Child Abuse Prevention Month Event Scheduled In Stamford

From the Exchange Club Parenting Skills Center: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, both here and across the nation. The Exchange Club Parenting Skills Center (PSC) — the Stamford-based, non-profit agency working each and every day to stop the cycle of child abuse and neglect in our communities — invites everyone to learn how they can support efforts to protect our children and strengthen local families.

Tuesday, April 3 at 12 Noon, The Exchange Parenting Skills Center’s Executive Director Donna L. Miller joins Stamford Mayor David Martin and Mary Louise O’Rourke, of the St. Joseph Parenting Center, for a Child Abuse Prevention Month Kick-Off at Stamford’s Government Center, 888 Washington Blvd. Highlights will be The Mayor’s Proclamation, news of programs preventing local abuse and neglect, and the installation of a Pinwheel Garden to remind residents of the importance of safeguarding our children.

Miller will share her expertise for building stronger, more loving families through home-based interventions and talk about the expansion of the PSC’s 24/7 Dads fatherhood program. "We recently added staff members so we can reach more Dads with our new, research-based approach that inspires and educates fathers to become more involved, responsible and committed parents," Miller says. "Teaching fathers to engage in this way can bring dramatic, positive transformation to a family."

Vince McClean, President of the PSC Board of Directors, staff members, and Exchange Club leaders will also attend. Miller welcomes April as "a chance to discuss the many ways individuals can help protect our children: by advocating, by donating and by participating."

The Exchange Club Parenting Skills Center (PSC) has been protecting children by stopping the cycle of child abuse and neglect for almost 30 years. Working with children and parents in their own homes, staff members provide needed interventions and teach safe-parenting to create stronger, more resilient and more loving families. Founded to support the National Exchange Club’s Child Abuse Prevention mission, the private, non-profit agency has served over 10,000 children living in Fairfield County and has a success rate of over 85% among families served. Please visit us online.

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