To receive any of the resources below, please contact us at vgoei@gfsfamilyservices.org

When using our materials, please credit Grail Family Services and please do not alter them. We'd also love if you send us a brief note telling us how you're using the materials. Thank you!

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For parents / Para Padres

• Parent Empowerment Assessment Tool

The Parent Empowerment Assessment Tool (PEAT) was developed by GFS and a research firm as an overarching framework of evaluation in order to measure changes in parent empowerment that arise from participating case management. The PEAT assesses parents’ empowerment in four domains (culture, parenting, basic needs, community support). The tool was developed after researching literature on family empowerment. The four domains of parent empowerment listed in the tool were carefully selected because they represent the most relevant and important areas for determining empowerment.

• Building Blocks of Parenting ™ 

In September 2014, Grail Family Services began to develop family engagement messages that would be easy for families to put into practice. The messages would answer the question: “what does it mean to be an engaged parent?” As a first step, we divided the original messages (36 of them) into messages and strategies. The messages are ideas parents can keep top of mind, while the strategies are simple ways to put those ideas into practice. We eventually reduced the number of messages to six, and the strategies to no more than three per message. We then shared this draft with parents who gave us substantial feedback, most of which was integrated into the final version of the messages and strategies - which we now call the Building Blocks of Parenting™.

Each of the Blocks is supported by a body of research that explains why they are important and effective for parents and families. For each of the 6 messages, we wrote a summary of the research that supports it. We hope this helps staff working directly with families to explain the importance of the Building Blocks of Parenting TM in helping families support the positive development and educational outcomes of their children. Please contact us to receive a copy (vgoei@gfsfamilyservices.org).

• Yes We Can...Read! TM

Yes We Can…Read!™ (YWCR) is a comprehensive literacy program designed to address low reading levels of children. The following document is a sample of the curriculum of the parent engagement component. For more information, please contact us at (408) 347-7892.

• Building Blocks of Parenting TM

One-page guide that answers the question "what does it mean to be an engaged parent"? / Guía de una página que contesta la pregunta: ¿qué quiere decir ser un padre involucrado?

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• Building Blocks of Parenting™ Family Engagement (BBP) App

In May 11, 2017, Grail Family Services launched the Building Blocks of Parenting (BBP) App during our Annual Fundraising Event.  The BBP App offers practical, research-based strategies and activities parents can access anywhere/anytime to engage with their child and strengthen their bond.

The BBP App promotes family engagement by:
1. Preparing parents to engage (Mindset Builders)
2. Providing research-based engagement strategies
3. Linking fun parent/child activities to the strategies
 
The BBP App’s unique parent Mindset Builder enriches engagement by helping parents adopt the right frame of mind before beginning an activity. It’s the only parenting app with this feature!

Available for download now!

Note: if you would like to receive notifications of activities and strategies to try with your children, please make sure you enable notifications under your general phone settings as well as within the app.
To use the app in Spanish: download the app, register, go to the profile section and change the language in the settings section.  

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John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities - Community Assessment​

The Heckman Equation. Professor James Heckman, Director of the Center for Human Development at the University of Chicago. 

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