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Abriendo Puertas: Opening doors to opportunity: A national evaluation of second-generation trainers

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Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors (AP/OD) is a comprehensive, 10-session parenting skills and advocacy program developed by and for low-income Latino parents with children ages 0 to 5. Drawing from the real-life experiences of Latino parents and local data about their schools and communities, sessions are filled with interactive activities that aim to develop parents' self-understanding as powerful agents of change to improve the lives of their children. This unique curriculum builds on participants' cultural strengths to transform the achievement gap into an opportunity to improve and enrich the lives of their children and families. Since its inception in 2007, Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors has reached more than 22,000 families in 31 states and Puerto Rico. The program's unique, three-day Training-of-Trainers Institutes teach community educators, trainers, and leaders how to bring the 10-session AP/OD parenting program to their communities nationwide, and how to train others to do the same. Institute graduates conduct Institutes of their own, framing AP/OD's curriculum within local community realities, strengths and challenges, exponentially increasing the number of trainers across the country. To date, more than 40 training institutes have been conducted. Given AP/OD's recent national expansion, the evaluation outlined in this brief aims to provide evidence of the program's efficacy in addressing the needs of the large and growing Latino community when brought to scale. This brief presents findings from the evaluation of the programs conducted by second-generation trainers (those instructed via Training-of-Trainers Institutes), examining how--if at all--increases in parenting knowledge, skills, and confidence are associated with participation in the program. (author abstract)
Resource Type:
Reports & Papers
Country:
United States

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