For CCE Parent Educators + Professionals

Resources

2Gen Practice and Program Highlights

The Parenting Project, in collaboration with Cornell Project 2Gen, works with Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) parent educators across New York State to incorporate a two-generational (2Gen) or whole-family approach to parent education.

These Practice Spotlights highlight some of our CCE parent educators:

Practice Spotlight: Julika von Stackelberg & Suzy McCormack, CCE Orange County

Practice Spotlight: Ana Cañas, CUCE-NYC

Practice Spotlight: Jackie Spencer, Tioga County

These Program Spotlights highlight programs from various counties that actively incorporate a 2Gen approach to parent education.

Program Spotlight: Strengthening Families & RAPP (CCE Orange County)

Program Spotlight: Growing and Learning Together Through Play (CUCE-NYC)

Program Spotlight: Healthy Children, Healthy Families (CUCE-NYC)

Program Spotlight: Family Resource Center (Tioga County)

Exploring school-extension partnerships (with a focus on parenting education)

This extension project seeks to understand the various pathways to fostering partnerships with schools to develop and pilot-test strategies and tools for creating structured long-term partnerships between CCE county extension associations and schools in New York. The specific focus is on parenting education and learning more about school partnerships that have formed around other educational programs (e.g., after school programs, youth development) to identify strategies, guidance, and successful practices. We have worked with CCE parent educators in Livingston, Oneida and Orange counties to develop case studies for educators to use as guides for developing CCE extension-school partnerships.

Case Study: Livingston County School Extension Partnership

Case Study: Oneida County School Extension Partnership

Case Study: Orange County School Extension Partnership

Parenting Education 2.0

The Parent Education 2.0 Project is an initiative to update the most widely used parenting education curricula in the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) system. Updates include overall revisions to several curricula as well as adaptations for providing parenting education through a trauma-informed care / adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) lens. Below is information on how to access these updated curricula.

Learn more about these updates and processes by watching this webinar.

Discipline is Not a Dirty Word (DINADW):

This curriculum was updated by Julika von Stackelberg, Parenting & Family Life Educator, and Suzy McCormack, Family & Consumer Sciences Issue Leader, in CCE Orange County, and edited by Amanda Root, Director of Operations/ Nutrition, Parenting, Taste NY & Fort Drum Issue Leader in CCE Jefferson County

The updated DINADW curriculum can be found on the CCE Orange County website.

PS It Works!:

This curriculum was updated by Anna Steinkraus, Family & Community Development Program Coordinator, and Juliana Garcia, Two Generation Family & Community Educator, in CCE Tompkins County, along with Jessica Lindenstraus, 2019 CCE summer intern.

Contact Anna Steinkraus, CCE Tompkins County at ams69@cornell.edu for information on accessing this curriculum.

Magic Years & Middle Years:

These curricula were updated by Amanda Root, Director of Operations/ Nutrition, Parenting, Taste NY & Fort Drum Issue Leader in CCE Jefferson County, with assistance from Rosie Morgan, 2018 CCE summer intern. Trauma-informed care and ACEs content was provided by Jackie Spencer, Association Community Educator, Parenting Education, in CCE Tioga County.

Contact Amanda Rae Root, CCE Jefferson County at arr27@cornell.edu for information on accessing these curricula.

Teen and Tween Years:

This curriculum was created by 2018 CCE intern Rosie Morgan in Jefferson County, with supervision from CCE educator Amanda Root, Director of Operations/ Nutrition, Parenting, Taste NY & Fort Drum Issue Leader in CCE Jefferson County. Trauma-informed care and ACEs content was provided by Jackie Spencer, Association Community Educator, Parenting Education, in CCE Tioga County.

Contact Amanda Rae Root, CCE Jefferson County at arr27@cornell.edu for information on accessing this curriculum.

Parenting and public health

This project incorporates a public health perspective into parenting education by developing innovative ways to expand virtual parenting offerings for parents and professionals who work with families.

Below are pre-recorded webinars and other resources that address topics related to parenting and public health.

Looking at Parenting Education Through a Public Health Lens, Adam Hughes, MPH, State Extension Specialist

Adam Hughes is a member of the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) state extension specialist team and provides leadership and expertise that enables county CCE associations and programs to work effectively with a broad range of system and local program, administrative, governance, management, and organizational opportunities. Adam also serves as the Co-Associate Director of Community Engagement and Advocacy with the Cornell Center for Health Equity and as the CCE liaison to the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) Heath and Well-Being workgroup. This infographic (Spanish version) utilizes information from Adam Hughes's above webinar to provide an overview of how parenting education can be viewed as a public health initiative. This resource is intended to provide a brief visual summary of what public health is, the social determinants of health, and how parenting education practices intersect with public health initiatives.

Public Health, Parent Education, and Gender Diverse Families, Cara Sultan, LMSW, CCE Suffolk County

Cara Sultan is a Parent Educator in Suffolk County. In the summer of 2021, Cara and her colleague Kerri Reda worked with a CCE summer intern to develop a program and educational materials that support families with gender-diverse children. Cara continues to offer virtual events through CCE Suffolk County that aim to reframe traditional understandings of gender, build a deeper understanding of gender-diverse individuals and the LGBTQIA+ community, and provide everyday skills to navigate a gender-expansive world.

CCE Parenting and Nutrition: Public Health Programs with Collaboration Potential, Alisha Gaines, Research Associate FNEC Team, Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences

Alisha Gaines is a research associate in the division of nutritional sciences and a member of the Food and Nutrition Education in Community (FNEC) Team. FNEC promotes healthy nutrition through research, professional development, and programming with a focus on low-income individuals and families.

Parenting and Public Health: Parents as Primary Sex Educators, Mary Cupelo, Training and Capacity Building Intern, ACT for Youth

Mary Cupelo is a Comprehensive Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Health Educator at ACR Health, in Central New York. Mary current serves as the Training and Capacity Building Intern for ACT (Assets Coming Together) for Youth Center for Community Action. ACT for Youth connects research to practice in the areas of positive youth development and adolescent/young adult health. ACT for Youth offers training, capacity building, and evaluation services to public health agencies, youth development organizations, and community projects focused on adolescent health and development.

Infographic: Parenting, Play, & Public Health, Julia Chapman & Kimberly KopThis infographic utilizes information from Kimberly Kopko's Keynote presentation at the 2024 NYSPEP Annual Training Institute to provide an overview of how parenting, play, and public health outcomes are connected. This resource is intended to provide a brief visual summary of the importance of play in child development, barriers to play, and tips for parents on fostering an environment conducive to play.

Professional pages

Professional Pages are brief articles written for parent educators and other professionals who work with parents and children.

Please email Julia Chapman to obtain a copy of any of these documents:

How to Engage More Men in Parenting Education Programs -- This professional page highlights four key areas to consider when trying to increase the number of men participating in your parenting programs.

Offering Parenting Education Programs in Your County -- This professional page overviews six key steps to consider if you are offering a parenting education program in your county for the first time.

U.S. Fathers and Common Issues They Face -- This professional page highlights 6 types of fathers and issues they often face with raising their children

Retaining Parents in Parent Education Programs-- This professional page provides ideas on how to have great first sessions of a parenting education class and how to retain parents throughout the entire program.

Other Professional Pages

Improving Survey Questions

Designing an Effective Questionnaire

What's the Difference? "Post then Pre" and "Pre then Post"

Measuring Evaluation Results with Microsoft Excel

How to Read a Research Article

Resources for Doing Web Research

Program Work Team

Program Work Teams (PWTs) are affinity groups involving faculty and staff, extension educators, and

external stakeholders. PWTs provide a mechanism through which faculty and extension educators connect with stakeholders in identifying issues, studying needs, creating educational materials, and designing learning experiences that address these issues and needs within specific content areas.

Co-Chair (lead): Julia Chapman, Research Extension Aide
Cornell Human Ecology
P: 607-254-8265
F: 607-255-4071
jc2933@cornell.edu

Co-Chair: Anna Steinkraus, Extension Program Coordinator
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14850
P: 607-272-2292 Extension 145
F: 607-272-7088
ams69@cornell.edu

Funding links

Achelis & Bodman Foundation

This foundation supports some programs in areas such as youth services and family preservation. In 1995, the Foundations first considered the problems posed by father absence and the lack of responsible fatherhood and started to fund local and national endeavors to highlight this dilemma and institute remedies. Today, there are 2,500 fatherhood programs across the country that are designed to bring supportive working fathers back into family life.

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

Incorporated in 1952, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Inc. has provided financial assistance to a wide variety of charitable organizations over the years. At present, the foundation is concentrating some of its resources on family planning-ensuring access to family planning practices and to protect reproductive freedom nationally. Visitors to the foundation's Web site will find program guidelines, application procedures, and contact information.

Commonwealth Foundation

The Commonwealth Fund awards grants for projects in its three major program areas. The Fund supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy. The Fund supports efforts that help people live healthy and productive lives and assists specific groups with serious and neglected problems. The Fund is dedicated to helping people become more informed about their health care and improving care for vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, low-income families, minority Americans, and the uninsured. A particular emphasis is given to projects dealing with child, adolescent and women's health. The Fund awards grants through the Small Grants Fund (SGF), with decisions made on a monthly basis. Small grants are closely tied to the Fund's strategic purposes, but enable the foundation to move quickly and flexibly to underwrite targeted work

Daphne Foundation

After carefully reading their guidelines, you would like to approach the Foundation regarding possible support, you should contact the program associate for instructions on applying. Please be aware that your organization must meet each of the criteria outlined in our guidelines. You should not forward any information to the Foundation without first contacting staff regarding the proper application materials.

Foundation for Child Development

FCD has a special interest in children in low-income, working families, particularly those families that are struggling to meet their children's basic human needs. The Foundation makes grants nationally to nonprofit institutions for research, policy analysis, advocacy, leadership development, and a small number of program development projects. Three cross-cutting themes guide FCD's work: linking research on children and families to formation of relevant policies and programs; identifying fresh approaches to crafting sound social strategies for children and families; and nurturing new generations of leaders connecting child development research to policy. FCD is particularly concerned about all children's access to early childhood education programs and to health care. FCD does not fund the direct provision of preschool education or child care or health care. FCD also has a strong interest in the development of national and state policies that promote economic security for low-income families. City, county, or state-level grants in these areas are directed to projects that can affect formation of national policy.

The Helena Rubinstein Foundation

The Helena Rubinstein Foundation supports programs in education, community services, arts/arts in education, and health, with emphasis on projects which benefit women and children. Grants are made only to federally tax-exempt, non-profit organizations. Generally, they are for a one-year period. Support is not offered to individuals, or for film or video projects. Grants are rarely made to endowment funds and capital campaigns. The Foundation does not make loans and cannot provide emergency funds. Funding of new proposals is limited by ongoing commitments and fiscal constraints. Proposals are accepted throughout the year. There is no application form; however, the New York Common Application Form may be used. Organizations seeking funds are asked not to make telephone inquiries, but to submit a brief letter outlining the project, its aims, budget, amount requested, and other funding sources, as well as a description of the organization and its current budget.