The videos below cover the Jess Armas talk on Child Abuse Prevention given on June 6, 2009
at the Northwest District Exchange Clubs Convention at the Oregon Gardens Resort
Silverton, Oregon.

The listed videos need Windows Midia Player 9 Series to play.
If you do not have WMP, Google it for a bunch of sites to download from.

When WMP starts, do not check "Remember my preferences" and
take "No" to "Do you want to play the item in Internet Explorer?".

WMP will then start with the video you have selected.
Enjoy!!

We are in home construction.  We build people.  Jess is a Hope Peddler.
Part 1, 6m, Worst Disease is HopeLessNess.
Part 2, 6m, HopeLessNess

Parts 3, 4 and 5 spell out the word Failure.
Part 3, 6m, (F)orced goals and (A)ggressive
Part 4, 5m, (I)nadequate and (L)onelyness
Part 5, 8m, (U)ncertain, (R)esentful, and (E)mptyness

Parts 6, 7 and 8 spell out the word Hopeful.
Part 6, 5m, (H)appy and (O)ptimistic
Part 7, 7m 7s, (P)otential, (E)mpower, (F)orgiving and (U)nderstanding
Part 8, 5m, (L)ove, Hope Builders and
the proposed FACE program: Families Accepting the Challenge of Excellence.

The Forever Families Child Abuse Prevention (FFCAP) program premise:

Abuse, neglect and negative childhood experiences can be prevented!
Families can be permanent, safe, effective support for their children.  Forever Families is part of the National Exchange Club Foundation (NECF) for the prevention of child abuse.  The NECF with 79 centers and over 100 sites is one of the U.S.'s largest and oldest group of parent aide programs.  Following national standards of operation, training, supervision, documentation, and closure procedures provides effective programming.

Forever Families assists parents through specially prepared, professionally supervised parent aides.  "Entrainment" is a simple natural basis for transferring positive aptitudes and behavior from one person to another.  Seven Critical aptitudes are transferred: positive community relationships, value of the family, developmental capability, trust, empowering one's self and family, hope, and meaning of one's life.

Screened parent aides are extensively interviewed.  They have references and criminal records checked.  They go through 20 hours of initial training.  A professional staff matches one aide with one family considering all cultural, learning style, and developmental differences.  On call staff provide parent aides with a 24 hour a day backup.

If needed, parent aides receive two hours of training monthly.  The parent aide's 2-4 hours weekly parent contact is family-centered.  Parent aides build trust with the parents.  They become "just like family members" with good relationships.  Parents with this support resolve issues of budgeting, homelessness, isolation, lack of parenting skills, stress, and community alienation.  Many of these parents never had an opportunity to discover and develop their strengths.  Fear and hopelessness control their lives.  They cannot give their children what they do not have.  Thus, the emphasis on trust, hope and meaning followed by the ability to make decisions that benefit the family.

The program assists families having difficulty using other programs.  In home services solves transportation and childcare problems.  Parent aides help families connect with other services.  They help families apply these services in simple actions in the home.  The model effectively reaches isolated parents of undeveloped skills frustrated by daily parental stresses.  Measurable levels of stability, improved parenting, and safe environments mark "achievement" for children.

A key addition allows parents to be referred to the FFCAP program center with children that have special needs, such as Mental retardation, Ausburgers Syndrome and Autism.  Many families succumb to the emotional and physical stresses, that caring for and supporting, a challenged child brings.  Many marriages end in divorce.  The goal is to provide support and counseling information to help parents deal with the emotional issues and provide the skills they need to properly care for the child.  Also to provide respite care giving the needed relief to the parents from the day to day burden.  This effort strengthens relationships and lessens the emotional burdens which keeps more families together.  Keeping the children where they belong, within a family setting.

For Every $49,000 Spent it Saves Over $250,000 in State Funds.
Total Savings Anually of a Completely Implemented Program $2,040,816.33.

Remember, your donations are tax deductible!

Please feel free to contact us if you need more information or wish to volunteer!

Child Abuse is Not an Option!

Home |