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Parent Education with Parents who have Intellectual Disabilities

Welcome parent mentors!

Sunny Side of the Street is designed to help you assist parents in your community to encourage their children's development by building positive family relationships and establishing healthy home and playtime routines. The program uses music, games, videos, pictures and positive modeling to promote activities that support social, emotional and literacy development. Go online to learn how to use this ideal teaching tool for working with at-risk parents, including parents who have intellectual disabilities (ID) or cognitive limitations.

Sunny Side of the Street ONLINE
for parent mentors and social service providers includes these components

• An indroductory video about working with parents who have ID
• Five multimedia modules, about 10 minutes each, covering these topics:
  
  • Ready for School
  • Ready to Read
  • Ready to Get Along
  • Ready to Play
  • Ready for Bed
• Songs from the Let's Sing About It CD. 15 soungs and a story from the Sunny Side video episodes. Sing along with Jessie Marquez and the Sunny Side Kids.
• Printable pages from the Sunny Side of the Street Parent and Mentor Handbook - Included are in-home assessments, spotlights on child development, parent support strategies and possible challenges, and colorful picture pages to help you connect with parents.

Resources

• Ready to Read Family Material (.pdf)
• Ready to Get Along Family Material (.pdf)
• Ready to Play Family Material (.pdf)
• Ready For School Family Material (.pdf)
• Ready For Bed Family Material (.pdf)