Parenting without Violence is a 16-week parent education program provided through the Department of Family and Children's Services (DFCS) for DFCS clients.  The program is focused towards those parents for whom domestic violence is a family issue and/or who incorporate excessive and inappropriate corporal punishment in their disciplining methods.  The goals of the program are to:

• Empower participants to approach parenting with an understanding of violence in terms of power and control, and
• Provide a psycho-educational process for raising awareness about the issues of dominance in abusive parenting styles.

To refer a parent to the Parenting without Violence program, the social worker:

• Completes the DFCS Request - Parent Education - SCC Contracted Services (SCZ 414Z).
  • On the form in the "Class Type" drop down menu, choose "16 Week Parenting without Violence."
    
    
• Has the parent sign the SCZ 414Z, authorizing the exchange of information between the Parenting without Violence staff and the DFCS social worker.
  
  
• Sends the SCZ 414Z to the DFCS Parent Education Program by:
  • Email: ParentEducation@ssa.sccgov.org
  • Fax: (408) 793-8810
  • Pony:  591 N. King Road, SJ 9513, 3 Attn: Parent Education Coordinator

• Files the original referral in the case file.

After receiving the referral, the parent education clerk:

• Mails to the parent an enrollment report that includes the location, date and time of class.
• Sends a copy of the enrollment report to the social worker.

After the class starts, the clerk:

• Sends the social worker reports concerning attendance, compliance, assessment of progress, termination and completion.

• For immediate information regarding attendance or to change a class, the social worker contacts the parent education clerk at (408) 793-8829.

• For any questions about the program, the social worker contacts:
  • Rosa Benns, Social Work Coordinator II

  Tel:  (408) 793-8815

  Email: bennsr@ssa.sccgov.gov