VEYLDF Alignment
Item uses these practice principles: Partnerships with families.
Item responds to these sub-outcomes: Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes, Children engage with a range of texts and get meaning from these texts, Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work.
Description
This program aims to bolster the confidence and autonomy of parents/carers in reading to their children, and in cultivating emergent literacy. The program focuses on supporting parents/carers in selecting and applying specific strategies.
The program covers the following topics:
- Session 1: Turn Book Reading into a Time to Talk
- Session 2: Make New Words Sparkle
- Session 3: Help Your Child Understand the Story
- Session 4: Deepen Your Child's Understanding
- Session 5: Build Your Child's Understanding of How Print Works
- Session 6: Help Your Child Hear the Sounds in Words
Detailed Costs
The program is delivered by a Hanen-certified I'm Ready! facilitator. Cost varies depending on the provider.
I'm Ready!™ guidebook : US$24.95 (about AU$35)
Implementation Considerations
Target population: parents/carers of typically developing children between three and five years old, and of children with a mild language delay who are developmentally three to five years old.
Program/practice descriptions and details: the program includes:
- six training sessions (plus an orientation session) for parents/carers in small, personalised groups
- simultaneous sessions in which children continue to build their language and literacy skills with the help of trained support staff
- a Hanen-certified speech pathologist or early childhood education professional who has completed the I'm Ready!™ advanced workshop to lead the program
- individualised parent coaching from the program leader and support staff throughout the program.
Supervision/coaching: parents/carers receive coaching throughout the program.
Factors to consider: educators should ensure a partnership approach with families to ensure child outcomes and strategies are consistent between the home and service environment.
Priority Area
Communication
Strength of Evidence
Level 5 – Foundational research evidence