Join in the Blue Ribbon Campaign to promotes awareness education of the issue of child abuse and the role that we all must play to prevent and confront all forms of abuse and neglect.

Join in the Blue Ribbon Campaign to promotes awareness education of the issue of child abuse and the role that we all must play to prevent and confront all forms of abuse and neglect.
Carol Lapin, MSSW, has been teaching, training, and sharing the philosophy and skills of the Nurturing Parenting Programs® for adults, children and adolescents since 1996. In 1998 she received the recognition of Dr. Stephen Bavolek, principal author of the programs, as a National Trainer and Consultant in the Nurturing Parenting Programs®.
Payment Information:
Family Nurturing Center
Attn: Carol Lapin
8275 Ewing Blvd.
Florence, KY 41042
No refunds within one week prior to training date. There will be a $25 cancellation fee per registrant.
February 19-21, 2019
Vineyard Church Northwest
9165 Round Top Road
Cincinnati, OH 45251
$350 per person
Join us June 12th at Brink Brewing for Brink for a Cause to support our Playground Build. Make sure to bring the flyer or show it on your phone to ensure that your beer purchase supports our Every Day Heroes Playground Build.
See you there!!
Brink Brewing
5905 Hamilton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH
Read about the Every Day Heroes who have chosen to be champions for children through their words and action in our spring issue of ‘Nurture’.
Our hero staff who worked through the holidays to help relocate our Cincinnati office location. The hundreds of heroes who attended our Blue Ribbon Ceremony and promote April as Child Abuse Prevention Month through education and awareness efforts. Our hero volunteers who are working on the Blue Ribbon Bash scheduled for August 24th, and our hero friends who raised funds to support Family Nurturing Center’s mission to end the cycle of child abuse.
We invite you to read about these heroes and learn how you too can be a hero for children. Thank you!
It’s BIG. It’s BLUE, and it was a BASH!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Blue Ribbon Bash. We are beyond excited and humbled by the generosity we received and can proudly announce that thanks to our guests and corporate sponsors, we raised $112,000 to support our mission to end the cycle of child abuse!
Photos taken at the Bash are now available for FREE DOWNLOAD. Enjoy!!
Family Nurturing Center is also thankful to Kick Lee for joining us as our featured speaker and showing guests how we can all be advocates for children and families. The water droplets that guests wrote personal messages on to help fill the bucket for our clients will be turned into large displays in both our KY and Oh locations.
We also want to thank Ellen M. Katz, President and CEO of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation for her years of leadership supporting causes that impact children and families.
Many thanks to our corporate sponsors for their belief in our mission to end the cycle of child abuse.
Kentucky Youth Advocates has made it easy to track legislative initiatives pending in the General Assembly that impact Kentucky’s children and families.
You can be a voice for Kentucky’s children. Contact your local state senator, representative or Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin to express your thoughts and opinions about ways to keep kids safe.
One thing that many people do not know about abused children is that they often love the person who is hurting them. This is very hard to believe but it is true. This happens because the person who is abusing them is often someone they know well and trust a lot. Children are therefore hesitant to reveal that they are being abused because they fear that they will get the person into trouble if they do so. Another reason for children not wanting to disclose abuse is that many times they have been frightened or threatened by the abuser.
The children in your care love and trust you. A child who has been abused may start talking to you about it. He may do so because he trusts you and wants to share the burden he is carrying with you. Hearing a child talking about being abused is very difficult. You may react in different ways. Your reaction is very important to the child. If you react with disgust or don’t believe what he is saying, he may stop talking to you about it. He will feel that you don’t trust him. This will prevent him from getting help. It also prevents the abuse from stopping.
Be very sensitive and listen carefully when a child is talking to you about abuse. Keep in mind that it is very difficult for the child to talk about being abused. This is especially hard for children who have been sexually abused. The child has gathered up all her courage to tell you about the abuse. How you handle the conversation will determine how you will be able to help the child.
Keep the following considerations in mind when talking to a child who is disclosing abuse:
By, Saraswathy Ramamoorthy with Judith A. Myers-Walls, Ph.D., CFLE. Provider Parent Partnerships www.extension.purdue.edu
Carol Lapin, MSSW, has been teaching, training, and sharing the philosophy and skills of the Nurturing Parenting Programs® for adults, children and adolescents since 1996. In 1998 she received the recognition of Dr. Stephen Bavolek, principal author of the programs, as a National Trainer and Consultant in the Nurturing Parenting Programs®.
In 2010 Carol received the recognition from Mark Perlman, principal author of the Nurturing Father’s Program as a Certified Consultant and Trainer. She has implemented the Nurturing Father’s Curriculum in Northern Kentucky.
Mail completed form and payment to:
Family Nurturing Center
Attn: Carol Lapin
8275 Ewing Blvd.
Florence, KY, 41042
No refunds within one week prior to training date. There will be a $25 cancelation fee per registrant.
May 22-24, 2017
1324 Madison Avenue
$300 per person
Blue Ribbon Trees are growing all over Greater Cincinnati. We invite every community, school, church, business to take action for children by simply “Building a Blue Ribbon Tree”. Trees should be displayed during the entire month of April indoor or outdoors. Take a picture of your tree and send to Family Nurturing Center for inclusion in our Tree Registry.
You can also plant a Pinwheels for Prevention garden. Pinwheels can be ordered from Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky.
Learn how to Build a Blue Ribbon Tree with Preschool Children: