Faina Smith is a state approved vendor. The contract is with EEC CTFTRAN07.
Whether Single or Multiple Departments Will Be Able To Use
_ Only Procuring Department May Contract Under RFR
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Option to Allow Other Departments/Political Subdivisions to Contract Under RFR
This procurement is a multiple department procurement/limited user contract and will be
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Interactive Workshops for Professionals Who Work with Parents and Families
This is a partial list of professional development topics Parent411 offers. We
have listed a few of the key points of these workshops to give you an idea of what will be covered in the workshops.
Behavior & Communication Positive Communication Techniques with Parents
- Analyze the types of communication your organization has with parents.
- Create regular positive communication opportunities.
- Give feedback to parents in appropriate ways.
- Listen as an ally to parents.
Things Parents Do That Drive You Nuts: How to Understand Behavior and Respond Effectively
- Discuss challenges teachers face when working with parents.
- Learn helpful ways to think about difficult behavior.
- Develop effective strategies to deal with challenging parents.
- Practice helpful approaches to deliver difficult information.
Working on Positive Discipline with Parents
- Discuss discipline challenges parents have.
- Introduce skills necessary to accurately identify problems.
- Explore reasons children misbehave, including tantrums, lying, disobedience and whining.
- Teach and practice skills for effective, firm and loving discipline.
Diversity
How Cultural Background Influences Parenting
- Explore expectations around parent/teacher interaction.
- Discuss varying discipline practices.
- Examine notions of privacy.
- Learn positive communication strategies to work with parents from various cultural backgrounds.
Strategies for Working with Parents from Different Cultures
- Examine what culture is/means.
- Describe culturally-based parenting practices.
- Reflect on challenges/opportunities diversity presents.
- Introduce specific tools/techniques to work effectively with parents from diverse backgrounds.
Discovering Who I Am: Guiding Young Children as They Learn about Their Racial/Ethnic Identity
- Develop comfort answering children's questions about race.
- Respond to children's frank observations.
- Help children value their own culture and live in a multicultural world.
- Introduce and discuss issues about race/ethnic identity with staff and parents.
Child Development
From Baby to Toddler
- Understand the milestones of all areas of development -- physical, cognitive, social-emotional and language.
- Pinpoint the irreducible needs of babies and toddlers.
- Suggest simple ways to create an optimal environment that fosters every area of development.
A Peek into a Child's Mind: How Infants and Young Children Learn
- Understand how learning begins, how infants and young children learn and how to help parents set a stage for a lifetime of engaged learning.
- Analyze how social, emotional and intellectual development are inextricably linked.
- Help parents use this knowledge in everyday life with children.
Discovering Who I Am: Guiding Young Children as They Learn about Their Racial/Ethnic Identity
- Develop comfort answering children's questions about race.
- Respond to children's frank observations.
- Help children value their own culture and live in a multicultural world.
- Introduce and discuss issues about race/ethnic identity with staff and parents.
Working with Parents in Groups
How to Organize and Facilitate a Workshop for Parents
- Examine best practices to teach adults.
- Use optimal workshop templates.
- Learn to reduce information into key points.
- Employ multimedia and non-technology based tools.
How to Organize and Facilitate a Parent Meeting
- Use a basic template for effective parent meetings.
- Design a meeting agenda.
- Learn facilitation roles and responsibilities.
- Determine frequency of meeting and other details.
How to Use & Develop Discussion Instruments for Workshops
- Determine types of instruments to use.
- Use multimedia wisely.
- Start groups effectively (intros and beyond).
- End groups cohesively.
Dealing with Challenging People in Workshops
- Set-up workshops so expectations are clear.
- Go slow to go fast.
- Examine types of challenging participants.
- Use fire drill to prepare for worse case scenarios.
Designing Workshops for Teen Parents
- Understand teen development.
- Analyze how being a teen impacts parenting role.
- Communicate with teen parents effectively.
- Create resources and supports collaboratively.
A competent mother is competent only by the standards of her own culture.
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