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   Through this project, The Children’s Place will address risk factors associated with infant mortality, poor health, and developmental delays in children (birth to age three) born into families in St. Clair County who are at risk for abuse and neglect. Indicators such as preventative services, nutrition, safety, and normal developmental expectations will be discussed, proper care of an infant will be modeled, and parent/child attachments will be enhanced in targeted families through intervention from The Children’s Place. This will be done through a secondary prevention program designed to create a web of support for the family.

Program Goals

  • Give the child a solid foundation for school success.
  • Increase parents’ competence and confidence to give the child the best possible start in life.
  • Increase parents’ knowledge of child development and appropriate ways to stimulate learning.
  • Promote a strong parent-child relationship.
  • Develop true partnerships between parents and schools.
  • Provide a means for early detection of potential learning problems.

Spring!   "Parents as Teachers", Inc. is the basis for our outreach and has four components. Home visits are conducted by a trained parent educator who takes age appropriate activities into the home for use by the parent (or caregiver), child, and the educator. The caregiver is given vital developmental and heath information including handouts about developmental domains and "A Parent’s Guide" that will aid the caregiver in accessing services. The educator serves as an extra set of objective eyes watching as the child develops, helping to identify problems in child development, and providing support for the parent. Hearing, vision, and developmental screenings help identify specific problems and are done at specific ages. Once visitation is set up, referrals can be made creating a network of community involvement. The last component is group meetings that might be of the lecture type or a meeting involving the children and will include activities for the whole family.

   Through this endeavor, we will empower parents to seek needed assistance and become their children’s first teachers.

   Who can benefit from this service?

   Caretakers who have a child less than three years old and at least one of the following:

  • teenage parent
  • single parent
  • receive WIC
  • eligible for Medicaid
  • feel depressed often
  • isolated
  • others are concerned about parenting skills
  • need support in parenting

   If this applies to you or someone you know, you can refer the person to us by filling out the form below and returning it to The Children’s Place. We are waiting to hear from you!

   Main sources of funding: March of Dimes Foundation, local contributions, state appropriation, and United Way of Central Alabama.

Parents As Teachers Referral

The Children’s Place

Referral can be made by telephone, mail, FAX or send to sccac@pell.net

Name (first)________________ (middle)____________ (last)________________

Address___________________________________________________________

Telephone or Message________________________________________________

When is the best time to call?___________________________________________

Age______ Birthdate (month)_______ (day)______ (year)________

Occupation__________________ Unemployed_______ Student_______________

Expected due date________ Doctor________________ Hospital_______________

                   or child’s birthdate________

Additional information about referral (attach pages if needed):____________________

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

 

I understand that this form will be sent to The Children’s Place, and I will be
contacted by an employee of The Children’s Place before any services are rendered.

___________________________ (Date)_________________________________

                    (signature)

Name of person making referral_________________________________________

Agency____________________________________________________________

Telephone____________________________ FAX_________________________

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