The Early Learning Coalition of Flagler & Volusia Counties' mission is to provide school readiness programs and funding assistance for birth-to-kindergarten age children with the goal of increasing their chances for education success. The Coalition recognizes that a sound education begins with involving parents as their child's first teacher and high quality school readiness services through early education programs.

Family Involvement Program

The Family Involvement Home Visitation program is comprised of certified parent educators who provide in home visitation services to school readiness families.  The main focus is on children birth to four.  The internationally recognized, Parents as Teachers Curriculum, is used to provide effective, research based knowledge to parents.  The parent educators are trained to translate scientific information on early brain development into specific when, what how, and why advice for families.  The activities assist parents in reinforcing the concepts "learning begins at home"  and "parents are their child's first teacher".  This allows parents to recognize and capture those teachable moments in everyday life to enhance their child's intellectual growth, language development, social development and motor skills. 

Participating families will receive personal visits, participate in parent group meetings and trainings, have access to developmental screenings for their children, and are linked to community resources.  Specialized parent trainings on literacy, car seat safety, infant massage, brain development, and language/reading are provided.  Independent evaluations have shown that parents who participate in home visitation programs are more involved in their's child's schooling, more confident in their role as parents and read to their children more.  Children who participate in these programs typically score higher on kindergarten readiness tests, on standardized test, on standardized measures of achievement in early grades, and are significantly more developed in language, social, problem solving and other cognitive abilities.

For more information or to enroll in the Family Involvement Home Visitation program, please call Beckie Taylor at 323-2400 ext. 125
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Parent Resources
Parents are a child's first teacher and the following links will assist you in guiding your child down the path to educational success.

Provider Resources  
The Early Learning Coalition of Flagler and Volusia Counties’ primary priorities are to the children and early learning programs in our community. It is our goal to assist providers in offering quality care and education to the children they serve.

Child Development Education Alliance (CDEA) partners with the National Association of Child Care Professionals (NACCP) to develop high quality on-line training. Unfortunately, we do not yet have the list of school sites that will be made available for these summer program classes.