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Office of Child Development & Early Learningwww.education.state.pa.us | www.dpw.state.pa.us
Touching Hearts, Changing MindsParents as Professional Development Partners
Sarah Holland , Mary Mikus, & Camille CatlettNational Early Childhood Inclusion Institute
May 2014
Office of Child Development & Early Learningwww.education.state.pa.us | www.dpw.state.pa.us
Pair/Share
• Pick a partner• Identify leadership roles that families play in
your state or region• Discuss with partner• Share highlights with group
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Learning Objectives
• Recognize the impact effective family engagement can have on child outcomes and trajectories
• Understand the leadership roles families can play in professional development, pre-service learning and other areas
• Identify potential emotional, informational, and financial supports that enable family participation
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Learning Objectives• Be aware of the initial broad based national support
that created this project and the evolution into the current PA model
• Relate the Pennsylvania model to similar approaches in your own state
• Become inspired to increase opportunities for family leadership in state and local programs
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• Higher preschool performance and promotion to next grade
• More positive engagement with peers, adults, and learning
• Buffers negative impact of poverty on academic and behavioral outcomes
The Difference You Can Make Through Family Engagement
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PA Efforts to Build Family Leadership
Competence and Confidence: Partners in Policy Making for
Families of Children in Early Intervention
(C2P2 EI)
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PA Efforts to Build Family Leadership
• Parents as Partners in Professional Development (P3D)
• Guide By Your Side (GBYS)
• Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania (P2P)
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PA Efforts to Build Family Leadership
• State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC)
• Local Opportunities – Local Interagency Coordinating Councils (LICCs)– Support groups
• Parent Partners
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Parents as Partners in Professional Development(P3D)
By partnering with families– We learn from their stories & benefit from their
expertise– Families grow in their leadership skills
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History of P3D• FPG Project: Natural Allies
– Originated through Higher Education• Parents as Presenters• Parents as Partners in Professional
Development
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P3D Family Roles
• Presentations (presenter, co-presenter, panelist)• Training developers• Contributors to newsletters• Family video profiles• On-line learning• Review policy, procedures and standards• Advisory committees
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Opportunities created from P3D• Online chats• Course content - observation and reflection• Guest lecturers in Higher Education settings• Co-instruction• Family scenario• Shared organization and management• Evaluation and development• Advisory groups
– Learning Standards
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Why this Partnership?
• Promote sensitivity and awareness• Educate about family centered services• Show audience that KIDS are KIDS• Advocate for Quality programs and
services
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Essential Support for P3D• Commitment• Support • Compensation• Tools
http://fpg.unc.edu/presentations/parents-partners-professional-development-p3d-touching-hearts-changing-minds
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Impact on Students/Professionals
• Change in practice • New perspective• Employment interest• Enhanced knowledge and skills• Positive feedback on evaluations• Excitement!!!
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Impact on Families• Increased confidence and collaboration• New perspective • Enhanced knowledge and skills• Positive feedback on evaluations• Excitement!!!
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Qualitative Impact
The families’ stories and presence brings our work to life giving it depth and meaning
I learned I had misconceptions about family life with a child with a disability
It was a good experience to have students apply the concepts we’ve been learning in class, i.e., grieving, resources, etc., to a real-life situation
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Recruitment Strategies
• Local Early Intervention programs
• Family networking
• Family training
• Local Interagency Coordinating Councils
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The Journey – look how far we’ve come1974 2013
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Cecilia’s Story
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From Team Meeting to State Conference
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Meeting the VIPs
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What will next year bring?
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Thank You!
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For More InformationContact
Mary MikusConsultant, Early Intervention Technical Assistance
mmikus@pattan.net800.441.3215 ext.7277
Sarah HollandSpecial Assistant on Family Engagement, Office of Child Development and Early Learning
saholland@state.pa.us 717-787-8691
Camille CatlettScientist, FPG Child Development Institute University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
camille.catlett@unc.eduTel: (919) 966-6635