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Stronger Together: Family Support in Early Childhood Education »

Stronger Together™ is a nationally field-tested, transformational curriculum developed by the Parent Services Project (PSP) to infuse family support practices into early childhood settings. Stronger Together™ is focused on developing strong relationships between childcare providers and parents, understanding that the family is the constant in the child's life. The curriculum explores the principles and practices of family support within the day-to-day contexts of early childhood programs. The curriculum offers strategies and cites research from the field, provides self-assessment tools, and offers experiential activities in an adult-learning model. PSP provides an array of training options for programs, trainers and educators. The training format described here consists of 48 hours of training, with the option of 3-units of early childhood course credits.

Training of Trainers Program: Stronger Together Curriculum »

An intensive five-day Stronger Together training of trainers is offered to communities/initiatives that want to bring the curriculum to their early childhood or school systems. Stronger Together™ is a nationally field-tested, transformational curriculum developed by the Parent Services Project (PSP) to infuse family support practices into early childhood settings. Stronger Together™ is focused on developing strong relationships between early childhood providers and parents, understanding that the family is the constant in the child's life. The Stronger Together approach helps professionals engage around key principles of providing high quality family-centered practice in early education settings. Providing welcoming environments in education settings where families are interacting on a daily basis lays the groundwork for building genuine relationships with and among families, thereby reducing isolation and preventing the likelihood of abuse and neglect.