| Building Families Parent Education Programs |
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Parent Education
Six group sessions include curriculum Great Beginnings for Families or Positive Solutions for Families.
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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.
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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
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| Postive Solutions for Families in Gilmore City |
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Location:
Gilmore City Elementary School
Time: 5:30-7:00
Child care and a meal provided!
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Please Register!!
Amy Muller
Parent Coordinator
Phone: 515-832-1791 ext 202
Email: amuller@hamiltoncountymhsb.org
Please see flyer below
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April 8th
Session 1: Making a Connection! Meet each other and learn about our families.
Identify the importance of building positive relationships with children. Discuss the “power” of using positive comments and encouragement with children.
April 15th
Session 2: Making it Happen! Understand how play can be a powerful parenting practice. Learn ways to help children develop friendship skills. Link building relationships, using positive comments/encouragement, and play to children’s behavior.
April 22nd
Session 3: Why do Children do What they do? Examine why children do what they do. Practice ways to determine the meaning of behavior. Understand how to make expectations clear for children. Understand effective ways to develop and teach household rules.
April 29th
Session 4: Teach me What to Do. Identify feeling words and identify effective ways to teach feeling vocabulary. Demonstrate the use of books to support emotional literacy and social emotional development. Identify ways to cope with feelings of anger and disappointment. Learn how to teach problem solving skills.
May 6th
Session: 5 Facing the Challenge: Part 1 Examine nine specific strategies that can be used to promote positive adult and child behavior in home and community settings.
May 13th
Session 6: Facing the Challenge Part 2 Identify that problem behavior has meaning. Identify the meaning of behavior by examining what happens before and after the problem behavior. Identify the three parts of a behavior plan: preventions, new skills to teach, and new responses. Learn to use the Family Routine Guide to identify supports for use with children during daily routines.
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| Growing Together Newsletter |
| Growing Together Newsletter- March |
In this issue of Growing Together, learn how to understand the "problem child", be a patient listener, handle anger and fear in young children, and getting your child ready for school all year round! Don't forget to check out the Growing Together Newsletter Activity Calendar!
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| NHSA Partners with TEXT4 BABY |
The National Healthy Start Association Partners in Unprecedented Public-Private Partnership to Address Rising U.S. Infant Mortality Rate
On February 4, 2010 the National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) announced that it will join other national and local organizations as an outreach partner of text4baby - a new free mobile information service providing timely health information to pregnant women and new moms from pregnancy through a baby’s
fi rst year. The infant mortality rate in the United States is one of the highest in the industrialized world, and for the fi rst time since the 1950s, that rate is on the rise. Each year in the United States, more than 500,000 babies are born prematurely and an estimated 28,000 children die before their fi rst birthday—signifying a public health crisis.
Women who sign up for the service by texting BABY to 511411 (or BEBE for Spanish) receive three free SMS text messages each week timed to their due date or baby’s date of birth. These messages focus on a variety of topics critical to maternal and child health, including birth defects prevention, immunization, nutrition, seasonal
flu, mental health, oral health and safe sleep. Text4baby messages also connect women to prenatal and infant care services and other
resources.
For more information about text4baby, go to http://text4baby.org.
Text BABY to 511411
Envia BEBE al 511411 para Español
First-Ever Free Mobile Health Service
Text4baby Provides Health Tips to Pregnant Women, New Moms
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| Parenting in the 21st Century |
Help Kids Bounce Back, Survive and Thrive in Today's Troubling World
Plan to come hear Dr. Borba speak at this FREE public event and bring your child rearging questions!!
See flyer and website below for more information!
| Dr. Michele Borba
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
7:00 pm
Coutyard Marriot -Grand Ballroom
Ankeny
CEU's available to Social Workers and Child Care Providers
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This edition of Parent Pal was created and submitted by
Amy Muller
Building Families
Parent Coordinator
515-832-1791 ext 202
amuller@hamiltoncountymhsb.org
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