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ONE GOAL SUMMER CONFERENCE Hyatt Regency Hotel, Tampa, FL July 20, 2007 Parent Success = Child Success: Tools To Make It Happen!
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2. Presented By: Mary Lindsey, Ph.D. Florida State HIPPY Director
Dabaram Rampersad
Assistant State HIPPY Director
Brenda Brinson
HIPPYCorps Coordinator, Tampa, FL

3. Workshop Agenda Welcome & Introductions Purpose
Successful Techniques for Working with Parents
Essential Features of the HIPPY Model
Learning Domains - Interactive Activity
Essential Features (continued)
Parent Tool to work with Children with Challenging Behaviors
Success Outcomes
Questions & Answers

4. Purpose
The purpose of this workshop is to present a successful parent-child home visiting model that fosters parent involvement at home, in school and in the community.

5. Successful Techniques for Working with Parents
Strategies from the Field
Information taken from data collected by Dr. Lois Lynn Duel For the Florida HIPPY Six Site Study

6. Build Trust
Nurture Relationships
Strengthen Communications
Be Professional
Provide Resources
Encourage and Motivate
Go The Extra Mile

7. BUILD TRUST May reduce home visit cancellation rates
May increase retention rates
May provide word of mouth publicity for the program
May improve group meeting attendance

8. NURTURE RELATIONS & STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATIONS
Talk to parents and families
Listen to parents
Smile, be friendly
Take a personal interest in their family
Be there as a friend
Hold conversations about topics of interst
Take the time to get to know each other
Cry and laugh together

9. BE PROFESSIONAL Be punctual Keep appointments
Be responsible and keep promises
Respect the families’ privacy and confidentiality
Respond to phone calls and pages
Reschedule appointments only when necessary

10. BE PROFESSIONAL (cont.)
Be prepared with the right material
Keep parents informed about end of the year activities and notify them of upcoming events

11. PROVIDE RESOURCES Help families find the resources they need
Let them know about other resources they could use
Advocate for families

12. ENCOURAGE AND MOTIVATE
Let them know it’s okay if they have to reschedule
Help build their self-esteem
Remind parents how important they are as their child’s first teacher
Encourage them to help themselves
Help with personal problems
Help them spend more time with kids
Be a good example to parents when they see you working
Share “the art of positive thinking”

13. GO THE EXTRA MILE Be available whenever needed
Encourage them to call whenever they need you
Help with children
Assist parents with finding transportation

14. ONE APPROACH INCREASE SUCCESS RATES IN PARENTS AND CHILDREN
PARENT SUCCESS + CHILD SUCCESS
= HIPPY SUCCESS

15. ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE HIPPY MODEL
3 year home based curriculum
30 weeks per year
Professional coordinator
Staff of paraprofessionals
Role Playing
Instructional Technique
Home Visits and
Group Meetings

16. 3 year home based curriculum
30 weeks per year

17. LEARNING DOMAINS Learning domains are general
categories or areas of early childhood
development and involves broad areas
of learning.

18. TYPES OF DOMAINS Early Reading Literacy Language and Communication
Thinking and Reasoning
Mathematics
Science and
Social and Emotional Development
In addition to the domains above there are activities
that parents can engage children in to help with
their Physical Development

19. Early Learning Domains Interactive Activity

20. STAFF
Professional coordinator
Staff of paraprofessionals

21. Instructional Technique
TEACHING METHOD
Role Playing
Instructional Technique

22. DELIVERY METHODS
Home Visits and
Group Meetings

23. TURTLE TECHNIQUE DEMONSTRATION One Successful Approach to Engage Children with Challenging Behaviors

24. Tucker Turtle Takes Time to Tuck and Think
A scripted story to assist with teaching the “Turtle Technique”
By Rochelle Lentini
March 2005
Lentini, R., Vaughn, B.J., & Fox, L. (2005). Teaching Tools for Young Children with Challenging Behavior. University of South Florida.
Created using pictures from Microsoft Clipart® and Webster-Stratton, C. (1991). The teachers and children videotape series: Dina dinosaur school. Seattle, WA: The Incredible Years.

25. Tucker Turtle is a terrific turtle
Tucker Turtle is a terrific turtle. He likes to play with his friends at Wet Lake School.

26. But sometimes things happen that can make Tucker really mad.

27. When Tucker got mad, he used to hit, kick, or yell at his friends
When Tucker got mad, he used to hit, kick, or yell at his friends. His friends would get mad or upset when he hit, kicked, or yelled at them.

28. Tucker now knows a new way to “think like a turtle” when he gets mad.
Step 1

29. He can stop and keep his hands, body, and yelling to himself!
Step 2

30. He can tuck inside his shell and take 3 deep breaths to calm down.
Step 3

31. Tucker can then think of a solution or a way to make it better.
Step 4

32. Tucker’s friends are happy when he plays nicely and keeps his body to himself. Friends also like it when Tucker uses nice words or has a teacher help him when he is upset.

33. The End!

34. Turtle Technique Recognize that you “Think” Stop. feel angry.
Go into shell. Take 3 deep breathes. And think calm, coping thoughts.
Come out of shell when calm and think of a solution.

35. Parent Success Outcomes
When parents are actively involved in the educational development of their children they…

36. Learn to initiate, monitor and direct children’s educational experiences in the home.
Gain confidence in their role as their child’s most influential teacher.
Become familiar with child development concepts
Increase their communication skills

37. Increase their skills in parenting, organization and time management
Become more involved in school and community activities
Improve parent-child relationships
Improve family relationships

38. Increase literacy in home environments
Gain increased self-reliance and self-sufficiency

39. Child Success Outcomes
When parents are actively involved in the educational development of their children, the children…

40. Acquire skills and values that display a predisposition to learning
Acquire pre-academic skills and knowledge in key educational domains
Are prepared for school and beyond
Are more self-confident in their role as learners

41. Achieve long-term academic success
Receive the message that education is an important value for their family

42. The Conclusion
Parent Success =
Child Success