Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community: Engaging Parents

摘要

This guide contains material which will help programs meet the Head Start ProgramPerformance Standards requiring them to: Provide experiences and activities which support and enhance parents as the principal influence in their children's education and development; Assist parents to increase their knowledge and understanding of, as well as their skills and experience in, child growth and development; Identify and reinforce experiences which occur in the home and community that parents can utilize as educational activities for their children; Provide opportunities for involving parents in health, mental health, dental and nutrition educational; and Assist parents in understanding and using alternative ways to foster the learning and development of their children.