PIWI (Parents Interacting With Children) is an evidence-based method to improve interactions between parents and their young children. It helps at-risk parents build the skills they need to work positively with their kids, and techniques for when things get tough.…
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Child Abuse Prevention in Action: Fremont PIWI
Tagged with: Child Abuse Prevention, Fremont, PIWI, prevent chlid abuse nebraska, protective factors
Posted in Cradle to career, Early Childhood
Posted in Cradle to career, Early Childhood
Payton and Maddie: A case study
Payton and Maddie participate in the Bryan Community Focus Program at Hawthorne. This alternative high school program is funded by the Sixpence Early Learning Fund, and allows teenage mothers to finish high school, while providing their babies with high quality…
Sixpence in action – new video!
Watch as the educators at Bryan’s child care center prepare the children of high school students for success in school and life, while helping their parents graduate and become better caregivers.
Tagged with: Bryan Community Focus Program, early childhood, lincoln, sixpence
Posted in Early Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Early Childhood, Teen/Early Adulthood
SIXPENCE SPOTLIGHT: Lincoln’s Bryan Community Focus Program at Hawthorne
In most cases, when a high school girl has a child and decides to raise the baby on her own, it has damaging consequences for mother, child and the state. The mother will frequently drop out of school. The child…
Why home visitation is key: Stories from the Plattsmouth Early Childhood Center
Like many of the sites funded by the Sixpence Early Learning Fund, the Plattsmouth Early Childhood Center offers parenting classes and home visitation through the Parents as Teacher program. Home visitation is a crucial component to strengthening families that is…
Katie and David: A case study
Katie and David participated in the Young Parent Program through Crete High School. This program, which is funded through the Sixpence Early Learning Fund, provides parenting classes for teenagers, high-quality child care for the babies and, most critically, one-on-one home…
Sonia & Ernesto: A case study
The Young Parents Program in Crete, NE is funded by the Sixpence Early Learning Fund. The program takes young people – mostly from Crete High School – who become parents at an early age and need education and support to…
A weekend for child literacy
March 1 – Read Across America Day March 2 – Read to A Child Day & Dr. Seuss’s Birthday “You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.” Dr. Seuss said…
Growing the Good Life 