Pilot Youth-Family Reflective Dialogue, Parent Circles and Storytelling under the Culture of Care Initiative

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BACKGROUND  UNICEF Jamaica is supporting the development of a broader Culture of Care social and behaviour change approach to promote positive parenting and contribute to the reduction and elimination of corporal punishment in all settings. The approach places particular emphasis on the home and community and uses facilitated reflective dialogue as a key mechanism for helping caregivers and other community actors explore their own experiences, reduce defensiveness, build confidence and commit to realistic changes in practice. Within this wider framework, UNICEF intends to pilot a time-bound youth and family engagement model in two communities. The pilot will combine two four-session Parent Circle series with a separately facilitated, consent-based intergenerational dialogue and a modest