What is Parents as Teachers?
Parents who are expecting or have a young child (or children) who is not yet in kindergarten are partnered with a Family Development Specialist.
Families are visited by their Family Development Specialist at a minimum of one visit per month.
Each visit may include customized activities, parent handouts, and children’s books.
A FREE PROGRAM (WITH NO INCOME GUIDELINES) IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE LIVING IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY AND BEYOND!
Good fit for you if you:
Are pregnant or expecting
Have a child under five (5) years of age
Are you interested in gaining more knowledge of child development?
Desire to increase your child’s school readiness skills
Would like to connect with community resources and support
Have questions and/or concerns about parenting
Why Parents as Teachers?
The Greater Susquehanna Valley Parents as Teachers Program follows the nationally recognized Strengthening Families Program that focuses on:
Resilience
Relationships
Knowledge
Support
Communication
Meet the team! (coming soon)
Stephanie Reitmeyer, Senior Director of Education
Sam Santigo-Nunez, Family Development Specialist
Wavie O’Grady, Family Development Specialist
Triple P
The Triple P Positive Parenting Program is one of the world's most effective parenting programs.
It is one of the few based on evidence from ongoing scientific research. There have been more than 200 evaluation papers, including 104 randomized controlled studies, showing that Triple P works for most families in a variety of cultures, countries, and family situations.
Triple P works by giving parents the skills to raise confident, healthy children and teenagers, and to build stronger family relationships. It also helps parents manage misbehavior and prevent problems from occurring in the first place.
But it doesn't tell people how to parent. Rather, it gives them simple and practical strategies they can adapt to suit their own values, beliefs, and needs.
Triple P is also different because it is not 'one-size-fits-all’. It's a system that offers increasing levels of support to meet parents' different needs. So parents can choose anything from one-off public seminars or self-help books to more detailed group courses or individual sessions.
Triple P is now used in 25 countries including the USA, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Japan, Iran, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands, Curacao, Switzerland, and Romania. It has been translated from English into 19 other languages.
