SISTAN-BALUCHESTAN HOSTS WORKSHOPS ON POSITIVE PARENTING SKILLS
✍️ The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has organized workshops to promote positive parenting skills among counselors in Sistan-Baluchestan province, Iran.
👉 The workshops were held in Chabahar and Zahedan, targeting counselors from Primary Health Care (PHC) centers and schools across 14 cities in the southern and eight in the northern parts of Sistan-Baluchestan province.
👉 The training program aimed to help local counselors guide and support parents of adolescents in adopting positive parenting approaches.
👉 The program was designed to equip counselors with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to engage with parents effectively and support them in fostering healthy and positive development of their adolescents.
👉 The trained professionals will reach out to at least 2,000 parents in Sistan-Baluchestan province, offering them practical training on positive parenting skills.
👉 The program is part of a broader effort to scale up adolescent parenting programs initially launched in Qom Province for vulnerable parents.
👉 Over 4,000 parents of adolescents in marginalized areas of Qom have participated in at least eight sessions of parenting training, demonstrating the program's success in fostering stronger family relationships and adolescent well-being.
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