Parents as Teachers

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Parents as Teachers

• New Requirements and Advanced Training
• quality, accountability, compliance

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Background

• PATNC Strategic plan directives
• Grow, expand, respond to key trends
• Develop consistent, clear messages
• Implement branding strategy to align
  products/services with mission
• Environmental scan
• Changing economy
• Emerging demographic shifts

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What we look like
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What we look like now
The trusted resource for the most respected
organizations and professionals who provide
services to families with young children.
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BOARD POLICY

• By July 1, 2014, all Parents as Teachers
  affiliated program sites will comply with the
  National Centers expectations for replication
  and model fidelity.

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Model fidelity

• Model fidelity providing services the way the
  model intends.
• Model fidelity positive results (outcomes)
• Model fidelity
• Structural fidelity adherence to a package of
  services
• Process fidelity interpersonal elements

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Why emphasize model fidelity?

• Replication consistent implementation
• Consistent implementation expected outcomes
• Consistent implementation strong brands.

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Replication Focus on evidence based practices

• Critical to replicating quality
• Combines good research, professional expertise
  and consideration of family characteristics

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Why now?

• Environment calls for outcomes.
• Funding is tied to outcomes.
• Funding is tied to particular brands.
• Model fidelity outcomes and brand strength
• PATNC is at work to help you succeed!

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PATNC Priorities

• Training and equipping professionals to serve
  families within a framework that encourages
  access, consistency, reporting and quality

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Core competencies

• Family Support and Parenting Education
• Child and Family Development
• Human Diversity within Family Systems
• Health, Safety Nutrition
• Relationships between Families and Communities

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Essential Requirements

• Parent educator education and experience
• Funding
• Populations served
• Duration of services
• Training
• Personal visits
• Group meetings
• Screening
• Resource network
• Supervision
• Program Leadership
• Evaluation
• Recruitment and Retention

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Quality Assurance Guidelines

• Adherence to the Quality Assurance Guidelines
  helps ensure successful replication, model
  fidelity and application of evidence based
  practice.

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PATNC Priorities

• Developing new materials and curriculum that
  address specific situations for families

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Foundational Curriculum
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Strengthening Familiesprotective factors

• Parental resilience
• Social Connections
• Knowledge of parenting and child development
• Concrete support in times of need
• Social and emotional competence of children

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Developmental topics

• Attachment
• Health
• Safety
• Discipline
• Transitions
• Nutrition
• Sleep

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Topics

• Media Influences
• Importance of Fathers
• Foster Parents/Adoption
• Grandparenting
• Special Needs
• Maternal Depression
• Parental Stress

• Prenatal
• Domestic Violence
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Impact of Health Issues
• Medical Home
• Healthy Nutrition, Physical Activity

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New Format!

• Smaller, easy-to-store curriculum
• Online access to visit plans and handouts

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What was behind the redesign?

• Maintain child development/parenting info
• Add resources around family support
• Make explicit the theoretical framework and
  evidence-based processes
• Build core competency skills

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Model Implementation Guide
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Model Implementation Topics

• Quality Assurance Guidelines
• Model Fidelity
• Evaluation
• Model Components
• Supervision
• Recruitment and Retention

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Training Pathways
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New PAT Designations

• PAT Programs

• PAT Parent Educators

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New PAT Designations

• Parents as Teachers Approved User
• Permission to use the curriculum
• Cannot use PAT logo
• Is not considered a PAT Affiliate
• Option for family support and parent education
  programs that want to incorporate the PAT
  curriculum into their practice.

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Foundational Training
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Foundational Training 3 days

• Topics
• Theoretical Framework
• Child Development
• Engagement and reflection
• Goal setting
• Personal Visits
• Family Support family systems, culture,
  development
• Core Competencies

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Parent-child interaction

• Change process
• Reflective process to engage parents in growth

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Family well-being

• Understand family systems
• Strengthen protective factors
• Plan service via needs assessment

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Model Implementation Training
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Model Implementation Training 2 day

• Topics
• Model Fidelity
• Recruitment
• PAT model Components
• Screening
• Group Connections
• Supervision
• Program management

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Breaking it down

• 2011 2 pathways
• Foundational Training only Approved Users
• Foundational Training
  Model Implementation Training
• Certified program/Affiliate parent educator)

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Beginning January 2011

• Foundational package 795
• 3 days training, curriculum, toolkit, 1 year
  online access
• Annual renewal to online access 100
• Approved User designation

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Beginning January 2011

• Model Implementation package 895
• 5 days training, 2 curricula, toolkit, 1 year
  online access, value add
• Annual renewal to online access 75
• Affiliate and/or Certified designation
• Logo(s)

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Beginning January 2011

• Model Implementation for Supervisors 200
• 2 days training
• Model Implementation curricula
• Annual renewal

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Current PAT Programs

• Designated as Affiliates
• Parent Educators are designated as certified
• Access to new on-line portion of Foundational
  Curriculum

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Current PAT Programs

• Recertification Requirements to maintain
  designation and access to on-line curriculum
• Professional development documentation
• APR (Affiliate Program Report)
• Annual renewal fee 75
• Compliance Check

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New PAT Requirements

• Compliance Check
• Meeting
  Essential Requirements
• Training Requirement
• Training realignment
  (by 2014)

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PAT Essential Requirements
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What happens when you self-identify compliance?

1. All minimum requirements met
2. Minimum requirements not met, but willing to move
   to compliance
3. Minimum requirements not met, unable to do so
   (approved user)

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Moving into compliance

1. Use 2010-2011 APR to self-identify compliance
2. Access conference calls
3. Develop compliance plan
4. Achieve compliance by July 2014

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Training Realignment

• Current Supervisors and Parent Educators meet
  training requirements by 2014
• Parent educators attend Advanced Training (3 day
  Foundational Training)
• Parent educators take on-line Model
  Implementation Training (available July 2011)
• Supervisors take on-line Model Implementation
  Training and additional webinars

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Training realignment options

• Advanced Training only 150
• Approved User designation
• Annual renewal to online access 100
• Advanced Training Model Implementation 150
• Affiliate/Certified designation
• Annual renewal to online access 75

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NC PAT Realignment Plan

• Foundational and Model Implementation Trainings
  for new parent educators only
• Advanced Trainings offered for current parent
  educators
• March 22-24 in Catawba
• 2 more before October 2011
• Exploring distance learning options

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Breaking it down

• Model fidelity results!
• Those who meet guidelines affiliates
• In 2011 Self-Identify Compliance
• There is a pathway to the new Parents as Teachers
  for everyone!
• Foundational Training
• Model Implementation Training

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What we look like now