Prevention Works! of Clallam County has updated their website, and includes a list of all upcoming parenting education courses and general parenting information. It also has information about bullying prevention, home visiting programs, early infant mental health screening, and other information about preventing problems for children.
Many children are exposed to a wide variety of risk factors. Divorce and parental neglect are two factors that can lead to a variety of problems in adulthood. Protective factors are things that combat the risk factors, and include things such as positive parenting, extracurricular activities such as Sports, Arts and Music (SAM) and which are founded on a respect based style are examples of protective factors.
More information about risk and protective factors, and about Clallam County programs, can be found on the prevention works website.
Angeles Mediation recommends counselors, social workers, lawyers, judges, and anyone involved with family law and parenting issues to check out the Prevention Works! of Clallam County website.
http://preventionworks.ning.com/main