Raising Safe Kids Program

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The ACT Raising Safe Kids program (ACT-RSK) is a national violence prevention program that focuses on the early years of a child’s development and on the important roles communities and adults play in such process. The program was developed by the American Psychological Association to educate and empower parents and adults who are raising, taking care or educating children from birth to 8 years of age to live in a safe, stable, nurturing, and healthy environment. Family Services Network has been delivered the ACT Raising Safe Kids program since 2005. The classes are available in English and Spanish.

Program Benefits

The program is delivered over an eight-week period in a two-hour session each week. In the program, parents and caregivers will learn:

Identify behaviors that they want to change in order to improve their parenting skills
Learn the basic elements of child development and how to respond to children’s behavior
Understand how young children can be exposed to violence
Become aware of how to control and manage anger (adults)
Understand children’s angry feelings and learn to teach children to control their anger

Recognize the impact of electronic media on children’s behaviors and teach them options of how to reduce children’s exposure to media
Understand that the way that they raise their children will have an impact on their behavior that lasts for life
How to prevent challenging behaviors and use positive ways to discipline their children

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"It was a fortunate to have ACT Raising Safe Kids program offered to our Arabic speaking parents at Bailey’s Elementary School. The curriculum was excellent and the facilitator was dedicated and knowledgeable ."

Suadad Albiramani

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Raising Safe Kids Program

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