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The National Parenting Support Commission. Dr. Patrece Charles Executive Director. The Job of A Parent. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The National Parenting Support
CommissionDr. Patrece CharlesExecutive Director
Parenting, while a rewarding and satisfying experience, is often an overwhelming, stressful and frustrating job, especially when caring for children with behavioural problems or special needs.
The Job of A Parent
Provide skills and services to support and
strengthening positive parenting practices. To facilitate the development of an enabling
environment in schools and communities, in which to improve parenting practices.
The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC)
The Government, recognized the challenges
some parents face, and realized that it “must create structures and services to enable parents to learn and practice good parenting skills”, especially as it relates to Early Childhood Development
Parenting Support
Support their child’s education and to deal with issues
that could affect a child, young person and family’s well-being.
This could include: advice, support and guidance on a range of issues and help for families to find other learning opportunities, such as parenting programmes, or family and adult learning where children can learn with their parents.
Parenting support during the ECD
Benefits of Parental Involvement in
ECD
The child: Becomes motivated Develops the ability to
work independently Develops positive
learning habits Interacts well with
his/her teacher
The parent develops: Increased
understanding about child’s school & expectation
Better interaction with child
Increased level of self-esteem
Better parent-teacher relations
A Parents’ Place is a “one-stop-shop” for parents, a place in or near every major community, identifiable by its logo and by its activities.
It is a comfortable and attractive place for parents to go for parenting information, for courses and workshops, for mutual support from other parents, and—where resources and creativity allow—other needed or desirable activities, such as social and recreational family activities, counselling and other helping services, and income-support training activities for parents’ economic betterment.
INTEGRATED APPROACHES TO SUPPORTING PARENTS