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Back-To-School Parenting Education Materials |
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The Parents On Board Program is for parents
of 4 to
14 year old children, and it is based on the
assumption that they want their children to succeed
in school - but they aren't sure how they can help.
The research is very clear that children whose
parents are involved in their education:
The program then goes on to teach parents a set of skills and attitudes on how best to be involved in their children's education. The three teaching sessions cover: Preparing Your Child to Succeed
Encouraging Positive Behavior
Reinforcing Your Child's Academic Skills
Video or DVD Vignettes will get great reactions
from
parents!
It's easy to lead a group using the videos or CDs
and group discussion format!
Special "parent preview" makes it easy to sign
parents up!
Obtain Instructional Materials
Click here to obtain the
Program Kit with the videos.
Obtain the Parents on Board Parent
Handbook This is the 221 page handbook that parents receive when they take Parents on Board. It contains all the information, skills, and strategies of this program. It is available in English and Spanish.
Click here to obtain this
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These versions of Parents on Board, which are available as videos or DVDs, are geared toward either parents of elementary school or parents of middle school children. Each set is available in English or Spanish and each comes with discussion guidelines and a reproducible Parent's Tip Sheet. There are three parts to these versions which can be obtained separately.
1. Preparing Your Child to Succeed in
School
Click here for
Elementary School Version - Video
2. Encouraging Positive Behavior
Click here for
Elementary
School Version - Video
3. Reinforcing Your Child's Academic
Skills
Click here for
Elementary School Version - Video |
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Full of simple, enjoyable and inexpensive ways to transform a young child's everyday world into an exciting learning environment, The Kindergarten Survival Handbook shows parents and others who care for children what children need to known to be ready for kindergarten and prepares them to be children's first and most effective teachers. The Handbook also reminds parents of the importance of establishing a beneficial connection between home and school and how they can stay involved in their children's education. The richly illustrated Handbook contains a series of checklists for parents to use to see whether a child currently has developed the skills that they are expected to have devel oped before they enter kindergarten, and very specific guides and example of how to teach those skills around the house. Before School Checklists and Parent Guides for:
Click here to obtain the
English version. |
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The Gateway to Academic Achievement is a powerful
and engaging web CD designed for students, parents
and educators that helps bridge the widening 'digital
divide' by providing essential resources in a user
friendly format. The Gateway to Academic Achievement:
The extensive college preparation area provides links
to college search engines, on-line admissions,
catalogs from over 25,000 colleges, and detailed
information on scholarships and applying for stat e
and federal assistance. There are links to sites that
explain the college application process, from what
high school classes to take and when, to how to
choose your college. Click here to obtain The Gateway to Academic Achievement CD. |
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This easy-to-read booklet brings to parents eleven standards against which they can evaluate their methods of raising their children. These standards are based on the latest research on effective parenting in today's challenging times. The Power of Positive Parenting also provides numerous practical examples fo r how parents can bring their current ways of raising their children more in line with these important standards - and thereby better prepare their children for success at school, at work and at life itself.
Each guideline is accompanied by examples of the
parenting skills and practices that are involved.
Here's what some of the 60,000 parents who
have
already read The Power of Positive Parenting
have to say about it: The Power of Positive Parenting is available in English, in a English/Spanish version, and in an English/Khmer version. Click here to obtain The Power of Positive Parenting Guidebook. |
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The Center for the Improvement of Child Caring (CICC) was founded in 1974 by Dr. Kerby T. Alvy and has grown to be one of the nation's largest and most productive nonprofit parenting and parenting education organizations. For more infomration about CICC's many programs, activities, products and services, go to www.ciccparenting.org, or call toll-free (800) 325-2422. To sign up to receive CICC's free Effective Parenting Newsletter, click here. Visit Dr. Alvy's weblog for news and views on parenting, and share your opinions: www.edcucatedparenting.com, |
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