Overview
This course is a study of the child care provider's interrelationships with parents, colleagues, and the comunity. Topics included are public relations, asset builidng, evaluations, parent meetings, advertising, and professionals. Personalities and parenting styles will also be explored.

Objectives
* Completed professional portfolio
* Completed child portfolio
* Completed community resource file

Audience/Level
This course is part of the Associate of Applied Arts Degree for the Early Childhood Education major. It transfers to some Universities for ECE Credit.

Course Outline
* A Look at Families Today
* Parenting Styles
* Parenting Background
* Family Involvement
* The form of Family Involvement
* How to successfully get parents involved
* Successful Partnerships

Group Feedback
This will occur on a regular basis through chapter disscussion and responses from classmates and the instructor. Each class participant will be expected to post to the online discussions each week. This is a great opportunity for us to learn from one another.

News
Watch for news from our community regarding children and families. Here is the next parenting class:

The Chilled Parent: Peacefully Being an Effective Parent
By Ingrid Pohl, Early Childhood Consultant
2-week class - Monday evenings
January 19th and 26th
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church - 308 S. 8th

Community Resources
http://www.capsofsalina.org
http://www.kaccrra.org