Keeping Indigenous families together

A renowned international parenting program is helping keep at risk Indigenous families together.

The Triple P — Positive Parenting Program has helped more than 100 Indigenous families in 11 parts of the state in the first three months of its introduction.

Central Queensland Indigenous Development (CQID) has delivered the program to 41 families.

CQID development manager Zellah Wenitong says Triple P is achieving its aim of helping parents and kinship carers to improve their parenting and communication skills.

“One parent said the classes had helped her to be more organised at home with her children. She’s able to talk and listen to them better and discipline them more effectively,” says Zellah.

“Another young mum said the program offered her good support and helped her get her children back, which was a wonderful outcome.”

Zellah says the children enjoyed learning about their culture and interacting with the other children.

“This positive feedback shows the program is working.”

The Department of Communities has committed more than $159,000 to the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) to work with Triple P International to deliver training.

There are currently 40 frontline family support workers trained to deliver the program, with another 20 staff to be trained in the long-term.

For more information about the Triple P — Positive Parenting Program phone 1800 811 810.