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CPP Group Leader Training

CPP group leader training is a 2-day workshop. Participants learn about the Chicago Parent Program principles, structure, and content and how to facilitate parent group sessions, including “hands-on” group leading experience. All participants complete a post-test at the end of the workshop.

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Become a Certified Group leader

We strongly recommend that all Chicago Parent Program Group Leaders become “certified.” Certification signifies that Group Leaders have successfully completed the Chicago Parent Program Group Leader Workshop and are highly skilled in delivering the program.
Read more about becoming a certified Chicago Parent Program Group Leader.

CPP Fidelity Assessment

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About Us

The Chicago Parent Program was developed in 2002 by three nurses, Deborah Gross, Christine Garvey, and Wrenetha Julion who care deeply about young children and their families. In 2009, Susan Breitenstein and in 2014, Amie Bettencourt, who share our passion for supporting families with young children joined the CPP team. Dr. Gross is currently the Leonard and Helen Stulman Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and School of Medicine (Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Julion is a Professor at Rush University College of Nursing, Dr. Breitenstein is a Professor at The Ohio State University College of Nursing in Columbus, OH and Dr. Bettencourt is an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, School of Nursing and School of Public Health. Dr. Garvey recently retired and continues to be actively involved on the Chicago Parent Program team.

The work of the Chicago Parent Program has been generously supported by the National Institute for Nursing Research, the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Rush University Medical Center, the Leonard and Helen Stulman Foundation, the Chicago Department of Children and Youth Services, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Abell Foundation, the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation, and the Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund.

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