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In-Home Support - Parents As Teachers
This is a voluntary in-home program for parents who want assistance to create the best possible healthy start for their children, prenatally to age 5. A trained Parent Educator regularly visits with individual families. Through their relationship they are able to help new parents discover their own strengths.
A Parent Educator:
- Encourages positive parent-child interaction through age appropriate games, songs and stories
- Provides information about child development
- Provides strategies for guiding children’s behaviors
- Addresses isolation
This program is free to qualifying parents and open to all parents on a fee for service basis.
Contact the Family Support Programs Manager at 459-7377, extension 225.
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