Programs and Organizations Mentioned
The programs and organizations mentioned in this story include:
- Parents As Teachers
- Screening Days
- McKean County Family Centers
- Early Intervention
Success Stories
Story 1
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*Sara is a mother of three children who are all home schooled. Because she is isolated
from typical educational supports, Sara values the information about child rearing and
child development that her Family Development Specialist from the Bradford Family
Center brings to her home.
Through Parents As Teachers home visits, Sara learns new
ways of stimulating child development, good parenting practices, and ways to handle child
discipline. Sara’s Family Development Specialist also conducts early childhood
developmental screenings every six months on all of her young children to make sure they
are obtaining all developmental milestones.
During one of the screenings, Sara discovered
that her middle child has speech delays. The child was then referred by the Family Center
to speech therapy through Early Intervention Services. After several months of therapy
the child is showing amazing developmental gains.
*Names have been changed to protect the identity of all
individuals involved.