Parents as Teachers

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Parents as Teachers

• All children will learn, grow and develop to
  realize their full potential

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What is Parents as Teachers?

• An evidence-based home visiting program
• A voluntary primary prevention program prenatal
  to age five
• A universal access program that can be targeted
• A strengths-based family education and parent
  support program

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PAT Core Beliefs

• All parents deserve support as childs first
  teacher
• Childs early years are critical for optimal
  development
• Respect for traditions and cultures is essential
• Services should be adapted to meet the needs of
  the family and community
• Established and emerging research should be the
  foundation of parent education/family support.

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PAT Goals

• Increase parental knowledge of child development
  and improve parenting practices
• Provide a means for early detection of potential
  learning problems.
• Prevent and reduce child abuse and neglect
• Increase childrens school readiness and school
  success

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Outreach

• PAT adapted and targeted for at-risk families
• Eligible family must be low income and have a
  pregnancy and/or or child under age 1 at the
  point the family is enrolled.
• Outreach and recruitment plan reflects targeted
  population

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Personal Visit Component

• Delivered in the home
• Weekly or twice a month based on need
• Weekly caseload 12-14 families
• Twice a month 24 -25 families
• Born to Learn Curriculum is used

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Parent Group Meetings Component

• Frequency Once a month minimum
• Include child development information
• 4 types
• parent-child interaction,
• small ongoing groups,
• presentation-plus,
• community events

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Annual Screening Component

• Development, health, hearing and vision
• PATNC approved screening tools (ASQ, Denver, etc)
• Parents engaged in the process
• Parents receive verbal and written summary
• Sensitivity to familys culture and primary
  language
• Can be contracted out

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Resource Network Component

• Help families overcome barriers to needed
  resources
• IFSP
• Coordinate services with other providers
• Assist in transition out of program to next
  placement
• Participate in community efforts to improve
  services for families

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Staff Qualifications

• 4 year degree and supervised experience working
  with young children and their parents. is
  preferred
• However, individual programs may include
  additional or alternative educational or work
  history requirements that they find appropriate
  and acceptable to meet the needs of their
  community.

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Born to Learn Institute Prenatal-3 Years

• Neuroscience research
• Sequences of early childhood development
• Effective personal visits
• Facilitation of parent-child interaction
• Ideas for parent groups
• Ways to link families to community resources
• Service to diverse families
• Red flags in areas of development, hearing,
  vision and health
• Recruitment and program organization
• Follow-up Day

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Born to Learn Curriculum

• Based on child development and neuroscience
  research
• Prenatal-36 months visit plans (for monthly,
  bi-weekly and weekly visits)
• Child development and human diversity
• resources for parent educators
• Parent handouts 2 reading levels
• 16 segment video series
• Available in English and Spanish

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Core Training Costs

• PAT P-3 Institute 520
• Born to Learn Curriculum 295
• (each home visitor must have one)
• Follow Up Day included

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Getting started

• Begin working with a PATNC Planning Consultant
• Submit an initial PAT Program Plan
• Register for training
• Complete the Born to LearnTM Institute
• Receive certification and affiliation notices
• Annual renewal of certification in-service
• requirement

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• National model local program

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PAT Resources

• PAT How to Implement a PAT Program
• PAT Standards and Quality Indicators
• PAT Illionis State Office Ounce of Prevention
  Fund
• http//www.opfibti.org/pat or
• www.parentsasteachers.org