Circle of Parents® is a mutual support and self-help program for parents based on a framework of shared leadership, mutual respect, shared ownership and inclusiveness. Florida Circle of Parents® provides a friendly, supportive environment led by parents and other caregivers. It's a place where anyone in a parenting role can openly discuss the successes and challenges of raising children. The groups are free, confidential and non-judgmental. Shared leadership is practiced among facilitators and parents so that participants both receive and provide help to others.

If you are interested in starting a Circle of Parents® support group in your community please email

Heather Jones:  hjones@ounce.org.

Developing leadership on the individual, family, community and societal levels, as desired by parent participants, is a central theme of the Circle of Parents® model. Meaningful parent leadership occurs when parents gain the knowledge and skills to function in leadership roles and represent a "parent voice" to help shape the direction of their families and communities and programs and policies that affect them.