Parent Mentorship
The NPSC Parent Mentorship Programme is a volunteer-based programme that is designed to provide assistance and support to families at risk or in need. Adults are trained in ten modules spanning 13 weeks to build their capacities for supporting effective parenting. They work closely with the Commission as they provide support to schools and peers within their their own communities.
Parent Places
The Parent Place is a “one-stop-shop” for parents that are intended for every major community, identifiable by its logo and by its activities.
It is designed as a comfortable and attractive place for parents to go for:
- parenting information,
- skills training on effective parenting,
- mutual support from other parents, and
- where resources and creativity allow other needed or desirable activities, such as
- social and recreational family activities,
- counselling and other helping services, and
- income support training activities for parents’ economic betterment.
There are over 125 Parent Places attached to schools, health clinics, social service agencies, faith-based organizations, libraries, or other community settings.
Each Parent Place can offer different services and activities, depending on each community’s identified needs and interests. For more information on establishing a Parent Place, contact the NPSC.
Parent Place Objectives
- Strengthen the competencies, skills and capacities of parents
- Connect the home, school and community
- Reinforce the social network around parents/educators and their children’s activities
- Promote meetings between persons responsible for upbringing of children, placing an emphasis on creating social networks and encouraging healthy debate on the rearing of children amongst groups of persons
- Make information, training and educational activities available to parents
- Provide support in solving parenting problems, both in the family and in group situations
Service Areas May Include
- Parenting information and counselling support
- Parent support and mentoring
- Child behavioural Information & resources
- Child stage transition programme
- Work-life balance programme
- Referrals to other parenting support services
Parenting Education & Training Sessions
Topics covered in parenting training sessions include but are not limited to:
- Strategies to Help my Child Develop Literacy and Numeracy Skills
- Understanding The National Standards Curriculum (NSC)
- Psycho-Social Care & Building Resilience
- Parent-Child Relationships
- Navigating the Virtual Learning Environment
- Positive Parenting: Impacting Generations
- Understanding Adolescent Development
- Parents Advocating for Children with Disabilities
- Strategies for Supporting Boys
- Support to Parents who are Telecommuting
Practitioners who wish to access materials related to these and other topics may contact the NPSC.
