Urban American Indian Parenting (UAIP) Project

Dear Parents or Caretakers,

The Phoenix Indian Center is seeking parents in the Flagstaff area to participate in its Urban American Indian Parenting (UAIP) Project. Your participation will help us provide a needed service to the Urban American Indian community. Eligible parents will receive up to $150.00 for participating.

Workshops for the UAIP Project will be available starting Tuesday, January 22, 2013 on Tuesday evenings from 6 pm-8 pm at Kinsey Elementary School, 1061 S. Lonetree Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001.

The Phoenix Indian Center is currently working with the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center at Arizona State University to conduct the Urban American Indian Parenting Project (funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institute of Health) involving a newly developed culturally grounded parenting intervention curriculum. Over the last two years the Phoenix Indian Center has worked with urban Native American parents to develop the curriculum.

The objectives for the UAIP project are to (1) to create and test a culturally grounded parenting intervention for urban American Indian families, to help prevent children from engaging in substance abuse use and risky sexual behaviors, (2) to compare the culturally adapted parenting intervention with a control condition in a randomized control trial to determine the effectiveness of the intervention, and (3) build institutional capacity for sustaining the development and delivery of this project and similarly designed culturally grounded prevention interventions.

Parents will be randomly chosen to attend one of the two curriculums:

Parenting in 2 Worlds Workshops

Introduction

Building Parenting Communities

Identifying Traditions, Norms and Values

Knowing Your Child’s World

Communication with Your Child

Giving and Receiving Support

Guiding Your Child’s Behavior Effectively Part 1

Guiding Your Child’s Behavior Effectively Part 2

Healthy Families in 2 Worlds Workshops

Introduction to the Program

Vision and Eye Care

Oral Health

Emergency Response Team

CPR Training

First Aid

Kid’s Moods

Safe Dating

Media Influence

Survey and Celebration

Putting It All Together

Talking to Teens about Risky Behaviors

Eligibility Requirements are (1) must be a parent or primary caretaker of a Native American/Alaska Native youth age 10-17 (2) reside off the reservation and (3) the child must attend an urban school.

If you would like to enroll in the Urban American Indian Parenting Project please complete the enrollment form and email to Vanessa Chicharello, Flagstaff Project Recruiter at vchicharello@gmail.com or call (520) 730-9569 or toll free (855) 330-1538.

Thank you for your consideration in participating in the Urban American Indian Parenting Project. If you have any questions feel free to call me at (602) 264-6768 ext 2302 or toll free (855) 330-1538

Sincerely,

Taloa Hood

Project Specialist

Phoenix Indian Center

Urban American Indian Parenting Project

Link to Enrollment Form