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The aim of the project is to contribute the implementation of the amendments to the Law on the Fundamentals of the Protection of the Rights of the Child adopted in Lithuania in 2017. By prohibiting all forms of violence against children, most parents face the problem of raising children without violence. “Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting” program is based on science research and child rights perspective and is able to meet these needs of parents. Adapted for parents of different literacy and social skills, this Program aims to reduce the use of violent parenting techniques and corporal or humiliating punishment. The need of courses on parenting skills is not met in the regions due to lack of professional facilitators there. The Organization already has certified Program trainers who can prepare new facilitators. The main goal of this Project is to bring together motivated professionals and to develop a network of parent group facilitators who would be capable of qualitatively delivering the Program for parents, foster parents or guardians in different regions. Participation in the Program groups for parents, foster parents or guardians is free of charge. The Project activities focus on geographically remote regions and target vulnerable groups in order to strengthen and enable them to use non-violent discipline in their families. Thus, the coordination center will start its work in preparation of facilitators and assurance of delivery of the Program. The Center continue its work after the Project will be finished. In cooperation with the Partner, new and effective ways of preventing violence and enhancing children''s self-esteem will be sought and best practices in this area shared. The project will strengthen the competencies of the staff to ensure efficient use of available resources within the Organization. The Project will also contribute to the promotion and implementation of child rights.
Summary of project results
The goal of the project "Positive Parenting Skills Enhancement in the Regions" which was implemented by the Save the Children Lithuania is to give an opportunity for a vulnerable parents to learn new non-violent parenting skills. By prohibiting all forms of violence against children, most parents are facing the problem of raising childrens without violence.
“Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting” program is based on science research and child rights perspective and is adapted for parents of different literacy and social skills. The main goal of this Project was to bring together motivated professionals and to develop a network of parent groups facilitators who would be capable of qualitatively delivering the Program for parents, foster parents or guardians in different regions. The organization prepared 40 new trainers. Project activities are directed to geographically distant regions of Lithuania and are focused on socially vulnerable target groups. 43 groups of positive parenting program were held in 15 municipalities. 261 parent completed the program (including 150 persons from socially vulnerable groups). All these activities had a positive impact to 561 children. The coordination centre of the Program has been created and it will continue to take care of the training of new group facilitators and the quality assurance of the Program also of the coordination regarding service provision.
During the project, competences of the employees were strengthened in order to ensure the efficient use of the available resources. The project contributed to the dissemination of children''s rights and their implementation: 3 articles in the media, 6 programs on regional radio reached a considerable part of the society. In cooperation with the Partner, effective ways of preventing violence and strengthening children''s self-esteem were searched, and best practices in these areas were shared. The partner created the base for a future positive parenting program in Iceland.
Summary of bilateral results
The partner, Barnheill - Save the Children Iceland, which is active in the field of children''s rights and combating violence against children, has gained knowledge about a new positive parenting programme that is suitable for the partner''s country context through discussions and sharing of good practices. In the long term, the Partner, together with other organisations within the country, sees the sense to expand its activities focused on the development of positive parenting skills. Iceland has a steady increase in the number of immigrants from other countries, so the knowledge of the cultural-social context and the effectiveness of the programme itself (based on research and findings) helped the Partner to foresee realistic steps for future activities.The partnership gave the applicant the opportunity to deepen his competences in the field of children''s rights; to acquire new knowledge on methods of helping a child experiencing domestic violence.Both the Partner and the Applicant promise to maintain this partnership and to further develop their competences and acquire new knowledge to help implement the ideas of Positive Parenthood and to contribute to the promotion of children''s rights in both countries.In establishing a partnership, it is important to find like-minded people who are inspired by the same ideas and who are committed to the same or at least similar changes in the field of action in their own country.