Workshop presentations to parent groups offer parenting and child development information, discipline techniques, and relationship-building skills.  Presentations to professional groups provide an overview of child abuse and neglect that includes legal responsibilities. Speakers individualize presentations to meet the needs of specific groups. Private foundations and individual donations provide funding for these groups. The workshops include:

Positive Parenting Workshops

• Childhood Development and Expectations – Birth to Age 7
• Brain Development – Children and Teens
• Understanding Feelings
• Effective Discipline Tools
• Alternatives to Spanking
• Praising Children and Their Behavior
• Teaching Your Child Responsibility
• Helping Your Child Deal with Anger
• Building Self Worth
• Raising Children of Character
• Tips for Better Communication
• Communicating with Respect: Criticism vs. Confrontation
• Dealing with Stress
• Identifying a Healthy Relationship – Adult Partners
• Co-parenting
• Budgeting for You and Your Family
• Bullying – What You and Your Child Should Know
• Girl to Woman – Issues Regarding Puberty
• Boy to Man – Issues Regarding Puberty

Educational Sessions for School Age Children

• Sexual Abuse Awareness for Children and Protecting Personal Space

Educational Sessions for Professional Staff

• Sexual Abuse
• Child Abuse and Neglect
1. – Signs and Symptoms of Abuse/Neglect
2. – Review of PA Child Abuse Law
3. – Reporting Procedures

For a complete list of topics or to schedule a workshop, please contact us at 215-624-1176 or info@capepa.org.

Several parenting workshops help adults initiate and enhance the process of reunification with their children in a positive and healthy manner. The City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services (DHS), Division of Community-Based Prevention Services, provides funding for this program. 

• Women incarcerated at The Kintock Group who plan to reunite with their children upon release
• Men and women currently attending intensive outpatient treatment for substance abuse
• Parents from the community who want to strengthen their relationships with their children

Please contact CAPE at 215-624-1176 to find out when the next community group is beginning.

In an effort to ease the pressures that sometimes lead to child abuse and neglect, CAPE initiated the Client Emergency Family Fund for current CAPE and NET clients. This fund provides for the critical needs of families served by CAPE and NET who are currently involved with the child welfare system or are at risk of becoming involved.  These needs include emergency food and clothing, beds and bedding, baby equipment, tokens for medical and therapy appointments, and school supplies and uniforms.  Private foundations and individual donations provide funding for this program.

Please click here to find out about additional programs offered through NET.