Tulsa Children's Project (TCP)
The Tulsa Children’s Project (TCP) is a highly integrated set of interventions focused on improving developmental outcomes of children in Tulsa Educare. It is funded by the George Kaiser Family Foundation. TCP began in 2009 under the direction of Dr. Jennifer Hays-Grudo. She brought TCP to OSU in 2014, and began collaborating with Dr. Morris. Building on the knowledge learned through EduCareers and research on families and children, today TCP represents several exciting programs listed below.
Programs
Legacy for Children™
The CDC has chosen us as an implementation site for Legacy for Children™. The Legacy program is a group-based parenting intervention, and is part of Educare: Beyond the Walls. Parents begin a Legacy group when their babies are infants, and can be part of a Legacy group until their children are age three. Legacy group meetings include mother-only time and mother–child time. We are partnering with OU-HSC researchers, Jane Silovskyand Lana Beasley, to evaluate the first Spanish implementation of Legacy. This work is funded by the CDC and the George Kaiser Family Foundation.
OK Baby Study
The Oklahoma Baby Study is a project conducted by OSU to see how babies develop and change in the first three years of life and how mothers influence their baby's development. We will use the information collected in the Oklahoma Baby Study to compare OK Baby Study mothers to mothers who are participating in various programs offered in Oklahoma, including Legacy for Children™. The Oklahoma Baby Study will help us see how programs are affecting babies and mothers. The Oklahoma Baby Study will soon have a site in Stillwater, under the direction of Dr. Amy Williamson.
Super Parents
Super Parents is a group-based parenting program focused on mindfulness, positive parenting, and building executive function in children. The six interactive 2-hour sessions utilize the Active Parenting video-based Parents 1, 2, 3, 4! curriculum as a base and enhances it with elements found to be effective in helping parents to build skills to be more thoughtful, intentional and effective in managing their own responses to a variety of situations and stimuli. The focus shifts to finding ways to transfer that learning to the home, child-rearing environment. It includes stress management, executive function, active parenting, goal setting; and teaching strategies, concepts, and language.