PRESENTED BY: KAREN GALILEI, CERTIFIED SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, PRESCHOOL SERVICE COORDINATOR DART JOANNE STILLER, EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR, HEAD START SHANNON EYER, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, DART Strategies for Including Families in Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports

WHO ARE YOU?

PYRAMID MODEL

TEAM BUILDING

SENSORY TOOLS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

VISUAL TOOLS

THE INCREDIBLE YEARS

STAKE HOLDER CONFIGURATION EDUCATION ADVISORS FAMILIES GRANT ADMINISTRATOR CHILDREN TEACHER TEACHING ASSISTANT HEAD START FAMILY COORDINATOR EXTERNAL COACH FAMILY ADVOCATE

HEAD START STRUCTURE STRATEGICAL MEETING AND IMPLEMENTATION AKA ‘SHOW AND TELL’

LOCAL PARENT MEETINGS Tips and Tools for Handling Your Child’s Behaviors at Home Join us on March 15, 2011 at 1:00 PM as Head Start and AIU/DART staff members (ARRA Grant Team) present strategies and take-home ideas for handling your child’s behaviors in the home. Location: Penn Hills Lincoln Park Family Center-7300 Ridgeview Ave., Pittsburgh, PA Preschool Service Coordinator/ARRA Grant Coordinator Joanne Stiller-Head Start Education Advisor/ARRA Grant Team Member Laura Fularz-AIU/DART Special Education Teacher/ARRA Grant Team Member

LOCAL PARENT MEETINGS Tips and Tools for Handling Your Child’s Behaviors at Home Join us on March 17, 2011 at 8:45 AM as Head Start and AIU/DART staff members (ARRA Grant Team) present strategies and take-home ideas for handling your child’s behaviors in the home. Location-Steel Valley COG Building-1705 Maple Ave., Homestead, PA Raffles and prizes for your use will be awarded!!!!!! Speakers-Karen Galilei, AIU/DART Preschool Service Coordinator/ARRA Grant Coordinator Joanne Stiller-Head Start Education Advisor/ARRA Grant Team Member Hollea Bartolomeo-AIU/DART Special Education Teacher/ARRA Grant Team Member

LOCAL PARENT MEETINGS Tips and Tools for Handling Your Child’s Behaviors at Home Join us on March 17, 2011 at 5:30 PM as Head Start and AIU/DART staff members (ARRA Grant Team) present strategies and take-home ideas for handling your child’s behaviors in the home. Location: Broadway Head Start I classroom-295 Broadway Ave., McKees Rocks, PA Raffles and prizes for your use will be awarded!!!!!! Speakers-Karen Galilei, AIU/DART Preschool Service Coordinator/ARRA Grant Coordinator Joanne Stiller-Head Start Education Advisor/ARRA Grant Team Member Shannon Eyer-AIU/DART Special Education Teacher/ARRA Grant Team Member

LETTER TO MISSED PARENTS Dear family members, We are sorry we missed you at the last Family Support meeting. At the meeting, we shared some information about some special things that have been going on in your child’s classroom and we wanted to share this news with you as well. Throughout this school year, your child’s classroom has been involved in a grant project using ARRA funding. The focus of the grant has been positive behavior support. We have incorporated timers, pictures, fidget toys and other items to help increase concentration and attention to task. We have also incorporated a Social Skills curriculum that focuses on following rules, making friends and teaches children problem solving skills. Please consider joining us at the next parent meeting to learn more about this exceptional project. All of the things we are doing work at home too! Please accept this gift as reminder to come and see what we are all about. The gift you have received is also available for use in our classroom. Sincerely, The ARRA Grant Team

LOCAL PARENT MEETINGS

CLASSROOM VIDEO

LETTER FROM HEAD START FAMILY MARCH 11, 2011 MY STAY AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL MY HOSPTIAL STAY WITH MOLLY WAS VERY COMFORTING. MOLLY MADE ME FEEL VERY SAFE. EVERYBODY AT THE HOSPITAL LIKED MOLLY. MOLLY MADE ME FEEL COMFORTABLE AT NIGHT WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR BED. I WAS GLAD TO HAVE MOLLY COME WITH ME TO THE HOSPITAL. ALL THE DOCTORS LIKED MOLLY TOO. MOLLY HELPED ME BE BRAVE WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR SURGERY; AND WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO GIVE BLOOD. MOLLY AND I MADE A NEW FRIEND, HER NAME WAS SAMANTHA. SAMANTHA WAS MY ROOMMATE. SAMANTHA REALLY LIKED MOLLY TOO AND WANTED TO KNOW IF MOLLY COULD COME SEE HER SOON. THANKS FOR LETTING MOLLY COME ALONG WITH ME.

HOMEWORK

AND WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? FOR HER… AND 180 REASONS JUST LIKE HER