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CHAPTER 14 Other Community Resources. Child, Family, and Community: Family-Centered Early Care and Education Sixth Edition Janet Gonzalez-Mena Updated by: Ruby Willey-Rendon, West Texas A&M University. Social Networks.
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CHAPTER 14Other Community Resources Child, Family, and Community: Family-Centered Early Care and Education Sixth Edition Janet Gonzalez-Mena Updated by: Ruby Willey-Rendon, West Texas A&M University
Social Networks • Association of people drawn together by family, work or shared activities.
Strategy Box 14.1 • Make contact information available to each family • Make every meeting interactive • Make special effort to connect families who may be slow to engage • Facilitate connections between families whose children are connecting
Forms of Social Networks • Neighborhoods • Nearby friends and/or family • Groups coalesce around shared values or meaning
Community Resources Three trends that increase the need for social networks: • Employed mothers • Economic challenges • The feminization of poverty
Six Families • Select the family you worked with in the Chapter 11 activity • Identify the community resources that assisted this family to reduce the stressors and grow toward success. What strengths do you see in the family now?
Community Connections • Each family in this chapter relates to their community in unique ways. • In your own community there are many resources: some similar, some specific to local needs. How many are you familiar with?
Some Community Resources • Parks and Recreation • Libraries and Local Museums • Community College • Head Start and Early Head Start • County Health (services and education) What else can you think of?
Availability of Resources • Finding resources • Access can be limited • Funding can be a problem • Lack of transportation • Known and unknown values (worth investigating)
Strategy Box 14.2 • Review the strategies listed • For each point, evaluate your program for how well it provides assistance to families in this area • Find a partner and discuss your evaluation • Share ideas/resources with each other