Resources for Families of Incarcerated Individuals
Early Head Start at Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (WERDCC), is a program through the Central Missouri Community Action Agency, in collaboration with Parents as Teachers. The program provides prenatal parenting education & support for women at WERDCC throughout their pregnancy and up to six weeks after delivery. Once the infant is six weeks old, moms will be referred to the Parents as Teachers program.
Parents as Teachers (PAT) is a parent education and family support program serving families throughout pregnancy until their child enters kindergarten, usually age 5.
Parents are supported by PAT-certified parent educators trained to translate scientific information on early brain development into specific when, what, how and why advice for families. By understanding what to expect during each stage of development, parents can easily capture the teachable moments in everyday life to enhance their child's language development, intellectual growth, social development and motor skills.
Parents in the PAT program at WERDCC receive:
- Personal visits with the parent educator who shares age-appropriate child development and parenting information, helps the parent learn to observe their child, and addresses parenting concerns.
- Parent group meetings to share information about parenting issues and child development. Parents learn and support each other, observe their children with other children and practice parenting skills.
- Screenings to assess the child's overall development as well as health, hearing and vision.
- Resource network that links the family to other community services.
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