| Building Families Parent Edcuation Programs |
Parent Education
Six group sessions include curriculum Great Beginnings for Families or Positive Solutions for Families.
|
In-Home Parent Education Visits
Curriculum is adjusted to the needs of the family, 8-12 in-home visits are
completed with the family.
Continue to look and listen for parent education opportunities in your area.
Pay attention to your local radio or
newspaper. Ask your service provider what parent education opportunities
are being offered.
|
Purpose of Program
Services
To enhance positive parent-child interaction
Expected Results
· Participating families will improve or maintain healthy family functioning, problem solving and communication
· Participating families will increase or maintain social supports
· Participating families will increase knowledge about child development and parenting
· Participating family will improve nurturing and attachment between parent(s) and child(ren)
Criteria for Families
Families participating in parent education groups and in-home services must have a child age 0-5. Families who do not have children age 0-5 may also participate in these services if funding is available. Funded by Empowerment age 0-5 and Prevent Child Abuse Iowa age 5-18 (funds will vary from county to county)
To utilize these programs and services please contact
Amy Muller
Parent Coordinator
|
Building families is having a
Prevent Child Abuse Iowa
Council. Meetings which will be held
from noon-1:00 at the Building
Families Offices on June 1st. This council
will be made of parents and
service providers to help
Hamilton County
work on how to make our
communities and families
safer. If you would like to
attend the council meeting
contact Amy Muller.
amuller@hamiltoncountymhsb.org
515-832-1791
Building Families Office is
located at 500 Fair Meadow Dr.
Webster City
Thank You!
|
|
|
Summer months are ahead, and for some that means traveling on vacations or running the kids to the pool. This PSA was made by a group in England promoting seat belt safety and has since become a worldwide phenomenon. Following the PSA the director that created the concept explains he wanted to broaden the reach of people that would be impacted by a PSA by steering away from the graphic and horrific outcomes associated with not wearing seat belts. He also deliberately had this filmed in a home, surrounded by family members to show that this affects the ones closest to us in an environment that represents safety.
At the end of the segment, CNN added statistics about how many lives were saved by wearing seatbelts instead of how many lives were lost due to not wearing them; and what percentage of people do wear seat belts.
|
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2010/02/20/nr.levs.embrace.life.cnn?hpt=C2
|
|
|
| Growing Together Newsletter June 2010 |
This edition of Growing Together will give you tips on how to spend quality time with your children, as well as spending some quality time for yourself to prevent burnout. Also learn about how you can encourage language and literacy skills by reading aloud.
Don't forget to check out the Growing Together Newsletter Activity Calendar and link below!
|
| Healthy Baby Fair June 29th |
|
Hamilton County Public Health will be having a Healthy Baby Fair June 29th from 1-3pm at the Hamilton County Public Health Building. This event will have information for new or expecting mothers on breast feeding, resources in the community, and how to raise a healthy baby. Building Families will be participating in the event as well as other entities in the community that provide resources and services to help raise healthy children. Please contact Hamilton County Public Health for more information about the fair at 515-832-9565.
|
This edition of Parent Pal was created and submitted by
Amy Muller
Building Families
Parent Coordinator
515-832-1791 ext 202
amuller@hamiltoncountymhsb.org
|
|
