Parents As Teachers

Program Overview

Parents as Teachers is an internationally acclaimed program that promotes optimal early development, learning and health of young children by supporting and engaging their parents and caregivers. We advance the delivery of high quality services for families through a comprehensive system of supports and innovative solutions.

The Parents As Teachers program will incorporate the following components:

· Personal Visits

Group Connections

Resource Network

Child Screening

Together, these four components form a cohesive package of services with four primary goals:

-Increase parent knowledge of early childhood

development and improve parent practices

· Provide early detection of developmental delays
and health issues

Prevent child abuse and neglect

Increase children's school readiness and success

The Parents as Teachers model for providing services to families with children from the prenatal period to kindergarten has been tested by rigorous peer-reviewed
studies and shown to produce results. Affiliates follow the essential requirements of the model, which provide minimum expectations for program design, infrastructure, and service delivery. Parents as Teachers provides support for affiliates to meet those requirements as well as further quality
standards that represent best practices in the field.