Your Free Prevent Child Abuse Toolkit!

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month—a time to celebrate the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child maltreatment. To support your mission, Active Parenting has developed a turnkey 2026 Prevention Toolkit for professional educators and program leaders.

Your Toolkit Includes:

• Printable Awareness Poster: High-resolution PDF for Family Resource Centers and classrooms.
• Social Media Kit: Graphics & animated stories for your organization’s April campaign.
• Professional Resource Blog: 5 Ways Active Parenting helps to prevent child abuse.

Aligning with the 5 Protective Factors 

Active Parenting curricula are specifically designed to reinforce the 5 Protective Factors to foster social-emotional competence and parental resilience in the families you serve:

• Parental Resilience: Building "courage," fostering essential skills, and prioritizing self-care to help parents effectively handle the daily stresses of
  being a parent.
• Social Connections: Creating a supportive environment within the parenting class and encouraging the development of long-term peer support networks.
• Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development: Providing evidence-based, age-appropriate developmental information for every stage of childhood, from birth through age 18.
• Concrete Support in Times of Need: Equipping leaders with the tools to guide families toward local resources and community support systems.
• Social-Emotional Competence of Children: Teaching parents how to foster emotional intelligence through practical skills like managing emotions and encouraging personal responsibility.

Evidence of Effectiveness
& High-Fidelity 

A 40-Year Legacy of Evaluated Success For over four decades, Active Parenting has been a leader in providing research-based, video-enhanced programs with a long history of successful outcomes. Our Active Parenting philosophy is supported by extensive independent evaluations, confirming that our approach helps families build the resilience needed to thrive.

Ensuring High-Fidelity Implementation

• The Leader’s Guide: A structured, step-by-step manual that ensures facilitators deliver the core curriculum exactly as it was designed and evaluated.
• The Parent’s Guide: A vital tool for fidelity that standardizes the information and "home practice" assignments each participant receives.
• Measurable Outcomes: We take the guesswork out of reporting by providing built-in pre- and post-program assessments to help you document your impact on family dynamics.

Solutions for Every Stage (0–18) 

Our easy-to-teach programs save preparation time and are affordable, educational, and engaging. Whether you are serving parents of toddlers or teens, there is an Active Parenting program for every step of the journey.

Core Evidence-Based Curricula (Available in English & Spanish)

• Active Parenting: First Three Years / Paternidad Activa: Los Primeros Cinco Años (Ages 0-5): Target the critical window of early brain development and attachment.
• Active Parenting 4th Ed. /Paternidad Activa 4a Edición (Ages 5–12): Our flagship program for building cooperation, courage, and responsibility.
• Active Parenting of Teens / Paternidad Activa de Adolescentes (Ages 12-18): Addressing the unique challenges of the adolescent years and risky behavior prevention.

Specialized Family Foundations

• Cooperative Coparenting:
  This comprehensive program helps coparents shield children from conflict and establish a cooperative relationship with the other parent.
• Crossroads of Parenting & Divorce: A five-step short-course to help coparents—ideal for a court-mandated course.
• Active Parenting for Stepfamilies: Practical strategies for the unique dynamics of blended families.