Office of Child Development & Early Learning | Touching Hearts, Changing Minds Parents as Professional Development Partners Sarah Holland, Mary Mikus, & Camille Catlett National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute May 2014

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | Pair/Share Pick a partner Identify leadership roles that families play in your state or region Discuss with partner Share highlights with group

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | 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

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | 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

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | 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

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | PA Efforts to Build Family Leadership Competence and Confidence: Partners in Policy Making for Families of Children in Early Intervention (C2P2 EI)

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | PA Efforts to Build Family Leadership Parents as Partners in Professional Development (P3D) Guide By Your Side (GBYS) Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania (P2P)

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | PA Efforts to Build Family Leadership State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC) Local Opportunities – Local Interagency Coordinating Councils (LICCs) – Support groups Parent Partners

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | 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

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | History of P3D FPG Project: Natural Allies – Originated through Higher Education Parents as Presenters Parents as Partners in Professional Development

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | 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

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | 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

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | Why this Partnership? Promote sensitivity and awareness Educate about family centered services Show audience that KIDS are KIDS Advocate for Quality programs and services

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | Essential Support for P3D Commitment Support Compensation Tools development-p3d-touching-hearts-changing-minds

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | Impact on Students/Professionals Change in practice New perspective Employment interest Enhanced knowledge and skills Positive feedback on evaluations Excitement!!!

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | Impact on Families Increased confidence and collaboration New perspective Enhanced knowledge and skills Positive feedback on evaluations Excitement!!!

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | 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

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | Recruitment Strategies Local Early Intervention programs Family networking Family training Local Interagency Coordinating Councils

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | The Journey – look how far we’ve come

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | Cecilia’s Story

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | From Team Meeting to State Conference

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | Meeting the VIPs

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | What will next year bring?

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | Thank You!

Office of Child Development & Early Learning | For More Information Contact Mary Mikus Consultant, Early Intervention Technical Assistance ext.7277 Sarah Holland Special Assistant on Family Engagement, Office of Child Development and Early Learning Camille Catlett Scientist, FPG Child Development Institute University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Tel: (919)