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ffice of Child Development & Early Learning www.education.state.pa.us | www.dpw.state.pa.us Touching Hearts, Changing Minds Parents as Professional Development Partners Sarah Holland , Mary Mikus, & Camille Catlett National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute May 2014

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Office of Child Development & Early Learning

www.education.state.pa.us | www.dpw.state.pa.us

Touching Hearts, Changing Minds

Parents as Professional Development Partners

Sarah Holland , Mary Mikus, & Camille CatlettNational Early Childhood Inclusion Institute

May 2014

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Pair/Share

• Pick a partner• Identify leadership roles that families play in

your state or region• Discuss with partner• Share highlights with group

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Learning Objectives

• Recognize the impact effective family engagement can have on child outcomes and trajectories

• Understand the leadership roles families can play in professional development, pre-service learning and other areas

• Identify potential emotional, informational, and financial supports that enable family participation

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Learning Objectives• Be aware of the initial broad based national support

that created this project and the evolution into the current PA model

• Relate the Pennsylvania model to similar approaches in your own state

• Become inspired to increase opportunities for family leadership in state and local programs

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• Higher preschool performance and promotion to next grade

• More positive engagement with peers, adults, and learning

• Buffers negative impact of poverty on academic and behavioral outcomes

The Difference You Can Make Through Family Engagement

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PA Efforts to Build Family Leadership

Competence and Confidence: Partners in Policy Making for

Families of Children in Early Intervention

(C2P2 EI)

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PA Efforts to Build Family Leadership

• Parents as Partners in Professional Development (P3D)

• Guide By Your Side (GBYS)

• Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania (P2P)

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PA Efforts to Build Family Leadership

• State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC)

• Local Opportunities – Local Interagency Coordinating Councils (LICCs)– Support groups

• Parent Partners

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Parents as Partners in Professional Development(P3D)

By partnering with families– We learn from their stories & benefit from their

expertise– Families grow in their leadership skills

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History of P3D

• FPG Project: Natural Allies– Originated through Higher Education

• Parents as Presenters• Parents as Partners in Professional

Development

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P3D Family Roles

• Presentations (presenter, co-presenter, panelist)

• Training developers• Contributors to newsletters• Family video profiles• On-line learning• Review policy, procedures and standards• Advisory committees

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Opportunities created from P3D

• Online chats• Course content - observation and reflection• Guest lecturers in Higher Education settings• Co-instruction• Family scenario• Shared organization and management• Evaluation and development• Advisory groups

– Learning Standards

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Why this Partnership?

• Promote sensitivity and awareness• Educate about family centered services• Show audience that KIDS are KIDS• Advocate for Quality programs and

services

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Essential Support for P3D

• Commitment• Support • Compensation• Tools

http://fpg.unc.edu/presentations/parents-partners-professional-development-p3d-touching-hearts-changing-minds

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Impact on Students/Professionals

• Change in practice • New perspective• Employment interest• Enhanced knowledge and skills• Positive feedback on evaluations• Excitement!!!

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Impact on Families

• Increased confidence and collaboration• New perspective • Enhanced knowledge and skills• Positive feedback on evaluations• Excitement!!!

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Qualitative Impact

The families’ stories and presence brings our work to life giving it depth and meaning

I learned I had misconceptions about family life with a child with a disability

It was a good experience to have students apply the concepts we’ve been learning in class, i.e., grieving, resources, etc., to a real-life situation

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Recruitment Strategies

• Local Early Intervention programs

• Family networking

• Family training

• Local Interagency Coordinating Councils

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The Journey – look how far we’ve come1974 2013

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Cecilia’s Story

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From Team Meeting to State Conference

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Meeting the VIPs

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What will next year bring?

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Thank You!

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For More InformationContact

Mary MikusConsultant, Early Intervention Technical Assistance

[email protected] ext.7277

Sarah HollandSpecial Assistant on Family Engagement, Office of Child Development and Early Learning

[email protected] 717-787-8691

Camille CatlettScientist, FPG Child Development Institute University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

[email protected]: (919) 966-6635