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Maggie Zierfuss
Maggie spent two years in the school system in St. Johns County Florida, focusing on teen parent and adolescent issues and developing an alternative to suspension program using the Nurturing Program for Parents and Adolescents. The program involved students and parents and suspension days were reduced 88%. Teen parenting classes were also included in the curriculum to provide education to the students who were already or soon-to-be parents. In 1995 Maggie received a Governor's Citation in Maryland for her extensive work which focused on families with drug and alcohol issues which brought together local agencies and the support of the community, enabling the parenting classes to provide the education needed to rebuild these families. Maggie is also a National Trainer/Consultant for the Nurturing Parenting Pilot Project in Florida, a statewide initiative now in its fifth year. The data being collected from this five-year project is being studied for ways to reduce child abuse and neglect. In the Summer of 2003, Maggie presented the Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2) testing tool to participants attending the World Conference on Family Violence organized by OBSCAN. #37 Maggie Zierfuss |
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For the past 18 years, Maggie has devoted her career to the Nurturing Parenting Programs. Her belief in preserving families has allowed her to teach, train and develop the program in many agencies. In the year 2000, with a colleague, she opened the family Nurturing Center of Florida in Jacksonville. During her career she has focused on preserving families by teaching the Nurturing Parenting Program to all age group curriculums. Maggie has implemented the program in the prison system to those parents who requested the opportunity to learn new parenting skills before being released. The most recent presentation and workshop was at the request of the Navy. The Nurturing Program will be offered to the military families at the Kings Bay Submarine Base in Georgia starting Fall of 2003.  |
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