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From Parent Engagement to Parent Partnership

A spectrum of supports to fulfill a range of outcomes

+What are we talking about anyway?

Parent Engagement/Involvement

Parent Partnership

Parent Support/Family Support

Parent Leadership

Many words, many activities

+Leading with results

Children

Succeed

Parent and community resources support

programs

There is alignment between

home and programs

Parents are supported in

parenting effectively

Parents effectively

advocate for their child’s

needs’

+Parent Engagement/ Involvement Definition: Activities to promote parent participation

in a program.

Theory of change: Children will be more invested and engaged in programs

when their parents are participating Parent participation is an important asset for programs Being part of the programmatic environment helps parents

to learn new strategies and approaches to parenting

Children Succeed

Parent and community resources support

programs

There is alignment

between home and programs

Parents are supported in

parenting effectively

+Parent Partnership

Definition: A structured relationship where parents and programs share tasks and responsibilities related to child outcomes.

Theory of change: Children spend the majority of their life at home. If we

want to achieve good outcomes there must be alignment between what is done in programs and what is done in the home.

By engaging parents in in-home activities we help them to test and develop new parenting strategies.

By partnering with parents to tailor services for children we build off their unique knowledge of their child.

Children Succee

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Parent and community resources support

programs

There is alignment

between home and programs

Parents are supported in

parenting effectively

Parents can effectively

advocate for their child’s

needs

+Parent Support/Family Support Definition: Services or activities to help parents build

effective parenting skills or access supports that will help them in their parenting role.

Theory of change: Parenting is a key determinant of child outcomes All parents need support sometimes and some parents are

struggling with core parenting issues. It is important for:

Parent supports to be universally available To ensure that the parents that are struggling the most

don’t fall through the cracks

Children

Succeed

Parents are supported in

parenting effectively

Parents can effectively

advocate for their child’s

needs

+Parent Leadership

Definition: A relationship where parents have decision-making power regarding services and supports for children

Theory of change: Parents are extremely invested in outcomes for their

children and have important input on effective programs and systems for children and families.

By supporting parents as decision-makers and advocates we are both building their parenting capacity and building better child and family serving programs and systems.

Children Succeed

Parent and community resources support

programs

There is alignment

between home and programs

Parents are supported in

parenting effectively

Parents can effectively

advocate for their child’s

needs

+Moving from a programmatic to a systemic approach

Touch

Reach

Low

High

High

Intervention Services

Family Support Services

Child care, Health services

Passive use

+A family support system what does it look like?

Light touch family support in the settings

families are in every day

Intensive interventions for those families that need them

Support to light touch settings from more intensive family support resources (FRC’s, Home Visiting)

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