2008 Spankout Day USA Events and Programs
SpankOut Day USA April 30th was initiated for EPOCH-USA in 1998 to bring widespread attention to the need to end physical punishment of children and to promote effective, non-violent disciplinary practices. The Center for Effective Discipline has provided mini-grants for 600 SpankOut Day events and programs since 1998. Through these programs, about 20,000 parents and caregivers have received information about effects of physical punishment and alternatives. Agencies in several foreign countries have adopted the observance as an opportunity to provide information about effects of physical punishment and alternatives to parents and caregivers.
If you are planning a program or event, please check out our website for ideas:
http://www.stophitting.org/spankOut/2006ASuccessfulSpankoutDay.php
http://www.stophitting.org/spankOut/toolkit.php
Let us know about your event/program so we can post it on this website. Contact info@stophitting.org
Here are some of the programs/events for SpankOut Day 2008
JEFFERSON YOUTH FOUNDATION, INC.
P.O. Box 184, Marrero, LA 70073Target: Staff and at-risk children attending the 21st Century Community Learning Centers at Ames Elementary in Marrero, LA and Butler Elementary in Westwego, Louisiana.
Program: A staff training entitled, "10 Alternatives to Spanking" will be presented on April 24, 2008 to the 26 staff of Jefferson Youth Foundation, Inc. who provide direct services to children in the after-school program. The purpose of this training will be to promote effective, non-violent disciplinary practices. Participants will learn about the effects of corporal punishment and be encouraged to implement non-violent alternatives. Each staff will receive handouts on positive discipline and accept the challenge to lead a classroom group activity that incorporates positive alternatives to physical punishment. A child-focused packet containing positive parenting information will be sent home with all students who attend the group activity (approx. 90). The presenter will be the organization's executive director. There will be attendance incentives for each participant as well as incentives for children to bring home the information packets.
CEN-CLEAR CHILD SERVICES, INC.
1633 Philipsburg Bigler Highway
Philipsburg, PA 16866Target: The target group for our SpankOut Day events will be the parents and caregivers of the 646 Head Start children enrolled in CCS Child and Family Centers in Centre and Clearfield Counties. This group falls into several of your target populations: teen or young adults; grandparents raising children alone; parents with only a high school education; mothers raising children alone; and sadly, those with a background of abuse.
Program: SpankOut Day is recognized annually in the 24 centers operated by Cen-Clear Child Services. This year all centers will participate in a similar event in recognition of SpankOut Day 2008.
Early in April 2008, the children in each center will participate in a special activity to encourage healthy interaction between parent and child. At circle time, they will talk about all the helpful things you can do with your hands and make a "helpful hands" craft. Audrey Bucher, our SpankOut Day coordinator, will provide craft ideas to center staff; however, we expect that each center will develop a unique craft activity.
The children's craft projects will be displayed in each center at a Parent/Child Activity session held between April 23-30 to coincide with National Child Abuse Prevention Month and SpankOut Day USA. CCS staff will discuss positive discipline with parents in attendance and distribute EPOCH parent education and training materials. We will be displaying the SpankOut Day USA Poster, Raising Good Kids, in all of our centers during the month of April.
The classroom with the best attendance at the Parent/Child Activity session will receive a gift certificate to be used for a subsequent session promoting healthy parent/child interaction.
The DVD "Considering Spanking" awarded to 2008 grantees will be viewed in a staff training session and placed in the CCS Resource Library for use one-on-one with parents who request information on positive discipline methods for their children.
In addition to this in-house recognition, we plan to prepare a public service announcement on positive parenting that will be sent to 12 local radio stations to coincide with SpankOut Day USA.
FAMILY COUNSELING CENTER - A DIVISION OF TRINITY SERVICES
62 West Washington Street
Joliet, IL 60432
Target: Our target group is divorcing parents and/or individuals experiencing custody and visitation issues that are attending a state mandated parent training workshop.
Program: A didactic workshop and interactive discussion (held April 23 & April 28, 2008) stressing positive behavioral support and non-physical discipline techniques will be added to our current parent training curriculum. This parenting program is already being held for parents who are going through divorce. Those who attend this program receive information pertaining to health services, behavioral interventions, conflict resolution, and psychoeducation about facilitating the children's adjustment to post-divorce lifestyle. SpankOut Day material will be promoted.
Our program will add material that stresses that spanking is not an appropriate form of discipline, and that alternative forms of discipline should be used in place of corporal punishment. Throughout the program parents will learn positive aspects of discipline, including positive reinforcement, encouragement, natural and logical consequences. It is also imperative that caregivers understand the importance of structure in the home that promotes consistency when parenting. Alternatives to corporal punishment will be presented along with mindfulness-bases reduction techniques for the parents.
The grant will help defray printing costs for our handout which will include a discussion about SpankOut Day, and positive parenting techniques rather than corporal punishment.
SQUARE ONE
947 Main Street
Springfield, MA 01103Target: 1,100 children and parents enrolled in our early education and care programs in Springfield and Holyoke, MA.
Program: On Saturday, April 26, 2008, Square One will host a children's large screen neighborhood movie theater event featuring: The Ant Bully for children and a Parent's Café-style large screen movie theater event featuring "Shaking, Hitting, and Spanking - What to do Instead" for parents.
We will use a local community space with side-by-side rooms for simultaneous programming. Movie tickets will be created and used as a raffle giveaway number for children to receive themed message books like Hands are not for Hitting at the conclusion of the children's show. The children will be treated to apples, juice, and popcorn.
The Parent café will serve light refreshments and present the feature movie for parents. A small expo will outline the room with positive discipline information and childcare professionals will be on hand for informal conversation with parents. Movie tickets will be used as a raffle giveaway number for parents to receive certificates to the neighborhood (Eastfield Mall) food court.
KISHWAUKEE COLLEGE
21193 Malta Road
Malta, IL 60150Target: The target group is pregnant and parenting teens aged 11-19 in DeKalb and Ogie Counties.
Program: Kishwaukee College and Prevent Child Abuse Illinois will collaborate in hosting a Spank-Out event at Kishwaukee College on April 30, 2008 from 9 a.m. - noon. Teen parents who participate in the workshop will receive a developmentally appropriate toy that will help build a strong, positive parent/child relationship, a door prize, and a certificate of participation. Peggy Carey of Prevent Child Abuse Illinois will provide a seminar on "Positive Communication and Discipline - Alternatives to Spanking" to the participants. Peggy has presented at a national conference on this topic. Refreshments and a light lunch will also be provided.
BARSTOW ACRES CHILDREN'S CENTER
590 Main Street
Prince Frederick, MD 20678Target: The target population will be parents and relatives as parents who are or whose children are receiving our services as well as the general public, day care providers, and child care centers from throughout Calvert County, MD.
Program: The event will be a workshop entitled, "Discipline Without Screaming and Scolding," held at the Calvert County Parks and Recreation facility. It will be held on SpankOut Day USA, April 30, 2008.
The workshop will include a two hour presentation given by Sonia Hinds, APRN, BC. Sonia Hinds is a licensed child psychotherapist. She provides individual, group and family therapy to clients in Calvert County, Maryland.
Program Objectives: At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to:
- Identify the 4 C's of misbehavior, namely: to connect, feel capable, count and have courage.
- Describe how to determine the meaning of misbehavior and correct the problem by providing the Four C's.
- Discuss how spanking negatively discourages children and dampens their spirit.
- Demonstrate practical principles that are easy to implement in order to gain the child's trust and cooperation.
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
1094 E. Sahara Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89104Target: The target group will be parents of preschool and elementary school-age children (Hollingsworth Elementary and Sunrise Elementary), primarily Spanish-speaking, in low-income areas of Las Vegas, Nevada. Both schools have 100% students on free or reduced lunches.
Program: AHEC's Child Abuse Prevention Program, the home for Prevent Child Abuse Nevada, will collaborate with AHEC's Family Life Program (FLP), which offers parenting classes to create a new "Raising Good Kids Without Hitting" workshop focusing on the effects of physical punishment of children and alternatives to its use. After SpankOut Day, FLP will continue to offer this workshop throughout its Asset Building Clubs for parents. This workshop will be taught twice in support of the 2008 SpankOut Day USA on April 23rd at Sunrise Elementary School (ES) and April 24th at Hollingsworth ES. Both will be presented in English and Spanish. The outcome of these workshops will be increased understanding of the difference between discipline and punishment. Parents will learn behavior management techniques that they can practice in order to manage and support their children's behavior, as well as alternatives to spanking.
Parents will also learn how positive attention and discipline go hand in hand. Materials such as EPOCH-USA's "Ten Guidelines for Effective Discipline of Children," "Ten Reasons for Not Hitting Children," and "Splash Water on Your Face" will be given to parents. For parents with babies, these workshops will include a DVD, "Have a Plan" (shown in English and Spanish), which will go over having a plan to prepare for stressful situations, such as a baby's constant crying. This DVD may also be helpful to parents when children become difficult. To conclude the workshops, parents will be given an exercise to fill out, EPOCH-USA's "Help for Behavior Problems of School-Age Children" in order to facilitate a group discussion about developmental strategies they can use to address behavioral problems with their children. During this time, parents can share their stories as well as ask questions they may have about parenting.
WELLSPRING HOUSE, INC.
302 Essex Avenue
Glouchester, MATarget: The target group for the event will be participants of Wellspring House programs which include our family shelter, tenants in affordable housing units, students in educational programs which include GED, ESOL, a medical training program, a college and graduate school scholar assistance program, and a course for women to prepare them for higher education or better paying jobs. In addition, it will be open to all caregivers on Cape Anne (Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, and Manchester, MA) who would like to attend with their children. We hope to attract 20-30 families of children ages birth to 18, representing 30-50 youth and their caregivers.
Program: To honor SpankOut Day USA, we would like to host an Open House/Caregiver Workshop on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at our family center. The night would include a pizza dinner for participants from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m., followed by a two-hour workshop and discussion for parents. While the adults are meeting, the children will participate in a discussion and art workshop facilitated by a creative arts therapist from Star House, a residential program in nearby Beverly, MA for children in foster care which relies heavily on the arts to help children heal and grow. The children will use their time to create both an individual piece and a group project, which will emphasize "what hands are for". The group project will be hung at Wellspring Cape Ann Families as a continual reminder from children to the adults who come here, many who begin our programs with a belief in corporal punishment. We will seek volunteers to assist with this event. In addition, current volunteers from our Teen Mentor program have agreed to assist with the caregiver workshop by sharing some of their insights from the Teen Mentor training, their experiences with the children they mentor, and communication techniques they have learned. Many of the Teen Mentors participate in the Child Study Program at Gloucester High School, which assists with daycare of teen parents who are attending the high school. The coordinator of that program has agreed to collaborate with us to help prepare the teenagers with their parts of the presentation as well as to encourage other students to participate that night by helping with the children's art group. The children's group will serve children ages 5 and up. Younger children will be cared for in our childcare room.
The content of the workshop will highlight teachings from our various programs, including positive discipline techniques, enhanced communication skills, the importance of relationship-building within families, how to set effective limits, the seven ingredients of a healthy relationship, and handouts and general research-based information about the harmful effects of spanking on children. We will also invite a current parent participant to share his or her insights on the subject by highlighting what they have learned since coming to Wellspring Cape Ann Families.
CHILD AND FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER
380 W. 1400 N.
Logan, UT 84341Target: The target group for this mini-grant event will be parents seeking information regarding positive ways of disciplining their children. This will include single parents, first time parents, parents from abusive backgrounds, grandparents raising children, stepfamilies and all that are interested.
Program: The Child and Family Support Center will conduct parenting classes during April 21-30, 2008. These classes are designed to help and give information to parents on how to discipline with empathy, good communication, fair and logical consequences and how to discipline without using corporal punishment. Parents will attend a class once a week. Childcare and refreshments will be provided to promote attendance to the class.
DEKALB CO. PARENT GROUP FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, INC. dba CHILDREN FIRST CENTER
P.O. Box 562
Auburn, IN 46706Target: Parents enrolled in our Healthy Families Program that serves approximately 150 families with children from birth through age five.
Program: We have purchased the three-volume DVD series, "Positive Discipline without Shaking, Shouting, or Spanking" and will share this series, according to the age of the child/children in the family, with parents during the month of April. The viewing of the DVD will take place during home visits and will be facilitated by each family's home visitor. It will be introduced by the home visitor through the use of the "General Discipline Discussion Questions" that are included with the DVD series. Following the DVD viewing, the home visitor will provide a parent handout (also included in the facilitator's guide) and discuss it with the parent. The parent will be asked to choose one activity (activities are included in the handouts) to follow-through with between this visit and the next. At the next visit, the Home Visitor will review the handout and find out how things went with the activity. If necessary, the Home Visitor will encourage parents to continue working on implementing the first activity. If the activity was successful, parents will also be encouraged to select another activity to work on. Once parents have experienced success with at least one activity, the parent will be asked to sign the "No Spanking Pledge" (included with the facilitator's guide). Parents who have successfully followed through with an activity and signed the pledge will then have their names entered into a drawing for a $10 gift certificate to Wal-Mart. This is how the $250 grant money will be used: Twenty-five families will receive a $10 gift certificate. The drawing will take place on April 30, 2008 (SpankOut Day USA) and parents whose names were chosen will be notified on that date. The use of the DVD series will serve not only as an entry point for another discussion about positive discipline, but it will also provide a familiar resource for home visitors to return to, with families, when options for positive parenting techniques are needed in the future.
CHILDREN'S PLACE, INC.
625 Richmond Street
Huntington, WV 25702Target: Parents, grandparents, and foster parents of children in our center and community. Emphasis on single moms and dads.
Program: We will be having a day long event consisting of a poster contest in our Pre-K and four-year-old rooms on April 23, 2008. We will have a speaker from Marshall University to address our parents and staff on positive discipline. We will advertise on the radio, in the paper and on TV, and ending the day with a celebration for parents where the staff will perform skits on how to implement positive discipline, pass out information to parents, encourage every parent to bring a parent, and ending with a contract signing between parents and children that they will use non-violent discipline with their children in their homes.
VICTORVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH/HIGH DESERT RELATIVE CAREGIVERS (HDRC)
15150 La Paz Drive
Victorville, CA 92395Target: Kinship families, foster families, church families, community families.
Program: Prepare the participants for the event through media advertising and flyers to the on-site childcare center, local elementary school, and HDRC.
April 30, 2008: Following a pre-set agenda, engage discussion around the use of corporal punishment among the adults present; distribute information through role play, written materials, displayed art work with captions by children about being spanked and yelled at, and question and answer period. Make Family Pledge of Non-Violence dorms available to all participants and encourage them to sign the pledge. Sing "Let There Be Peace On Earth" together to end the program. Refreshments and hand-outs will be available. Child care for preschoolers. Evaluation forms will be collected at the exits.
ROSE BROOKS CENTER, INC.
P.O. Box 320599
Kansas City, MO 64132Target: Mothers and children who seek safe refuge and support services from Rose Brooks Center's domestic violence emergency shelter, specifically those participating in the Children's Therapeutic Program, and the Transitional Housing Program.
Program: During the month of April (April 30, 2008), we will do a series of educational events, providing mothers with parenting information from the Active Parenting Now: 5th - 12th Grade Curriculum, as well as discuss child abuse prevention activities. These informational events will culminate in a family fun dinner event on April 30th, with games and prizes for women and children, and a review of information covered during the month of active parenting activities. With funds from "SpankOut Day USA", we propose to purchase mini posters to announce the event, Parent Certificates, magnets with parenting tips, a video entitled Active Parenting Now, and a meal for the participants. This year's activities will serve to expand upon our SpankOut activity of last year by including an evidence-based parenting curriculum for both English and Spanish speaking clients.
CATAWBA COUNTY PARENTING NETWORK
1005 First Avenue South
Conover, NC 28613Target: Parents of children ages 3-10.
Program: A workshop including 5 weekly sessions of 2 hours each week beginning April 30, 2008 which is the start of the SpankOut event. This program helps parents examine the many causes and influences of behavior; learn to understand their child's "thinking" stage and temperaments and to learn several effective positive discipline tools.
PARENT CONNECTION OF FAMILY SERVICES
400 Ceape Avenue
P.O. Box 1834
Oshkosh, WI 54903Target: All families served in this program are considered high risk. Factors include, but are not limited to: single parents, low income, low literacy, high school dropouts, mental health issues, ADOA issues, and history of abuse.
Program: All of our programs have a strong emphasis on alternatives to corporal punishment. One of our most popular programs is Birth-12 Nurturing. This is a group based family education program which includes families with children ages birth-12. The curriculum promotes positive parenting, and family communication techniques to improve childhood outcomes. Patterns of abusive behavior are replaced with effective skills of non-violent, positive parenting. Positive and healthy parent child relationships are strengthened. The event will be held on April 29, 2008.
Money from the mini grant would be used for incentives to encourage participants to complete the program, such as: gas cards, parenting books, food, and educational toys.
FORT KENT RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT
416 West Main Street
Fort Kent, ME 04743Target: Adult community members of Fort Kent and area communities; total population of 9000 citizens.
Program:
- Resource table by UMFK Nursing Department to include parenting information
- Keynote speakers, Maine Department of Human Resources and Northern Maine Medical Center Psych Unit
- Teen players presentation, "Mid Crew" - student led performing arts/drama team
- Workshops, Battered Women's Project staff and Fort Kent Elementary School Student Services
- Bullying/The school connection
- Spare the rod/The church connection
- The effects of violence on children/The home connection
- Case study discussion
- Whole group break apart for small group discussion, rejoin for large group discussion and finish
RAINBOW HOUSE, INC.
879 Battle Creek Road
Jonesboro, GA 30236Target: The community in Clayton County and surrounding counties which includes parents, children, community residents, and all other stakeholders that serve children and families in some capacity.
Program: Rainbow House, Inc. will have it Annual 5k Race on April 26, 2008 in Clayton County, Georgia. The 5k race was created as a means to raise funds for the child victims of abuse and neglect served by Rainbow House, Inc. and observes National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
During the 5k race, Rainbow House, Inc. will set up an arts and crafts booth for children in attendance. The $250 mini-grant will allow Rainbow House, Inc. to provide art supplies for the children to express their feelings about spanking through creative means. They will be given a subject matter relating to spanking and alternative ways of disciplining and will express their feelings about the subject matters by drawing pictures.
Literature about spanking and alternative forms of discipline will also be distributed to parents and race participants.
Finally, the artwork of the children will be collected by Rainbow House, Inc. and displayed on the walls in the waiting area at the Clayton County Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) from April 28th to April 30th. While parents are waiting to be served at Clayton County DFCS, they will be able to view the artwork and receive educational materials regarding effective ways to discipline children.
PARENT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
421 NW 4th Street, Suite, A
Corvallis, Oregon 97330Target: The Parent Enhancement Program serves at-risk pregnant and parenting teenagers and at-risk pregnant and parenting young adults, 13 through 25 years of age.
Program: Parent Enhancement Program services, offered free of charge and available in English and Spanish, are designed to reduce the risk of child abuse and maltreatment by teaching parenting and adult life skills to at-risk teenagers and at-risk young parents, helping parents finish school and attain self-sufficiency, and encouraging the delay of additional pregnancies until after the teen years.
Last year our agency provided a wide variety of intensive outreach services to more than 170 young families, including 220 children under the age of eight. These services included mentoring, parenting classes, educational classes, social activities, home visits, transportation, evaluation and distribution of child safety equipment, educational assistance, a supervised playroom, opportunities for parent volunteerism, monthly newsletters, and case management. Without intervention, the children of young parents are at higher risk for abuse, neglect, maltreatment, medical problems, developmental disabilities, behavioral disorders, and special needs schooling.
We use evidence-based curriculum in developing our parenting classes and workshops. We are currently developing a series of workshops based on topic requests from our parents. These workshops will be held in 2008 and available to all our high risk families. Each workshop will concentrate on one topic, will be 6 to 8 weeks in length (one topic each week), will be available in English and Spanish and one series will concentrate just on the issues of "Dads".
The Parent Enhancement Program requests a $250 grant investment to assist with presentation costs of the workshop topics involving effective and positive discipline to be held April 29, 2008. Several of the topics requested by our parents involve discussion and parenting education on effective discipline techniques. These topics include Dealing with Tantrums, Handling Crying and Stress, Effective Toilet Training, Discipline vs. Punishment, The Terrible 2's, and Different Parenting Styles.
INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION
P.O. Box 68039
Grand Rapids, MI 49516Target: Open to all, with particular focus on caregivers who deal with the stresses of poverty, single parents, and caregivers who are or have recently been homeless.
Program: A series of events April 23-30 focusing on non-violent parenting/caring for children, with SpankOut Day on April 30. On April 30 a presentation at a local homeless shelter for mostly single parents, plus a presentation to a self-empowerment group of adults, most of who are or have been homeless. One evening, most likely April 28, a panel discussion on nonviolent parenting. On April 30, resource people will be available all day to answer questions, make referrals, etc. We are in process of seeking support from other groups and plan to add other events/presentations throughout the week, as we are able to make arrangements. Materials on nonviolent parenting and resource people will be available at all events.
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO UNION COUNTY PROGRAM
18000 State Route 4
Marysville, OH 43040Target: The Parent Education Committee has identified at-risk expectant mothers involved in the WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) program through the Union County Health District. Many of these mothers are young, unmarried, have few support systems and are at higher risk for experiencing stress and anxiety that may lead to inappropriate discipline with their children.
Program: A WIC shower will held in Union County for expectant moms on April 23, 2008. A variety of topics will be presented in a fun, interactive atmosphere. The proposed project would expand the current WIC shower held at the Union County Services Building and would create a second event held in partnership with the Ohio Reformatory for Women both to be held in April, 2008. Each event would include topics related to discipline alternatives, abuse prevention and positive parenting. Materials would be provided in an easy-to-read format and would include a small laminated reference guide that could be hung on a refrigerator for daily reminders.
Conversations with West Central Community Correctional Facility may lead to the inclusion of some of their woman residents being allowed to attend the WIC shower.
GUERNSEY COUNTY CASA PROGRAM
801 Wheeling Avenue
Cambridge, OH 43725Target: Children who are victims of abuse, neglect, or dependence and/or children who are at great risk of being abused or neglected.
Program: This year with the help of funds obtained from the Mini-Grant, our program would like to again implement a contest to be carried out by Guernsey County local middle-school students. We will be asking our area middle schools to participate in a contest in which the students will be asked to write a one hundred-word essay telling us why spanking is not a good form of discipline and give examples of alternative ways to discipline children other than spanking. We will have a speaker or will use the DVD for teachers when we explain the program and use the evaluations for that group. Members of the Guernsey County CASA advisory board will judge the essays April 24, 2008 on content, grammar, and originality. The winning student's class will be awarded with a pizza and soft drink party sponsored with the funds received from the Mini-grant. We have done this the last couple of years with a great response from the schools and approval of the superintendents, principals, and teachers of the area schools. This has become a tradition for our schools and the children look forward to this every year. Last year we had over 200 children participate in the essay contest.
FAMILIES FORWARD
1401 Burnfield Road
Vincent, OH 45784Target: Fathers...through the combination of community partnerships and our "360 Degree Dads" fatherhood initiative we will target fathers - both new fathers and seasoned veterans with alternatives to corporal punishment.
Program: Our project event - "The Main Event" - will be for fathers and their children. Several interactive activities and dinner (April 24) will allow dads and children to interact in a variety of positive, relationship building situations. Following dinner, the children will be treated to a variety of hands-on activities focusing on strengthening the family - and the individual's role in the family. The fathers will then participate in an hour-long interactive session conducted by Families Forward staff using research-based materials developed by Family Dynamics Institute and National Fatherhood Initiative. The tool being used is called the 24/7 Dad Interactive CD which makes it clear that corporal punishment is not effective and goes into the negative manifestations of using it. Fathers and children will leave the event with "homework" designed to extend their experiences to the home and the rest of the family. Follow-up communication will be conducted by Families Forward.
CHILD PROTECTION CENTER OF ROSS COUNTY
138 Marietta Road, Suite E
Chillicothe, OH 45601Target: Parents, grandparents, teachers, day care providers, early childhood educators, and anyone with an interest in learning alternatives in discipline.
Program: The Parent Café is presented in a classroom setting during Kid's Day (April 19), an annual fundraising event for the Child Protection Center. Parents are invited to attend while their children are attending classes for Kid's Day.
An instructor provided by Child Protection Center will present parents with positive approaches to discipline alternatives in responding to children's behavior, a distinction between punishment and discipline, and stress-reduction tips. Attendees will also be provided with take-home material.
CLARK COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER
527 E. Home Road
Springfield, OH 45503Target: Clark County families.
Program: The Clark County Ohio Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) funded agencies, Clark County Child Advocacy Center, Clark County Juvenile Court CASA Program, Project Woman, and Clark County Victim Witness Program, will collaborate and conduct the Annual Victims' Rights Awareness and Activity Fair on April 26, 2008 at the Simon Upper Valley Mall in Springfield, OH from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. The mall has donated space for the Fair.
The collaborative team is inviting all child-serving agencies to participate in the Fair by setting up display tables for organizational information and provision of a child/family-family take home activity. Twenty-four agencies participated in the 2007 Fair and 93 families attended.
In addition to the Victims' Rights information, the collaborative team is incorporating Child Abuse Prevention Month activities to include the 2008 Pinwheels for Prevention float.
The collaborative team will also include the SpankOut Day program at the event. This program encourages parents and guardians to use alternative ways of discipline. Literature from the Center for Effective Discipline will be distributed to participants with an attached evaluation form and a raffle entry (copies of this material included with this Mini-Grant request). Participants must read and provide a completed evaluation form to be eligible to enter the drawing for the (2) $100 gift certificates.
THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI
5050 Madison Road
Cincinnati, OH 45227Target: This event will target parents enrolled in the Every Child Succeeds, Help Me Grow, and GRADS programs in Hamilton County. The audience will consist of parents who are "at risk" due to marital status, income level, age (younger than 18), inadequate prenatal care, and/or other social challenges.
Program: On Thursday, April 24, 2008, we will offer a "Positive Parenting" workshop featuring an invited speaker with expertise in this area. This workshop will cover such topics as myths about spanking, establishing family rules, effective uses of time out, offering praise, verbal redirection and other subjects. After completing the training, parents will receive a mat to use with their children as a "time out spot." The training and mat will encourage parents to use alternatives to corporal punishment. We will provide a light meal and snacks for attendees and offer hands-on activities and crafts for the children while their parents participate in the workshop.
MIAMI COUNTY FAMILY AND CHILDREN FIRST COUNCIL
510 W. Water Street, Suite 220
Troy, OH 45373Target: The target group will consist of the entire community, including single parent families, grandparents who parent grandchildren, teen parents with children birth to three years of age and pregnant women. The majority of participants will be families of children who are clients of the Miami County Help Me Grow program.
Program: In light of the recent House Bill 289 legislation, Miami County conducted a community-wide needs assessment. One of the most disturbing findings of this assessment revealed that Miami County had the highest number of new reported cases of physical abuse among its seven cohort counties. In light of this finding, it is evident that an intensive approach is needed to reduce violence and neglect among families within the county. One avenue to accomplish this task is through the promotion of positive discipline with a focus upon ending the physical punishment of children.
On Wednesday, April 30, 2007, a family event will be held featuring an invited speaker from our local Family Information Network who will present on the topic of parenting with positive reinforcement. The discussion will cover such topics as establishing family rules, stress management, offering praise, verbal redirection and other subjects. The event will include a light luncheon, with games, door prizes, and crafts for children and parents alike. Service coordinators and family support specialists will also inform parents about alternative ways to discipline without spanking and will pass out take-home materials including "10 Reasons for Not Hitting Children" and "Think Before You Spank." After the training, service coordinators will follow up and reinforce the messages from the training with ongoing home visiting services.
GEAUGA COUNTY HELP ME GROW
P.O. Box 309
Chardon, OH 44024Target: Help me Grow, WIC, and head Start families in Geauga County.
Program: Second Annual Stress-Free Family Fun Night (April 29). Dinner will be provided for the family. As they come in, they will receive a packet that includes homework for the family during dinner to come up with house rules for their family. Also in the packet will be a positive discipline book and educational materials for the families to review at home. After dinner, childcare will be provided for the children and parents will listen to a talk from the "Incredible Years", "Positive Parenting", and/or "Project Parent Jr." This will give parents a chance to learn about the parent classes in our community and for them to start to be educated about why it is important to use positive discipline techniques and not physical punishment. Parents will have a chance to ask the educators specific questions at the end of the talk. Door prizes will include items such as stress balls and reward charts for children.
PARTNERSHIP FOR VIOLENCE FREE FAMILIES
540 S. Central Avenue
Lima, OH 45804Target: Parents of children 0-8 and their children.
Program: The 2008 Spank Out event will take place on Saturday, April 26 at the Lima/Allen Council on Community Affairs from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. The public will be invited through the media, but letters will go home with all Help Me Grow and Head Start parents as well.
The event will feature a petting zoo of baby animals. Activities and games will be coordinated with the selected topic. During the event, there will be two-thirty minute sessions just for parents with childcare provided for their children. We will be using the Effective Discipline module from the ACT Against violence program for out parent sessions.
ASHLAND COUNTY FAMILY & CHILDREN FIRST COUNCIL
1605 County Road 1095
Ashland, OH 44806Target: All teen parents, parents of children aged birth to seven years, kinship navigator families and family care providers in Ashland County are the targets for this event.
Program: This event will be a part of a month of activities that the Ashland County FCFC will sponsor to raise awareness of the negative effects of child abuse and neglect. An emphasis will be the impact on children's school achievement. A public presentation (held April 24) entitled, "Building Smart Kids" will discuss parenting strategies with children that produce positive, healthy development and school preparedness and success. Negative effects of punitive discipline that include impact on social-emotional development and learning will be discussed.
The program will include a panel consisting of a pediatrician, a director of a child care center, a kindergarten teacher and two parents who have successfully completed family support programs (such as FCFC/OCTF funded program for abuse/assault prevention and Help Me Grow/Early Intervention). An emphasis will be on successful strategies to handle children's difficult behavior.
In addition, participants will engage in round table discussions manned by the panel members and other FCFC parent volunteers to share successful parenting strategies. Each table will develop a list of challenging child behaviors and solutions.
Participants will receive a blank book for use in a parent-child activity of recording family celebrations and accomplishments and a list of community service providers that educate parents to improve parenting skills. The goals of the program are:
- To raise parental awareness of the impact of discipline and guidance strategies that are linked to children's school success.
- To provide parents resources to assist them in improving parenting skills.
HELP ME GROW PROGRAM OF HARRISON COUNTY
115 West Warren Street
Cadiz, OH 43907Target: The target group will include families of children from birth to age five who are living in a low-income housing development.
Program: Harrison County Help Me Grow proposes a "Loving Discipline" event held on April 23, 2008. We plan to have a family outing at a low-income housing facility. Weather permitting, we will hold the event in the local playground where picnic tables will be available. In case of rain, activities will take place in the community room. The Help Me Grow staff member will operate booths dealing with topics such as Shaken Baby Syndrome, Ways to Relieve Stress, Using Positive Language and Age-Appropriate Discipline. Staff members operating the booths have taught discipline techniques. The information will be presented to parents as they stop by each booth. It will be on handouts and on posters. At certain booths, staff members will use baby dolls to demonstrate techniques. Each parent will receive a card at the registration booth which will be stamped by each booth visited. They will hand in their cards at the end, do the evaluation and present it for a raffle ticket door prize. There will be fun activities for children at each booth. Lunch will be provided for the families. Each family will be given a copy of the book, "Hands Are Not for Hitting," and a ball for the children. The door prize will be a stress buster kit.
EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER OF LORAIN COUNTY
1885 Lake Avenue
Elyria, OH 44035Target: Our target group is the families of the children we service (preschoolers receiving special education services). Those families reside throughout Lorain County amongst 6 local school districts and include various populations including Head Start, single mothers, families living below poverty level, families living in rural areas, families with mental health needs, families with high school diplomas or less, unemployed parents, and families of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, other disabilities, and children with low language needs.
Program: We will plan a Family Fun Night and Resource Fair held April 23, 2008. (We have surveyed our families, and evenings work best for many parents.) Childcare will be provided in the form of a playgroup with crafts and developmentally appropriate activities led by our degreed and licensed teachers. Parents will view the video "Positive Discipline Without Shaking, Shouting, and Spanking (Volume 3 for preschoolers ages 3 to 5) and be provided with many resources and information to take home. Parents may also have the opportunity for a "make it-take it" activity such as a picture schedule or reward chart to promote positive discipline in the home. Dinner will be provided consisting of pizza, snacks, drinks, and cookies.
LOGAN COUNTY FAMILY AND CHILDREN FIRST COUNCIL
1973 St. Rt. 47 W.
Bellefontaine, OH 43311Target: Families in Logan County.
Program: Each year on a Saturday in April (April 12, 2008), Logan County Children Services sponsors KidFest, which is an event to raise awareness to prevent child abuse. The event is organized by many agencies in the county offering "booths" where activities, games, and giveaways are provided to families along with education on community resources.
This year, the Parenting Programs workshop of Family and Children First Council would like to use the SpankOut day mini-grant funds to assist with getting out the message of effective parenting.
At the Kids Fest event, a table will be established where families will get their picture taken and printed out for them to take home with a refrigerator magnet. The magnet will have contact information on it regarding the Strengthening Families program and Incredible Years Program. Both parenting programs are evidence based programs that involve parents and their children in learning effective methods of communicating and functioning as a family unit - without spanking. Informational brochures will be given to parents getting their pictures taken on how to register for these classes and other documents such as tips for parenting effectively with be provided. The mini grant funds will be used to purchase the magnetic picture frames that kids can draw on along with paper and copying costs.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, WEST COLLEGE HILL; CHILDREN'S EARLY LEARNING INITIATIVE AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM
6210 Betts Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45224Target: Single parent/low income families in the entire College Hill community. Teen parents, next of kin caregivers (grandparents, aunts, other relatives other than the biological parent), foster parents.
Program: Our children's annual day, held April 27, 2008, with sponsored organizations to discuss effective parenting, children's mental health, available community resources and early intervention and literacy programs. We will have a credentialed Service Coordinator from Hamilton County Help Me Grow present information on the "Growing Great Kids" model which discusses praise vs. punishment and effects of abuse on child development. We will use the evaluation provided by CED and plan to provide on-going support by our three licensed social workers.
TRUMBULL COUNTY FAMILY AND CHILDREN FIRST COUNCIL
210 Heritage Lane
Cortland, OH 44410Target: The target audience for this event will be Head Start parents, Even Start parents and Help Me Grow parents. These parents will have children age birth to six, but may have older children as well.
Program: The Trumbull County Family and Children First Council have a parenting workgroup that designs parenting workshops. This group has created a series of skits that will be presented to the parents on April 30, 2008 as part of a "Spank Out" workshop. The skits portray stressful situations that all parents experience and demonstrate ways other than spanking to handle those situations. The event will be held at the local Head Start location in a large room that has a stage and various home-like props including furniture. Members of the parenting workgroup will be the "actors." Following the skits, participants will be able to visit informational stations provided by area agencies that provide services to families and children. Door prizes, food and childcare will be provided to the participants.
HURON HOSPITAL FAMILY MATERNITY CENTER
13951 Terrace Road
East Cleveland, OH 44112Target: Single, urban, low-income mothers.
Program: The focal point of the program will be an interactive talk presented on April 28, 2008 by Cleveland Clinic pediatrician and community health authority, Angelique Redus-McCory, MD and Ohio Connections psychiatrist, Miriam Rosethal, MD. Dr. Redus-McCory will highlight techniques parents can use to encourage positive behavior in their children. She will discuss the importance of considering a child's developmental age when determining behavioral expectations and consequences. Positive reinforcement, the relevance of proper diet, exercise and sleep to appropriate behavior and alternatives to television will be stressed. Dr. Rosenthal, who has a special interest in women's health, will present some of the signs and symptoms of acute and chronic stress, especially related to the challenges of parenting and provide attendees some tools for coping in a positive way, such as accepting help from others and leaving the room when feeling overwhelmed. She will help parents discern when professional assistance is warranted for either managing a child's behavior or for dealing with personal issues related to life stress. Finally, the services of a variety of community resources, such as Bellflower Place, will be reviewed and use encouraged. Representatives of these organizations will be present to answer individual questions and distribute literature.
The physician presentations will have an informal tone and the audience will be encouraged to ask questions and generate discussion. The focus will be on empowering parents to influence their child's behavior in a positive way, rather than on admonishment for spanking. The goal is to convey a spirit of advocacy and support. A light, nutritious meal will be provided and door prizes donated by community vendors will be raffled. Students from the Huron School of Nursing have volunteered to provide childcare so parents can devote full attention to the program.
CARE HOUSE
741 Valley Street
Dayton, OH 45404Target: Because of the important role played by Head Start in preventing abuse and neglect of children, the target group includes:
- Parents of children enrolled in Dayton Public Schools Head Start
- Familial and non-familial caregivers of children enrolled in Dayton Public Schools Head Start
- Staff of Dayton Public Schools Head Start and district paraprofessionals and professionals
Program: Child abuse occurs when each of us has difficulty coping with the frustration and stress that occur in our everyday lives. Negative interactions, including spanking, occur all too often in public places between children and their caregivers. However, 50% of us report we do not intervene on behalf of children because we are unsure how to help.
Handle with CARE, an abuse awareness and prevention training (held April 30, 2008) developed by CARE House, educates adults about the:
- types of child maltreatment
- indicators and consequences of child maltreatment
- environments and situations in which parents and children experience or may experience frustration and stress
- safe and effective intervention between parents and children
- reporting process
- resources available for the intervention and prevention of child maltreatment
To promote positive interactions between children and caregivers, participants will:
- develop strategies to respond to their children's needs during times of frustration and stress
AMETHYST, INC.
527 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215Target: There are three target groups for the SpankOut Day Event proposed by Amethyst, Inc. They are as follows:
- Pregnant and parenting women involved in Amethyst programming:
These women range in age from 18-55. Some women are mothers-to-be, current parents, or current grandparents. - Staff persons currently employed at Amethyst, Inc.: We want all staff to have the opportunity to understand the philosophy and practices of non-violent parenting for the benefits of their personal families as well as to provide a consistent message of non-violence to current clients.
- Women living in residence with pregnant and parenting women: Many times our women without children will provide support and babysitting to pregnant and parenting women. As such, these women also need to understand the philosophy and practices of non-violent parenting.
Program: Amethyst plans to conduct a three-hour workshop on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in celebration of SpankOut Day 2008. This event will consist of the following activities for the Amethyst Community:
- Presentation of the video "1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12" by Thomas W. Phelan, Ph.D. Debbie Eisert, an Amethyst counselor who specializes in children and families, will lead the video presentation and discussion. Ms. Eisert, is families with this video and its practices.
- A mini-lecture, accompanied by a question and answer session with a local guest speaker specializing in non-violent parenting.
- A panel discussion (as a part of the question and answer session listed above) with persons specializing in shaken-baby syndrome, safe parenting skills, nurturing parenting, and non-violent discipline. Joining our panel of local speakers will be the members of Amethyst's family team.
Participants will have the opportunity to write their questions down for the panel, or ask them directly. The idea is to make the discussion as non-threatening as possible, as people often feel anxious when talking about parenting techniques so as not to appear as a "bad parent". Amethyst will work to reduce those barriers by providing slips of paper to submit questions to the panel in an anonymous fashion.
- Pregnant and parenting women involved in Amethyst programming:
CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY
1147 East Main Street
Lancaster, OH 43130Target: The event would be open to the public, but we would partner with Job and Family Services to invite kinship care families, Head Start to invite their families, Lancaster City Schools to invite families involved in their family literacy program, Grace Haven House a program for women who have recently been incarcerated to invite their moms and children, and out Family Adults and Children First Council to invite families involved in their Success by 6 program.
Program: Bears, Blankies, Books and Blue Ribbons would be an evening family event at the local library on April 30, 2008. We know that when literacy rates increase, child abuse rates decrease. Parents would bring their children and a stuffed animal or blanket so the kids could curl up and listen to two or three local celebrities read storybooks. Blue ribbon stickers and tattoos will be distributed to the children. During story time, parents would hear about positive parenting techniques and bookmarks with parenting information will be distributed. Blue ribbon "stress balls" will be requested from the Ohio Children's Trust Fund for distribution to the parents, a tool for them to use to vent their frustration, rather than lashing out at their children. A donation will be sought from Scholastic Books to provide a book for each child in attendance.
The Parent Place
314 South Grande Avenue West
Springfield, IL 62704Target: Parents and toddlers from throughout Central Illinois will be invited. To promote the event, we will work with social service agencies, daycares and pediatrician offices with which we already have existing relationships. We will hold the event during out regularly scheduled Diaper Pantry day which provides an ideal opportunity to reach our target population - low-income parents and at-risk toddlers. Additionally, we will invite our Relatives As Parents Network support service participants who are grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.
Program: We will hold a Family Fun Fair on April 30, 2008, from noon - 2p.m. which will feature a fun, relaxing afternoon complete with carnival games, Polaroid pictures of parents and children, "What to do instead of spanking," bookmarks, information on positive parenting classes offered at The Parent Place, healthy snacks and viewing the "Considering Spanking" video. We will secure a donation of a free massage certificate from a local spa for a door prize and give each parent a "Stress Free Pack" which will include a candle, body wash, bath salts and loofah. The event will be advertised through direct marketing pieces to our partners, the media and yard signs designed specifically for SpankOut Day.
Note: Ohio mini-grant programs were made possible by a grant to the Center for Effective Discipline from the Ohio Children's Trust Fund.
MORE EVENTS:
CONNECTICUT
John DiBiase of Parents Against Spanking Association is having an Anti-Corporal Punishment Display in the Concourse between the State capitol and the L.O.B. on April 14 th 2008. He is also submitting a proposal for a bill to establish a Commission or Task Force for the purpose of discussing the issue of the corporal Punishment of children.
ILLINOIS
Zion City MB Church in Chicago, Illinois has scheduled a SpankOut Day information event for April 26th.
NORTH CAROLINA
"The Hitting Stops Here!" Paula Flowe Coordinator
Agenda for "Public Schools of Robeson County-Spank Out" campaign:
Robeson County, NC
Saturday, April 19
Parent-Educator Awareness Event at local roller rink from 3PM till 7PM.
Location to be announced.Sunday, April 20, 11AM through Monday, April 21, 8AM
21-Hour Dance Marathon, led by Paula Flowe. Each corporal punishment state will be represented by one hour of dance. Current and former students having experiences with public school corporal punishment are encouraged to send their stories to: thehittingstopshere.com. 21 letters per state will be read during their scheduled hour.
Location to be announced.Tuesday, April 22, 6PM-9PM
Positive Discipline Parenting Workshop
Location to be announced.Wednesday, April 23, 6PM-9PM
Positive Discipline for Educators
Location to be announced.Campaign at Rowland M S, Red Springs M S and Lumberton H S
Times to be announcedThursday, April 24,
"Student Boycott for Dignity and Respect"
"The Hitting Stops Here!" campaign ask that parents keep their children home from school on this day. Do not send absent notes! Otherwise, one of the purposes for keeping your child home will be defeated.A limited amount of childcare will be provided for working parents from 7AM-4PM. Planned historical and cultural lessons, activities, and entertainment will be provided, including out-of-town guest speakers.
This boycott will be held pending Superintendent Hunt's response to two questions presented to him by Paula Flowe on Monday, April 7, 4PM:
Are you going to ban corporal punishment in the Robeson County Public Schools? If so, by when?
Small fee for childcare and location to be announced.
Friday, April 25, 4PM
Meeting with Superintendent Hunt requested by Paula Flowe.Town Hall Meeting regarding Superintendent and Flowe meeting
7PM
location to be announcedSaturday, April 26 5PM till 8PM
Informative and Training workshop on Positive Discipline methods, designed by Dr. Jane Nelsen for parents, educators and concerned citizens.
Location to be announced.OKLAHOMA
Sunbeam Family Services, Inc., Oklahoma City, manages the Early Head Start grant for this area. We serve children in 3 child care centers. Sunbeam Counselors also provide services in OKC Elementary schools. We will be putting up posters in the child care sites, passing out parent information about positive discipline and passing out stickers to staff at all our locations to raise awareness about positive discipline without hitting! Also, I am asking my school based counselors to ask their students to do some art work on the topic "Hands are Not for Hitting", and/or write/tell in their own words about how spanking makes them feel. We can display the art work in our offices and reception areas.
PENNSYLVANIA
Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley
31 W. Market St.
Wilkes Barre, Pa 18701-1304We partnered with Luzerne County Head Start to bring a program to their children at the Beekman Center in Wilkes Barre, PA.
The teachers were given modules developed by our staff to review about statistics, etc. on corporal punishment and how it affects children. Then we provided them with alternative ways of discipline. We asked the teachers to sit down with their classes and discuss "What are hands use for-what do you do with your hands?" We felt that at least one child in each classroom would come up with "my brother hits me or I get spanked." At that point..after the children began the dialoge....the teacher would engage the class on ...Now tell me what are some good things hands are used for...
The children would make a craft or piece of art work since these children were around 3-4 years old. They did drawings of their hands and discussed what some fun things were that you could do with these hands...like building sand castles at the beach, eating pizza, etc.
While the children were making their art pieces, the parents were invited to attend a 30 minute presentation supported by materials we downloaded from your website on alternative/positive methods of discipline. Following the presentation, the parents came over to the children's classrooms to view their art projects and before they left, the children presented their parents with a carnation and greens with a card attached that said..."You Are Special to Me."
TENNESSEE
Memphis Child Advocacy Center is adding a section on positive discipline for children on their website.
UTAH
From Placida Ploeger:
I'm planning an event for snow college in Ephraim Utah for the students in attendance there. I am a student myself and after looking at this site decided that just as smoking if we commit now to never smoke, we must commit now we will never spank our kidsVIRGINIA
Old Dominion University students plan a campus-wide SpankOut Day event led by students in Criminal Justice Classes.
Alfreada Brown-Kelly is a Criminal Justice major at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She is organizing a campus observance for SpankOut Day.
CANADA
Debra Cockerton
Red Cross
RespectED Coordinator: Violence and Abuse Prevention
Peterborough, Lindsay, Durham, Northumberland
705-745-8222
Toll free- 866-520-8222April 30th, designated as "No Hitting Day", and every other day of the year, remember that children are precious and we are not only raising them, but teaching them to be parents as well.
Call us today to have a "Beyond the Hurt" workshop on bullying and harassment or a "Prevention in Motion", child abuse professional workshop for your staff.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
From: FEPAM, Mihigo Philippe
Our quickener team visited more than 10 places reuniting parents over exchanging on No hitting children and on spanking kids risks.
HONG KONG, CHINA
Against Child Abuse (ACA)
Hong Kong SAR, ChinaAgainst Child Abuse (ACA) has joined the SpankOut Day since 2005 to promote positive and non-violent child discipline and to raise the public awareness on children’s rights and the importance of banning corporal punishment of children in Hong Kong.
Our 2 programs for SpankOut Day 2008:
- An open-top bus tour will be organized around several spots in the territories on Sunday, April 27, 2008 to promote positive discipline and anti spanking. The bus will stop at an isolated district of Hong Kong: Tin Shui Wai, a deprived community which has been experiencing a series of family tragedies. We will be holding a press conference there where a mother and a child representative will share their views and experiences and express support to zero tolerance of violence against children. Promotional materials including pamphlets of parenting tips, memo pads and magnets with key messages and ACA hotline will be distributed to the public. A survey will be conducted on the spot to understand the needs of children and parents in this community. People will be invited to sign the statement calling for a ban on corporal punishment Around 100 volunteers have been mobilized to support the program on the day. The event is sponsored by Save the Children Sweden.
- We have networked the media to provide information about the SpankOut Day messages. Priscilla Lui, the Director of ACA will attend a live radio program with a mother, who has overcome hurdles and used positive child management in place of corporal punishment, on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 to urge an end to corporal punishment and share the importance of parenting education and support to parents in abuse prevention. They will also answer questions from the audience about parenting and issues related to corporal punishment.
Information provided by:
Against Child Abuse (ACA)
Hong Kong SAR, China
www.aca.org.hkNWP REPUBLIC OF THE CAMEROON
Global Welfare Association (GLOWA) of NWP Republic of the Cameroon is scheduling a SpankOut Day Information event.
TASMANIA
No Smacking Day will be observed again on 30th April and our speaker is Her Honour Dr J Scutt. She did her further degree in America and is well known there as her articles whilst a barrister are published widely and her books etc. are sold internationally. She has been a very strong supporter of the law reform to abolish the law that allows for the hitting of children and also opposed the law in her role as Tasmania's first Anti Discrimination Commissioner.
Patmalar Ambikapathy, former Children’s Commissioner of Tasmania