Annual report-2005 - Karl Kübel Stiftung

Karl Kuebel Stiftung fuer Kind und Familie, www.kkstiftung.de
F A M I L Y F O R U M
“With the support of parents and families in different cultures we contribute to a comprehensive
development of their children especially in the first three years.”
From the Foundation Guidelines of the Karl Kuebel Stiftung
“Understanding the Baby”, “Erfurter Netcode” and “3. Hessian Family Day” – those three bullet
points are standing for the spectrum of the family related work of Karl Kuebel Stiftung inside
Germany, which has been initiated from the department Family Forum. These activities also
represent the three pillars of the forum: The preventive approach for expectant and young parents,
the area of media pedagogy related to child-friendly services in the internet, as well as public
relations and awareness raising in favour of more friendliness for families in Germany.
School for Parents: Strengthening of the Relationship between Child and
Parents
www.focus-familie.de
The school for parents stands for a training-programme for the early strengthening of the
relationship between child and parents. Aberrations of the child or in the living together of the
families are to be prevented at an early stage. The increased number of reports about
maltreatment and negligence of children show the importance of this project. As an answer to this
incidents the Institute for Familytherapy at the clinical centre of the University of Heidelberg has
developed a programme for prevention with the support of the Family Forum. After some testing
2005 has been the year of the first practical probation: In an unique attempt the programme has
been implemented as an area-wide pilot project due to recommendations of the district
Bergstrasse. At an annual rate of 2.000 nativities it has been the primary goal to reach as many
expectant or young parents as possible. Therefore extensive preparatory work was needed: Leadmanaged
by the county district a network of experts for birth preparation like midwifes, pediatrists
and gynaecologists has been formed. Those experts receive free training as multipliers for the
school for parents. Leading health insurance companies could have been convinced of the concept
and agreed to take over the costs for the fees of the course for parents. At the end of 2005 many
multipliers had been trained so that courses could start in hospitals, surgeries and helpdesks for
families in the beginning of 2006. At the end of 2005 the Family Forum has sanctioned for
additional funds for the implementation and the scientific steering of the project. Therewith the
course has been set for the success of the school for parents and the cooperating partners assume
a positive response in other regions and federal states.
Child-friendly Services in the Internet
www.erfurter-netcode.de
For another important branch of preventive work - media pedagogy - the Forum has
developed guidelines for orientation about child-friendly internet services together
with churches, the “Landesmedienanstalt” (“Institute for the Federal Media”) and the
Erfurter Netcode. In February 2005 the seal for quality has been awarded for the
first time to nine providers of children’s homepages in the city hall of Erfurt. These
providers have been intensively reviewed before and were allowed to carry the
Netcode-seal in form of a jumping kangaroo with immediate effect. 50 additional
candidates didn’t meet the strict criteria of the Netcode. In a second round in
November four more providers have been awarded with the seal. Given the positive
response from the public, the media and the internet-scene the Association Netcode
e.V. is planning an extension of its activities through the admission of more members and the
extension of the inspection committee in 2006.
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