Project Safecare

Their methods are innovative but the two San Fernando Valley psychologists heading an $800,000 child-abuse prevention project are trying to prove a simple point: Good parenting can be taught in 15 weeks. With a four-year $804,000 grant from the California Wellness Foundation, psychology professors John Lutzker of the University of Judaism and Ron Doctor of Cal State Northridge are launching Project SafeCare this month, targeting more than 300 families in the Valley.

Their methods are innovative but the two San Fernando Valley psychologists heading an $800,000 child-abuse prevention project are trying to prove a simple point: Good parenting can be taught in 15 weeks. With a four-year $804,000 grant from the California Wellness Foundation, psychology professors John Lutzker of the University of Judaism and Ron Doctor of Cal State Northridge are launching Project SafeCare this month, targeting more than 300 families in the Valley.