NATIONAL EXTENSION PARENT EDUCATION MODEL Of Critical Parenting Practices Charles A. Smith Kansas State University Dorothea Cudaback University of California H. Wallace Goddard Auburn University Judth A. Myers-Walls Purdue University Users are encouraged to quote freely from this publication. Please include an appropriate reference and the following citation: Smith, C. A., Cudaback, D., Goddard, H. W., & Myers-Walls, J. (1994). NATIONAL EXTENSION PARENT EDUCATION MODEL Manhattan, Kansas: Kansas Cooperative Extension Service. May 1994 2 NATIONAL EXTENSION PARENT EDUCATION MODEL Table of Contents PREFACE............................................................................................................................................................ 5 PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS......................................................................................................................... 7 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................... 7 The Social Context........................................................................................................................... 7 Consequences for Children and Parents...................................................................................... 8 The Cooperative Extension Service Response............................................................................. 9 Plan of Action................................................................................................................................................11 First Steps.........................................................................................................................................12 Evaluating the Initial Model......................................................................................................... 12 The National Model....................................................................................................................... 15 Assumptions of the Model........................................................................................................... 15 Underlying Guiding Principles................................................................................................... 15 Implications for Extension Parent Education Programs.......................................................... 18 PART TWO: THE MODEL IN DEPTH........................................................................................................ 19 Care for Self................................................................................................................................................... 19 Descriptors...................................................................................................................................... 20 Critical Care for Self Practices........................................................................................................ 20 Examples of Specific Program Objectives for Care for Self....................................................... 20 What We Know about Care for Self.............................................................................................. 21 Understand.................................................................................................................................................... 24 Descriptors...................................................................................................................................... 24 Critical Understand Practices......................................................................................................... 24 Examples of Specific Program Objectives for Understand........................................................ 24 What We Know about Understand............................................................................................... 25 Guide.............................................................................................................................................................. 28 Descriptors...................................................................................................................................... 28 Critical Guide Practices.................................................................................................................. 28 Examples of Specific Program Objectives for Guide................................................................. 28 What We Know about Guide........................................................................................................ 29 Nurture.......................................................................................................................................................... 34 Descriptors...................................................................................................................................... 34 Critical Nurture Practices.............................................................................................................. 34 Examples of Specific Program Objectives for Nurture.............................................................. 34 What We Know about Nurture.................................................................................................... 35 Motivate......................................................................................................................................................... 37 Descriptors...................................................................................................................................... 37 Critical Motivate Practices............................................................................................................. 37 Examples of Specific Program Objectives for Motivate............................................................. 37 What We Know about Motivate .................................................................................................. 38 Advocate........................................................................................................................................................ 39 Descriptors...................................................................................................................................... 39 Critical Advocate Practices........................................................................................................... 40 Examples of Specific Program Objectives for Advocate............................................................ 40 What We Know about Advocate................................................................................................... 40 FINAL REPORT 3 PART THREE: IMPLEMENTING THE MODEl/PROGRAM DELIVERY STRATEGIES................... 45 Parent Education Groups........................................................................................................................... 45 Parent Education Resource Centers......................................................................................................... 46 Newsletters................................................................................................................................................... 47 Radio Programs........................................................................................................................................... 47 Home Visits.................................................................................................................................................. 48 Mentor Mother/Godparent Programs..................................................................................................... 49 Hospital Programs...................................................................................................................................... 49 Newspaper Articles and Tabletop Messages.......................................................................................... 49 Community Forums.................................................................................................................................... 50 Interagency Support/Collaborations....................................................................................................... 50 Support Groups........................................................................................................................................... 50 Community Coalitions/Task Forces........................................................................................................ 51 Learn-at-Home Programs.......................................................................................................................... 51 Parent Advisory Groups............................................................................................................................ 51 Social Change Groups: Liberation Pedagogy......................................................................................... 52 PART FOUR: CURRICULUM GUIDE........................................................................................................ 53 Baby’s First Year Calender......................................................................................................................... 53 Baby Talk...................................................................................................................................................... 54 Building Communities of Support for Families.....................................................................................