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008			110331s2002 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
082	0		_aTRO 152.47 ANG
100			_aGreen, Patty _91256
245			_aAnger change programme for parents - a process evaluation _cGreen, Patty
260			_aWellington _bChild Abuse Prevention Services NZ _c2002
300			_a133 p.
365			_a00 _b0
520			_aThis report evaluates the Anger Change programme initially developed by Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS) in 1990, with the intention of allowing its extension to further geographic locations. The Anger Change programme is a tertiary and secondary prevention programme in that it focuses specifically on preventing child abuse and the prevention of the re-occurrence of child abuse by working with parents. It seeks to prevent child abuse by working primarily with mothers and their anger. The course is based on the premise that a parent's anger is linked by 'trigger events' to past unresolved emotional situations, and that, by moving away from a perception of their children as appropriate targets for their anger, and attempted therapeutic resolution of that anger, parents will experience fewer and less intense feelings and behaviour towards their children. Role-play and other activities are used to help parents pinpoint the real causes of their anger and to remove the child as its focus. Intensive therapy, counselling and parenting courses are use to help resolve these newly recognised feelings. The evaluation included a literature review to provide context, the review of secondary data, and qualitative interviews with programme facilitators and managers, and parents who participated in the programme over one school term. Findings showed the Anger Change programme to be a well-implemented, quality service for the parents it is designed to assist, with parents reporting significant and radical changes in their relationships with their child. Programme provision was found to be undertaken in a uniformly professional manner, with all facilitators highly skilled, well trained, supported and supervised. Key operational deficiencies included: a lack of follow-up of programme participants; the need to clarify facilitator recruitment and training policy; continued funding issues in some areas; and the need for more competitive facilitator pay rates. The programme was consistently praised for its lack of judgement of those attending. Future recommendations include: keeping a focus on training and retention of staff; creation of a centralised fund to assist programmes that fall short of meeting operating costs; retaining a focus on quality control during national programme expansion; and longitudinal research focussing on the impact of the programme on parents of both genders and various ethnicities.
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILDREN AT RISK _9131
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILDREN _9127
650	2	7	_aINTERVENTION _9326
650	2	7	_aMOTHERS _9392
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPARENTING _9429
650	2	7	_aPARENTING PROGRAMMES _94003
650	2	7	_aPARENTS _9430
650	2	7	_aPERPETRATOR PROGRAMMES _92951
650	2	7	_aPERPETRATORS _92644
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPROGRAMME EVALUATION _9466
650	2	4	_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTREATMENT _9613
650	2	7	_2FVC _aWOMEN _9645
650	2	7	_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE _2FVC
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
942			_2ddc _cREPORT