AVA Conversations: ConnectED Parents in Adolescent Dating Violence Prevention

In this episode, Lianne Lee and Sarah Winstanley discuss how ConnectED Parents integrates evidence, innovation, and community engagement to support parents in fostering healthy youth relationships. They outline the ConnectED Parents model, highlight key research findings and practical lessons, and explore emerging questions about how technology is reshaping youth relationships and parent-focused prevention efforts.Listeners will gain a deeper understanding of the ConnectED Parents approach, practical ideas for using text messaging, peer support, and social environment strategies with parents, and insight into future directions for research and collaboration to strengthen parent engagement in adolescent dating violence prevention in a rapidly evolving digital world.