North Alabama Parents as Teachers Program

The Partnership's home visiting programs promote child development, learning and health of children

The First Teacher Program affiliate operates under the umbrella agency, Community Action Partnership of North Alabama. The Partnership is a leading, non-profit, partner organization that offers a variety of programs in order to positively impact children, families, and communities. The local Parents As Teachers Blue Ribbon affiliate provides free services to families in Marshall, DeKalb, Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Marion and Winston counties.

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Partnership Home Visiting

Mission:

Community Action Partnership of North Alabama is a results-driven, non-profit business committed to reducing or eliminating the causes and consequences of poverty for families and communities in need through comprehensive services and strategic partnerships.

Home Based Early Childhood Education

The Partnership offers two home visiting programs- First Teacher and Early Head Start. Both programs provide information, support and encouragement to families through home visits to help children develop optimally during the crucial early years of life. Using the Parents As Teachers (PAT) Curriculum, the First Teacher and Early Head Start home visiting programs partner with pregnant women, mothers, fathers, and other caregivers of young children (up to age 5).

We know that experiences in the beginning years of children’s lives are the important foundation for school and life success, and parents are their children’s first and most influential teachers.

Our goal is to give parents the information and support they need to give their children the best possible start in life. The program emphasizes parent-child interaction, development centered parenting and family well-being. There is also a prenatal curriculum for pregnant women.

During personal home visits, our Early Childhood Parent Educators seek to build on family strengths, recognizing that all parents want to be good parents, that parents are experts on their children, and that all families need support. The program focuses on making available social networks, community resources, mutual aid and peer groups as appropriate for the child and family.

Home visits are made weekly or bi-weekly with a certified Parent Educator. Parents participate in planned child activities during the home visit and are given basic information in the areas of intellectual, language, motor, and social-emotional development. Parents receive information on development centered parenting and are supported in family goal setting. Parents are also provided the opportunity to participate in play groups with their children once a month.

Telephone

(256) 566-7713

Website

https://www.capna.org/menus/first-teacher-home-visiting-program.html

Address

1909 Central Parkway SW
Decatur, AL
35601