Home Visits
The Parents as Teachers family support approach focuses on three main areas: parent-child interaction,
development-centered parenting and whole family well-being.
Parent Educators usually meet with a family in the comfort of their own
home. Visits may include health and developmental screenings,
demonstrations of parent-child age appropriate activities, talk about
real life parenting topics, parenting tips, key community resources and
offers to connect families to other families, neighbors and groups to
build support.
The length of time that families are supported varies and is individualized to
fit family needs. In general, parents can expect two visits a month with a
minimum of 12 visits annually (the average is 24 visits per year).
According to years of evaluations, research and data the Parents as
Teachers approach works, and the results are powerful. Read an Arkansas
success story here.
Education and Advocacy
In addition to family support, Parents as Teachers also develops researchinformed curriculum and materials that address the developmental needs
of children and trains early childhood educators and professionals across
the country.
The training programs cover a variety of topics to help raise healthy kids
and get them ready for school -- including special needs children,
responsible fatherhood, teenage parenting, and more. Parents as Teachers
trained educators are among the most highly skilled in the field.
Parents as Teachers also advocates for children and families, helping shape public
policy to increase access to early learning, child development, and education at
the federal, state, and community levels.
Program Goals
Parents as Teachers has 4
goals:
1. Increase parent
knowledge of
early childhood
development and
improve
parenting
practices.
2. Provide early
detection of
development
al delays and
health issues.
3. Prevent child
abuse and
neglect.
4. Increase
children’s
school
readiness and
school
success.
More Information
Parents as Teachers partners with a variety of affiliates and organizations to deliver services, such as
school districts, family resource centers, faith communities, hospitals and health clinics and government
agencies.
Find out how to get Parents as Teachers services by visiting parentsasteachers.org and in Arkansas:
www.arhomevisiting.org.
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