Research

According to the Federal Title IV-E Prevention Clearinghouse, Parents Anonymous® is the ONLY culturally responsive program in the NATION that is proven to Effectively Improve Parenting, Enhance Mental Health and Reduce Substance Abuse while Ensuring Child Safety for diverse families with children and youth of all ages.

Shared Leadership® Research

Pathways to Shared Leadership® (2005). Shared Leadership® in Action Program Explores focuses on improved parent leadership and practice strategies, increased program effectiveness and meaningful systems change. There are seven components of Shared Leadership® in Action:  

  1. Assessment & Planning 
  2. Development and maintenance of organizational shared leadership® structures 
  3. Shared Leadership® in Action Training  
  4. On-going coaching and technical assistance 
  5. Supports for Parent Leaders and Staff 
  6. On-going recruitment 
  7. Evaluation 

Research results from Shared Leadership® in Action demonstrate increased knowledge, skills and abilities and new opportunities, organizational culture change and improved services for families. 

Parent Leadership Research

Research on Parent Leadership: Significance and Findings, (2001). Ethnographic research results provide the conceptual framework for Parent Leadership. Culturally diverse Parent Leaders shape the process model of leadership development. Based on the Kouzes and Posner’s Leadership Potential Inventory, this report measured five leadership practices and actual behaviors through a new validated instrument: Leadership Practice & Behavior Inventory (2001) with hundreds of parent leaders and staff working with numerous service sectors working with families: child welfare, education, mental health and prevention.