Promising early years home visiting programs in the Netherlands

Bert PrinsenNetherlands Institute of Care and Welfare

Items

* Netherlands* Policy and services* Promising programs* Home visiting

- VoorZorg- Mothers Inform Mothers- Stevig Ouderschap

The Netherlands

• Monarchy, part of the

European Union• 16.1 million inhabitants• 24.3% between 0-19

year i.c. 3.7 million

children

Age distribution of 0 - 19 year olds

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Boys Girls

0 = 45 = 910 = 1415 = 19

Families

• The majority of

children are raised

within a family with

more than one child

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twocarersone carer

Families and children

• Age of the mothers at first birth - 29 year• 33% of marriages ends in divorce• 15% of children lives in poor households• 4% of children engaged in reports on child

abuse• 9% of the children live in single parent

families and 3% live in stepfamilies

Migrant children

• Migrants from Morocco, Surinam, Turkey and

Netherlands Antilles• More youngsters than the native Dutch: 38%

is younger than 25 year• Higher birth rate and family reunion• By the year 2015 2/3 of population increase

caused by growth of the number of people

from ethnic backgrounds

The balance of parenting

• 70% of parents need

support in parenting• 20% of parents has

difficulties in raising

children• 5% lack of control• 2% multiproblem

Parent Support Policy

• Policy document Family Policy (2006)• Upbringing is the responsiblity of parents,• Pluriformity in lifestyles and parenthood• Regulations on child benifit, pregnancy,

maternity leave, child day care, parenting

support• Stimulating policy on services of child

public health care and youth care

Parent Support Services

• Child health care• child health

centre or well

baby clinic• family doctors

and local

health centres• hospital

• Youth care• parenting

support• local youth

care• residential

youth care

Parenting support and child development

• Effective• Professional quality• Good times

Effective early years prevention programs

• Triple P• VoorZorg• Parent Mangement

Training (PMTO)• Incredible Years

• STEP Programmes

- Opstap

- Overstap• Kaleidoscoop

Promising early years prevention programs

• Mothers Inform

Mothers• Home Start• Stevig Ouderschap• Opvoeden Zo parent

training• Thuis op straat

• STEP Programmes

- Instapje

- Opstapje• Boekenpret• Parenting Course

Peuter- in-zicht• Piramide

Home visiting in the early yearsVoorZorg

Mothers Inform Mothers

Stevig Ouderschap

Home Start

and regular home visits of the child

public health nurses