Transitions: Parents Are Key: Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community

Download or read book Transitions: Parents Are Key: Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community written by Barry Leonard and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide will enable parents to support and advocate for their children during transitions. Contains training activities and hands-on action tools to help parents and staff work in partnership as children transition into and out of Early Head Start, Head Start, child care settings, and elementary schools. Transition addresses all the changes that occur as a child moves from one setting to another -- from home to a program, within a program, or between programs. This technical guide is designed to assist both parents and staff in developing skills that support the Head Start Program Performance Standards related to transitions. It encourages active learning interaction and partnering through guided hands-on activities and tools based upon real life transition situations. Ill.