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Founded in 1974 by Dr. Kerby T. Alvy, the Center for the
Improvement of Child Caring (CICC) has grown to be
one of the nation's largest and most productive
nonprofit parenting and parenting education
organizations. For more information about our many
programs, activities, products and services, go to our
website,
www.ciccparenting.org, or call (800) 325-2422.
(If this newsletter has been forwarded to you, and
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click "Join our mailing list " at the bottom of the right
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| Parents On Board: Building Academic Success Through Parent Involvement |
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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 program reinforces their motivation for their
children's academic success by sharing some
important facts from the research on children's
academic achievement.
The research is very clear that children whose
parents are involved in their education:
- Get better grades
- Do more homework
- Have better attendance
- Have a higher graduation rate
- Demonstrate a more positive attitude
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:
Session One: Preparing Your Child to
Succeed
- Learning Styles
- Learning Habits
- Social Skills
- Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds
- Structuring the School Smart Home
- Start the Year Off Right
- Maintain a Good Relationship All Year
- Understanding Information from the School
- If you Suspect a Learning Difference
Session Two: Encouraging Positive Behavior
- Encouragement
- Discipline
- Beliefs Build Success
- How to "Teach" a Positive Belief
Session Three: Reinforcing Your Child's Academic
Skills
- Parent As Coach
- Coaching Your Child in Reading
- Coaching Your Child in Writing, Spelling, Math
and Science
Video Vignettes will get great reactions from
parents!
Parents On Board, written by Michael Popkin, Ph.D.,
Bettie B. Young, Ph.D., Ed.D., and Jane M. Healy,
Ph.D., uses an engaging video and group-discussion
format to help parents realize that everyone faces
similar problems when it comes to encouraging their
children's academic success - and everyone can find
solutions, too.
It's easy to lead a group using the video and
group discussion format!
The Leader's Guide, included in the Program Kit, gives
step-by-step instructions on when to show the video
portions and how to lead the discussions. Parents
follow along with the Parent's Handbook.
Special "parent preview" makes it easy to
sign parents up!
The Program Kit includes directions on how best to
use a special 30-minute promotional presentation.
Designed as a mini-seminar, "Helping Your Child
Succeed in School: An Introduction to Parent
Involvement" includes video snippets and is an
excellent way to publicize the program to groups of
parents (such as PTA meetings).
Obtain Instructional Materials
You can bring this program to your area by obtaining
the Program Kit of training materials. Click here to obtain the
Program Kit.
Obtain The Parents On Board! Parent
Handbook
This is the handbook that parents receive when they
take Parents On Board. It contains all of the
information, skills and strategies of this program. It is
available in English and Spanish.
Click here to obtain this
practical handbook.
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| The Gateway to Academic Success |
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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. Featuring hundreds of pertinent
and informative web links, the Gateway makes finding
homework help or college preparation websites a
breeze.
The Gateway to Academic Achievement:
- Helps Make Learning More Interactive and
Engaging, While Empowering Students With 21st
Century Digital Skills!
- Provides Over 1,800 Direct Links and Saves
Students Hours Reviewing Search Engines.
- Is Guaranteed 100 Pop-up and Spyware Free!
- Offers Teachers Hundreds of Lesson Plans
and
Resources.
- Empowers Both English and Spanish Speaking
Parents to More Actively Support Their Children's
Education and Learning.
This CD is both in English and Spanish.
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| EducatedParenting.com |
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To further honor and educate parents, Dr. Kerby T.
Alvy, the founder and executive director of the
Center for the Improvement of Child Caring, now has
his own web blog,
EducatedParenting.com.
There, Dr. Alvy is sharing his over 30 years of
experiences and knowledge in the fields of effective
parenting and parenting education. Through
bi-weekly posts or messages, he is addressing a wide
range of topics and issues that are of importance to
parents and to professionals that work with parents
and children.
Included are information and viewpoints on the latest
research on parenting and child development,
commentary on current events and government
actions, and resources to assist parents in being as
effective and peaceful as possible in raising the next
generation.
Your opinions and ideas are valued on
EducatedParenting.com. You can share them
and Dr. Alvy will respond.
You can also sign-up to be alerted to the issues that
are being addressed, so that you won't miss
important discussions.
Enjoy, Learn, Interact - go to
Educated
Parenting.com.
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Parenting for Education: Part Two |
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This edition of Effective Parenting is the
second in a series that brings attention to one of the
most important roles that parents can play in the
lives and futures of their children, the role of
facilitators and supporters of their children's
educational development.
Ideally, the contours and content of their facilitation
and support should change as their children progress
through the phases of their growth, from infancy and
the preschool years through adolescence. Just as
children's capabilities change over time, so too
should the type of support and assistance parents
can provide.
These editions of the newsletter are based on
what research has to say about what parents can do
to be the best facilitators and supporters. They also
place the spotlight on programs and resources
that can be used in communities to educate and help
parents in carrying out this role in this crucial facet
of their children's development.
At the most basic level, the role involves facilitating
a child's cognitive or intellectual development, i.e.,
the development of the underlying competencies,
attitudes, skills and strategies that are needed in
order to learn and master the content and subjects
that are taught in schools.
The role also involves the in-home facilitation of the
very specific attitudes and skills that are needed to
achieve in all of the educational settings that
children are exposed to, beginning with kindergarten.
How to facilitate their educational growth in the later
years, where homework is so important, and how
best position oneself regarding this home-based
activity is also of great import. Equally as important
in this day and age is how to utilize the educational
superhighway, the Internet, to maximize a child's
formal educational experiences, and to prepare
children for entry and acceptance into the final and
most challenging educational context, college.
This Parenting for Education issue of Effective
Parenting places a spotlight on Parents On
Board, an excellent program for
involving parents in their children's education and in
offering guidance on how they can be educational
coaches for their children and youth. This issue also
shows how both parents and children can make
excellent use of the Internet to enhance education,
and to prepare for and apply to college. The
Gateway to Academic Success CD program
also
brings attention to Internet resources that teachers
can use.
Do enjoy and make good use of these resources!
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