Families Alive Conference - April 2002
Conference Resources

Parenting and Family

Positive Interaction

Issue:
Educating families how to interact with one another in a positive way.

Why: Because kids are not succeeding in school and social life because of the lack of family and self time.

How: Step 1. Include parents when teaching these children - seeing child’s homework (signing off) - teacher/parent assessments

When: Implement immediately - 1st, middle, end of school year.

Who: Teachers/Educators
How: Step 2. Invite parent to parent education workshops helping them implement ideas to get involved.

When: 1st, middle, end of school yea.r

Who: PTA, Teachers, Us! And Community Volunteers
How: Step 3. Get kids excited and they will enthuse their parents. Attitude is contagious!

When: Now

Who: Everyone
How: Step 4. Provide child care for the workshops.

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