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Parents as Teachers Offers:
Personal visits with a
trained parent educator who helps parents understand what to
expect as children grow and develop. The parent educator
suggest activities to encourage learning tailored to each child's
age and stage of development. Parent Educator for Gooding County
is Julie Thaete, 208-539-6819, email:
jthae@magiclink.com.
Group meetings with
informational presentations. At these meetings parents can
share ideas and experiences with other parents and participate in
fun activities.
Screenings. Parents
as Teachers offers screenings of overall development, health,
hearing, and vision.
Resource network.
Parents as Teachers helps families find other community services
that can meet their needs.
Benefits to the family from
Parents as Teachers:
When parents participate, children improve in language, problem
solving, and social skills. Parents are more confident in
their parenting skills and read more to their children.
Parents stay involved in their child's education, both at school
and at home. Children benefit when potential problems in
development, hearing, or vision are detected early and later
difficulties in school are prevented.
The University of Idaho Parents
as Teachers Demonstration Project began in December 1999 when the
Office of the Governor contracted with University of Idaho
Extension to develop a set of Parents as Teachers programs in
order to evaluate the fit of the program in Idaho communities
throughout the state. Families began to enroll in 2000.
For more information on the
Parents as Teachers program visit:
www.patnc.org
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