Family Engagement Program
Supporting families’ learning and well-being, and providing safe places to connect to school, caring adults, and additional services.
UPCOMING CLASSES & EVENTS
For more information: Contact Graciela Chavez (503) 619-9010
Program Strategies
Our Family Engagement team works directly with our Adult Education, Early Childhood Education, and Chicas Youth Development teams to engage the whole family of our participants. Through culturally specific education services that are grounded in popular education, families are empowered to learn and lead, including the promotion of shared leadership between schools and families. We use state and/or national certified-curricula that prepares Latine children, youth, and adults to achieve academic success with an emphasis on social-emotional learning.
Parenting Education
Parents/caregivers will have access to high quality, proven parenting education programs. Current courses include: Incredible Years curriculum series (minimum 12 class sessions), Abriendo Puertas (Opening Doors) curriculum series (minimum 10 class sessions, Nurturing Parenting and Adolescent’s curriculum series (minimum 10 class sessions), and Nurturing Parenting ABC’s (minimum 10 class sessions).
Parents/caregivers will:
Expand their knowledge about child development and strengthen parent-child relationships
Build confidence in parenting skills that supports their child's learning and development and that helps to establish their role as their child’s primary teacher
Build civic leadership skills for them to lead community-solutions on the health, safety, and education of their children
During the 2020 - 2021 school year:
329
Parents/Caregivers were provided with family engagement programming
20
Family Engagement events were delivered
64
Parents/Caregivers completed a parenting education series
95%
of participants reported improvement in their parenting skills and knowledge
95%
of participants reported improved behavior in their children
70%
attendance rate of all parents/caregivers throughout the year
Why Family Engagement?
Family Engagement has always been central at Adelante Mujeres. In order for a child or youth to fully thrive and reach their full potential, it is essential that their family be actively engaged. Our two-generation approach promotes healthy attachment, bonding, child development, and learning for children and their parents/caregivers. By starting this work early, during a child’s preschool years, we aim to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), which can have a lifelong impact of a child’s health and opportunity. Through culturally-responsive parent education series, families expand their knowledge about child development, build effective parenting skills, and strengthen parent-child relationships to enhance a child’s health, development, and school readiness.