2 hours once per week for 12 weeks. CHCADA will also provide each administrative service listed in Figure 15 below. -' Dekovic, M. & Janssens, J., Parents' Child-Rearing Style and Child's Sociometric Status. Developmental ~, 28, pp. 925-932, 1992. Baumrind, D., Familial Antecedents of Social Competence in Middle Childhood, unpublished manuscript, 1986. 4 Santrock, J. and Yussen, S., Child Development, Dubuque, IA, Wm. C. Brom, 1992. 5 ibid 6 Wilkins, S.E., Robin, E.P, and Porter, N.B, Parenting Skills Workshop Series, Innovations in Community and Rural Development, Cornell Community and Rural Development Institute, December 1995. CHCADA's Response to RFP# PY2002 Page 29 :