Methods of Parent and Family Education

Identify a variety of educational methods and techniques for engaging parents and families in active and meaningful learning, while also becoming familiar with publications, resources, and web sites for developing parent education materials.

Apply a variety of program formats and curriculum materials in the field of parent and family education in order to understand the process for creating a parent/family education curriculum.

Identify parent-child interaction time as an essential part of family education programming, as well as understanding the interaction between group process and methods.

Examine a variety of approaches for discovering parent needs related to parenting knowledge, skills & beliefs.

Apply learner outcomes for specific groups and individual parents.

Analyze and adapt parenting curriculum materials for use with diverse groups of parents.

Apply skills for designing/planning and implementing effective parent education sessions, including working as part of a curriculum design team in developing a session plan.

Assess parent needs and interests and create engaging and effective parenting sessions.

Apply develop skills in designing process evaluation tools for parent education.

Assess personal skills and dispositions for parent education practice as part of professional role development, in addition to exploring and developing an open attitude about new ideas and methods for delivering parent education services to use in the future.