Received: from r04n12.cac.psu.edu (r04n12-fddi.cac.psu.edu [146.186.157.10]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.6.8/940311.01ccg) with ESMTP id JAA11181 for <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov>; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:07:20 -0500 Received: from [128.118.73.110] (ppp110.cac.psu.edu [128.118.73.110]) by r04n12.cac.psu.edu (8.7.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id JAA110564 for <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov>; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:09:34 -0500 Message-Id: <199512191409.JAA110564@r04n12.cac.psu.edu> X-Sender: blv1@email.psu.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:12:22 -0600 To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov From: blv1@psu.edu (Barb Van Horn) Subject: Re: Even Start Dilemma Status: O X-Status: David Stahly recently asked for information on maintaining enrollment in the adult ed component of Even Start programs: >How can enrollment in the adult education componenet be maintained if >someparents reach personal goals in less than a year? >From my experience, parents enrolled in Even Start and other ABE programs often have difficulty in setting personal and family literacy goals. Program staff usually accept the parent's initial goals without too many changes; however, the staff should meet with parent's on a regular basis to discuss, revise, update, and/or change the initially recorded goals. This process keeps the parents involved in the instructional process and helps them to see that learning is an ongoing process and that changing personal goals is acceptable. > If parents know their families can no longer participate in >Even Start after they attain personal goals, the parents will slow their >learning gains so services to their children will continue. Actually, families may continue to receive Even Start services until no one in the family is eligible for services. Therefore, even if a parent has reached personal literacy goals, they can still participate in the parenting and parent/child components and their children can still receive services. This is my understanding; if this is incorrect, please, someone, jump in and correct me! Barb Van Horn blv1@psu.edu
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