Describe factors that must be considered when planning programs of parent and family life education. Be sure to include: assessing needs, format, cultural differences, and assessing effects
What will be an ideal response?
? ? Assessing needs: program ideas must not be based only on ideas from program leaders or staff, but must also be viewed as a need by families, conduct needs assessments in forms that will get adequate response rates
? ? Format of programs: multiple forms must be provided, assess family preferences, matching design based on expressed need of families, plan should include active involvement of families, consider family needs for social support, collaborate with families when planning, group meetings, information tables/boards, balance information about both children and parents/families, plan for time for parents to have open-ended discussion
? ? Cultural differences: awareness of cultural preferences for format of events, consider independence and interdependence, be sure to hear from families from various environments
? ? Assessing effects: provide evaluation forms for parents to complete, consider format in regards to your parents, allow for some open space so that families can share something that you may not ask about
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