Positive Parent-Child Relationships.pdfVIP

Understanding Family Engagement Outcomes: Research to Practice Series Positive Parent-Child Relationships The National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (NCPFCE) has created a Research to Prac- tice Series on the Family Engagement Outcomes of the Office of Head Start (OHS) Parent, Family, and Community Introduction Engagement (PFCE) Framework. One in the series, this resource addresses the “Positive Parent-Child Relation- Positive parent-child relationships provide the foundation ships” Outcome: “Beginning with the transition to parent- for children’s learning. With parents’ sensitive, responsive, hood, parents and families develop warm relationships and predictable care, young children develop the skills they that nurture their child’s learning and development.” need to succeed in life. Early parent-child relationships have powerful effects on children’s emotional well-being (Dawson Aligned with related Head Start Performance Standards, Ashman, 2000), their basic coping and problem-solving this resource presents a selected summary of research, abilities, and future capacity for relationships (Lerner proven interventions, and program strategies intended Castellino, 2002). Through these interactions, children learn to be useful for the Head Start (HS) and Early Head Start skills they need to engage with others and to succeed in PARENT, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORK different environments (Rogoff, 2003). They learn how to (EHS) community.