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The PEEP program

The PEEP program. About PEEP Guidelines & principles Program structure Program content PEEP training (essential) Core activities Flexible delivery Positive evidenced outcomes Dr Rosemary Roberts OBE MA PhD. Overarching criteria for quality early childhood services. Explicit aims

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The PEEP program

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  1. The PEEP program • About PEEP • Guidelines & principles • Program structure • Program content • PEEP training (essential) • Core activities • Flexible delivery • Positive evidenced outcomes Dr Rosemary Roberts OBE MA PhD

  2. Overarching criteria for quality early childhood services Explicit aims Flexible delivery Universal, voluntary, free access Collaborative community program Reflective learning organisation Good project communication High quality resources Systematic monitoring & information management Effective, efficient, value for money.

  3. Supports learning at home, from birth Works with parents, about and with their children Five-year program, theoretical underpinning Links language and music Quality training: working with parents Universal & targeted design Evidenced-based Accreditation policy (practitioners and parents) What is special to PEEP?

  4. PEEP principles 1: relationships with parents/carers • Values parents/carers knowledge & experience of their children as a starting point for offering ideas & information • Works with parents as equal partners (PEEP is done ‘with’ parents, not ‘to’ them) • Has a non-judgmental approach to families • Values diversity, welcoming people from all backgrounds & cultures • Creates opportunities for parents to share experiences & ideas in a safe & supportive environment

  5. PEEP principles 2: learning together with children • Parents/carers are a child’s first and most important educators • Self-esteem is central for learning • Learning works best when the world is understood from the child’s point of view • Children learn through play & interaction • Singing, stories & books are crucial in children’s learning, beginning at birth • Relationships are at the heart of learning • Parents/carers can learn together with their children • PEEP has high expectations of what children & adults can achieve together

  6. PEEP program structure The ORIM learning framework (Hannon 1995) is a practical way for parents/carers to develop relationships with their children and to encourage learning through: • Opportunities for learning • Recognition & valuing their children’s efforts & achievements • Interaction with their children to talk about what they do and how they feel about it • Modelling behaviour, attitudes & activities

  7. PEEP program content • Currently, five developmental areas:self concept & learning dispositions (e.g. perseverance & curiosity), oral language, reading, writing, numeracy • Core activities: talking time (about children’s development), singing songs, rhymes, sharing books & stories, activities, playing together • PEEP resources to support learning together at home (updating for 2013) • DVDs & sessions plans for practitioners

  8. Flexible delivery • Open access activities (health clinics, drop-in groups) • Home visits (universal home visiting, baby visits) • Home programs (general or specialised program) • PEEP groups (standard PEEP groups, specialised targeted groups) • Working with professionals (building a professional workforce) • Working with the sector (contributing to policy & practice through development, delivery & dissemination)

  9. Positive evidenced outcomes • Birth to School Study (6 yrs, 2005) reported enhanced parent-child interaction & quality of care-giving environment; skills related to future literacy development; higher self-esteem • Foundation PEEP Study (2003)reported greater progress in language comprehension, understanding about books & print, self-esteem • Enabling Parents Study (2004) reported participants’ improved socio-economic status; greater awareness of their children’s literacy development & ways to foster it • Room to Play Evaluation (2007) reported involvement of diverse groups of people, including otherwise isolated families

  10. UK delivery of PEEP Local Authority-wide delivery (e.g. Edinburgh, Derby, 50+ groups in each) Also in Lincolnshire, Hampshire, Midlothian, West Lothian, Aberdeen, Staffs, Leicestershire, Bristol In Children’s Centres etc., working with health, education and social care ‘Progressive universalism’: universal, but special effort to recruiting vulnerable families ‘Water PEEP’, ‘Cooking PEEP’, ‘Healthy Eating PEEP’, ‘Chatterbox PEEP’ (2yr-olds with speech and language delay), ‘Outdoor PEEP’, ‘Sensory PEEP’ (physical disabilities), ‘Antenatal PEEP’ (incl. with substance-misusing parents-to-be), ‘Early Explorers’ (in well-baby health clinics)

  11. GROWING CAPACITY AND CONNECTING: INTEGRATION AT ALL THE LEVELS • Evolution not revolution: ‘grow on’ to existing quality services, eg MCH, Family Support • Integration the key: strengthening connections across the services, and at all levels

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