ONE GOAL SUMMER CONFERENCEONE GOAL SUMMER CONFERENCEHyatt Regency Hotel, Tampa, FLHyatt Regency Hotel, Tampa, FL

July 20, 2007July 20, 2007

Parent Success = Child Parent Success = Child Success: Tools To Make It Success: Tools To Make It

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ONE GOAL SUMMER CONFERENCEONE GOAL SUMMER CONFERENCEHyatt Regency Hotel, Tampa, FLHyatt Regency Hotel, Tampa, FL

July 20, 2007July 20, 2007

Parent Success = Child Parent Success = Child Success: Tools To Make It Success: Tools To Make It

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Visit our website at http://floridahippy.fmhi.usf.edu

Presented By:

Mary Lindsey, Ph.D. Florida State HIPPY Director

Dabaram RampersadAssistant State HIPPY Director

Brenda BrinsonHIPPYCorps Coordinator, Tampa, FL

Workshop Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions• Purpose• Successful Techniques for Working

with Parents• Essential Features of the HIPPY Model • Learning Domains - Interactive Activity• Essential Features (continued)• Parent Tool to work with Children with

Challenging Behaviors• Success Outcomes• Questions & Answers

Purpose

The purpose of this workshop is to present a successful parent-child home

visiting model that fosters parent involvement at home, in school and in

the community.

Successful Techniques for Working with Parents

Information taken from data collected by Dr. Lois Lynn Duel For the Florida HIPPY Six Site Study

Strategies from the Field

• Build Trust

• Nurture Relationships

• Strengthen Communications

• Be Professional

• Provide Resources

• Encourage and Motivate

• Go The Extra Mile

BUILD TRUST

• May reduce home visit cancellation rates

• May increase retention rates• May provide word of mouth publicity

for the program• May improve group meeting

attendance

• Talk to parents and families• Listen to parents• Smile, be friendly• Take a personal interest in their family• Be there as a friend• Hold conversations about topics of

interst• Take the time to get to know each

other• Cry and laugh together

NURTURE RELATIONS & STRENGTHEN

COMMUNICATIONS

• Be punctual• Keep appointments• Be responsible and keep promises• Respect the families’ privacy and

confidentiality• Respond to phone calls and pages• Reschedule appointments only when

necessary

BE PROFESSIONAL

• Be prepared with the right material• Keep parents informed about end of

the year activities and notify them of upcoming events

BE PROFESSIONAL (cont.)

• Help families find the resources they need

• Let them know about other resources they could use

• Advocate for families

PROVIDE RESOURCES

• Let them know it’s okay if they have to reschedule

• Help build their self-esteem• Remind parents how important they are as

their child’s first teacher• Encourage them to help themselves• Help with personal problems• Help them spend more time with kids• Be a good example to parents when they

see you working• Share “the art of positive thinking”

ENCOURAGE AND MOTIVATE

• Be available whenever needed• Encourage them to call whenever

they need you• Help with children• Assist parents with finding

transportation

GO THE EXTRA MILE

ONE APPROACH INCREASE SUCCESS RATES IN PARENTS AND CHILDREN

PARENT SUCCESS + CHILD SUCCESS= HIPPY SUCCESS

3 year home based curriculum

30 weeks per year

Professional coordinator

Staff of paraprofessionals

Role PlayingInstructional Technique

Home Visits and

Group Meetings

ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE HIPPY MODEL

CURRICULUM

3 year home based curriculum 30 weeks per year

LEARNING DOMAINS

Learning domains are general

categories or areas of early childhooddevelopment and involves broad areasof learning.

TYPES OF DOMAINS

• Early Reading Literacy• Language and Communication• Thinking and Reasoning• Mathematics• Science and• Social and Emotional Development

In addition to the domains above there are activitiesthat parents can engage children in to help with

their Physical Development

Early Learning Domains

Interactive Activity

 

STAFF

Professional coordinatorStaff of paraprofessionals

TEACHING METHOD

Role PlayingInstructional Technique

DELIVERY METHODS

Home Visits andGroup Meetings

TURTLE TECHNIQUE DEMONSTRATION

One Successful Approach to Engage Children with Challenging Behaviors

Tucker Tucker Turtle Turtle

Takes Time Takes Time to Tuck and to Tuck and

ThinkThink

Tucker Tucker Turtle Turtle

Takes Time Takes Time to Tuck and to Tuck and

ThinkThinkA scripted story to assist with teaching A scripted story to assist with teaching

the “Turtle Technique”the “Turtle Technique”By Rochelle LentiniBy Rochelle Lentini

March 2005March 2005

Created using pictures from Microsoft Clipart® and Webster-Stratton, C. (1991). The teachers and children videotape series: Dina dinosaur school. Seattle, WA: The Incredible Years.

Lentini, R., Vaughn, B.J., & Fox, L. (2005). Teaching Tools for Young Children with Challenging Behavior. University of South Florida.

Tucker Turtle is a terrific turtle. He likes to play with his friends at Wet Lake

School.

But sometimes things happen that can make Tucker really mad.

When Tucker got mad, he used to hit, kick, or yell at his friends. His friends would get mad or upset when he hit,

kicked, or yelled at them.

Tucker now knows a new way to “think like a turtle” when he gets

mad.

Step 1

He can stop and keep his hands, body, and yelling to himself!

Step 2

He can tuck inside his shell and take 3 deep breaths to calm down.

Step 3

Tucker can then think of a solution or a way to make it better.

Step 4

Tucker’s friends are happy when he plays nicely and keeps his body to himself.

Friends also like it when Tucker uses nice words or has a teacher help him when he is

upset.

The End!

Recognize Recognize

that you that you

feel angry.feel angry.

““ThinkThink” ”

Stop.Stop.

Go into Go into shell. shell. Take 3 Take 3 deep deep breathes. breathes. And think And think calm, calm, coping coping thoughts.thoughts.

Come out of Come out of shell when shell when

calm and calm and think of a think of a solution.solution.

Turtle Technique

Parent Success Outcomes

When parents are actively involved in the educational development of their children they…

1.Learn to initiate, monitor and direct children’s educational experiences in the home.

2.Gain confidence in their role as their child’s most influential teacher.

3.Become familiar with child development concepts

4.Increase their communication skills

5.Increase their skills in parenting, organization and time management

6.Become more involved in school and community activities

7.Improve parent-child relationships

8.Improve family relationships

9.Increase literacy in home environments

10.Gain increased self-reliance and self-sufficiency

Child Success Outcomes

When parents are actively involved in the educational development of their children, the children…

1.Acquire skills and values that display a predisposition to learning

2.Acquire pre-academic skills and knowledge in key educational domains

3.Are prepared for school and beyond

4.Are more self-confident in their role as learners

5.Achieve long-term academic success

6.Receive the message that education is an important value for their family

The Conclusion

Parent Success=Child Success