First Time Parent Group Resource Maternal Child Health

First Time Parent Group Resource

and Facilitation Guide for Maternal

andChild Health

Nurses

This document is managed by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria (as of 27 August 2007)

First-Time Parent Group Resource and Facilitation Guide for

Maternal and Child Health Nurses

This document is managed by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria (as of 27 August 2007)

Project Consultants and Authors

Professor Gay Edgecombe, Clinical Chair,

Community Child Health Nursing, RMIT

Susanne White, Director, The Resolutions

Group, Pty Ltd

Geraldine Marsh, Consultant, The Resolutions

Group, Pty Ltd

Carol Jackson, Senior Lecturer, Child and

Family Health Nursing, RMIT

Dr Barbara Hanna, Senior Lecturer, School of

Nursing Deakin University

Sue Newman, Maternal and Child Health

Nurse, City of Greater Geelong.

Acknowledgments

The Project Team wishes to thank those people consulted during the development of the Guide: Patricia Glynn, Maternal and Child Health Nurse, Wyndham City. Catriona Good, Maternal and Child Health Nurse, City of Darebin. Raelene Howgate, Maternal and Child Health Nurse, Whitehorse City. Sue Newman, Maternal and Child Health Nurse, City of Greater Geelong. Katrina Pfarrer, Maternal and Child Health Nurse, City of Greater Geelong. Hilary Robinson, Maternal and Child Health Nurse, City of Greater Geelong. Faye Stanesby, Maternal and Child Health Nurse, City of Yarra. Paula Walsh, Maternal and Child Health Nurse, City of Greater Geelong. Sue Walsh, Maternal and Child Health Nurse, City of Darebin.

The 150 maternal and child health nurses who attended the eight One-Day First-Time Parent Group Workshops, gave the Project Team valuable feedback on the developing Guide. The maternal and child health nurses who gave feedback on the Guide after trialling it in their First-Time Parent Groups between October 1997 and February 1998.

Parent Group Resource Guide Reference Group

A project Parent Group Resource Guide Reference Group was established to provide expert advice. The members of the Reference Group were: Prue Ingram, Acting Manager, Family Services, Department of Human Services. Steve Ballard, Manager, Community Child Health, Department of Human Services. Miranda Adams, Program Adviser, Community Child Health, Department of Human Services. Warren Cann, Senior Program Adviser, Parenting and Neighbourhood Services, Department of Human Services. Vanessa Gati, Regional Parenting Resource Service, Western Metropolitan Region. Dr Dorothy Scott, Deputy Head, School of Social Work, The University of Melbourne. Marianne Mackay, Lecturer/Coordinator, Community, Child and Family Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University. Nola Green, Maternal and Child Health Nurse, City of Yarra.

ISBN 0 7306 5078 2

Acknowledgements

Writen by G. Edgecombe, S. White, G. Marsh, C. Jackson, B. Hanna, S. Newman, D. Scott Published by the Victorian Government Department of Human Services Melbourne, Victoria, April 2001. ? Department of Human Services (0140598)

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Contents

Section One

Introduction to First-Time Parent Group Resource and Facilitation Guide for Maternal and Child Health Nurses

1.1 Introduction

3

1.2 Aims of the Guide

4

1.3 How Was the Guide Developed?

5

1.3.1 Background to the First-Time Parents' Sessions

6

1.4 How to Use the Guide

7

1.5 Information about the Guide

8

1.6 References

9

Section Two

Social Interaction and Health

2.1 Introduction

11

2.2 Benefits of Social Support

12

2.3 Facilitator's Role and Related Benefits

13

2.4 References

14

Section Three

Benefits of New Parents' Support Groups

3.1 Introduction

17

3.2 Parents' Perceptions of the Value of First-Time Parent Groups

17

3.3 Maternal and Child Health Nurses' Perceptions of the Value of First-time

19

Parent Groups

3.4 Conclusion

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Section Four

Tips for Organising and Facilitating First-Time Parent Groups

4.1 Introduction

21

4.2 Successful First-Time Parent Group Session Factors

21

4.3 Role of Facilitator

21

4.4 Encouraging Sustainable Connections Between Participants

22

4.5 Group Guidelines or Rules

22

4.6 Handling Difficult People in the Group Sessions

23

4.7 What to Do about `Drop Outs'

24

4.8 Evaluating the Sessions

24

4.9 Debriefing the Facilitator

24

4.10 Engaging `Experts'

24

4.11 Inviting Participants

24

4.12 Times, Days and Venues

25

4.13 Engaging Fathers

25

4.14 Maintaining and Continuing the Group

25

4.15 Developing and Improving Facilitation Skills

26

Section Five

About the First-Time Parent Group Sessions

5.1 Introduction

27

5.2 The Purpose of the Group Sessions

28

5.3 Maternal and Child Health Nurse as Group Facilitator

28

5.3.1 Accessing Resources for Parents and Maternal and Child Health Nurses

29

5.3.2 Accessing Resources for Culturally Specific Groups

29

5.4 The Session Designs

30

5.5 Choosing the Sessions for Parent Groups

31

5.6 Notes on the Strategies Used in Following Sessions

32

5.7 Promoting Discussion in Groups

34

5.8 Assertiveness and First-Time Parent Groups

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