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ABC Parenting’s mission is to nurture parent-child relationships through science-based practice and community partnership. Aligned with this mission, ABC Parenting implements the parenting program, Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), to parents of infants and young children.
ABC is an evidence-based parenting program that targets parental nurturance and sensitivity through 10 home visiting sessions for parents. There are three ABC models that serve children from birth through 4 years of age. ABC enhances parental sensitivity and has positive effects on children’s attachment, stress physiology, brain development, inhibitory control, DNA methylation, executive functioning, and vocabulary, extending at least through adolescence. ABC is one of the few home visiting programs approved by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services for its Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program.