“The Mother’s Club (Personal Best) opened me up. We all had a lot in common—a lot of stress, children, husbands, life in general. I looked forward to it every week.”
—Head Start mother

“The group was about my personal growth and not about school, about my parenting. . . It was an affirmation of what was already inside us instead of, we are going to teach you to be good moms because you don’t know what you are doing.”
—Head Start mother

Personal Best was developed by Dr. Judy Grossman to promote maternal mental health, social support and perceived self-efficacy in the parental role. The curriculum supports a two generation approach to service delivery that focuses on adult development in addition to child development and the parent-child relationship.

Personal Best is a 16-week group experience that includes discussion, activities, and personal reflection to improve a mother’s adaptive coping skills and role performance in multiple domains (parent, partner, family member, homemaker, worker, community member). A core feature is the process of building resilience and personal growth through graded mastery experiences and mutual support.