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Engaging Families

Engaging Families. Presented by Becky Leiter, EC Consultant. Welcome!!. Who are we? Supervisors Home Visitors Nurses Family Workers Parents. What is the secret to Family Engagement??????. There is no secret It takes hard work It takes imagination and creativity

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Engaging Families

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  1. Engaging Families Presented by Becky Leiter, EC Consultant

  2. Welcome!! • Who are we? • Supervisors • Home Visitors • Nurses • Family Workers • Parents

  3. What is the secret to Family Engagement?????? • There is no secret • It takes hard work • It takes imagination and creativity • Relationship Building is the key

  4. Family Engagement/Parent Involvement • Parent Involvement • Responsibility of FSW • Revolves around outputs • PI focus is PC, Parent Mtgs, etc • PI collects data about numbers attending • Family Engagement • Embedded in all staff’s work • Positive/Goal Directed • Ongoing relationships • Improve services through data

  5. Relationships • Respect • Non-judgmental • Understanding

  6. Communication!! • Active Listening • Parallel Process

  7. How we are with families is as important as what we do • Attitudes, beliefs and values • Parents perception • Discuss

  8. Partnership Talk • Conversation not an interview • Focus on the family with the conversation • Ask open-ended questions/practice active listening • Attitude of “not knowing” and “wanting to understand”

  9. Partnership Talk Cont’d • Encourage different points of view • Listen to those points! • Share power and knowledge • Collaborate with the family

  10. Explore Staff Interactions • Observe home visits • Evaluate yourself as a home visitor • Does conversation happen? • Observe body language of all/non-verbal messages

  11. Staff Interactions cont’d • Open ended questions • Non-judgmental • Respect for opposing points of view • Acknowledgement of family strengths

  12. What do we want from Families?

  13. What we want from families • Participation and engagement Involved in Planning Connection Receptiveness Peer Support Many others goals can be identified by each program

  14. What does Engagement Look like in your Program?

  15. Or does it look more like this?

  16. Do we need to do something different???? • Include families in the planning • Include grandparents in the activities • Base activities, training, presentations on the Family Goal Plans/Child Outcomes/Family Interests

  17. Relationships • We have talked a lot about relationships • A subject most programs feel comfortable with • What is the next step, how do we evolve to family engagement? • Purposefully planning for family engagement in the program

  18. Action Plan • Handout of simple action plan • At your table: identify the problem • Create a Goal • Identify some strategies • People responsible • What outcome do you want

  19. Resources used in Presentation • Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC) • Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (PCAN) • Head Start Performance Standards • Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework (Markers of Progress) • Home Visiting the PITC Way (Program for Infant Toddler Care; West Ed)

  20. Thank you • For your participation and sharing of ideas and the hard work and time you put into the program • Contact information: Becky Leiter, EC Consultant beckyleiter@embarqmail.com Cell: 717-994-0259

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