Evaluation materials for parent education and support programs now available

If you are looking for ways to measure - and show others - the effects your program has on parents, we can help! The Children's Trust Fund redesigned its suite of program evaluation, data collection, and reporting materials for family resource center grantees in 2009. These outcomes-based evaluation materials are now available for other parent education and support programs to use.

Click here to learn more and download the materials.

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Parent Development: A New Approach to Effective Programming – Webcast series now available as archived videos
 
Over 450 parent educators, home visitors, and others who work with families gathered at host sites around Wisconsin in summer 2009 to participate in a series of free, live webcasts. Presenters Gay Eastman, Steve Small, Cailin O'Connor, and Rebecca Mather introduced a new model of parent development that helps practitioners to identify and meet parents' wants and needs and be more effective in their programming. The webcasts are now available as archived videos.

Session 1: Exploring a New Model of Parenting

Session 2: Identifying and Involving Audiences:

Providing What Parents Want and Need

Session 3: Evidence-Based Programs: A Critical Piece

Click here to download the handouts and watch the archived videos.

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Considering Ethical and Professional Behaviors Archived Materials

Have you found yourself in a situation where you feel uncomfortable about a decision you had to make with a family you visit?

If this has happened to you, watch our archived video of the Strength Based Considering Ethical and Professional Behaviors professional development training for home visitors.  By participating, you will increase your understanding of ethical and professional behaviors, the factors that go into making ethical decisions and how this relates to your work as a home visitor and parent educator.

The live training lasted approximately 4 hours, including time for group activities. 

Click here to find out more information.

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Join the Family Resource Center Network List Serv!

Are you a family resource center director or staff member?  Children's Trust Fund maintains a list serv available to all family resource centers in Wisconsin for the purpose of distributing informational materials and fostering discussions amongst centers.

To join the list serv, send an email to imailsrv@listserv.wi.gov with text in the body that reads “subscribe FRCnetwork your_full_name." 

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Family Resource Center Directory

An online version of the Family Resource Center Directory is available on this website.  Click here to view the webpage.  The directory includes program and contact information for centers all across Wisconsin.  It can be used by parents looking for a center or resource center staff searching for information on colleagues and local resources.  If you are a family resource center staff member looking to be included in this directory, please contact us.