One of the goals of the MEP program is to nurture parental involvement. As a student teacher or PLA, you may have opportunities to interact with mothers and fathers.
The resources on this page offer tips and information that can help you support MEP parents. In addition, many of these materials are ready-made to give out at family events, parent-teacher conferences, afterschool events, and presentations! Most are available in Spanish and English.
Education
- Reading Tip Sheets (Corrin Colorado)–advice for parents about helping their children learn to read, from babies to third graders.
- Parent Tips: Help Your Child Have a Good School Year (Corrin Colorado)
- Welcoming Immigrant Students in Schools (IDRA)–informs parents about student rights and the services that schools can furnish to their children.
- Handouts for Families about School Attendance (Attendance Works)–several brochures about reducing school absences.
- Tips for Parents: Parent-Teacher Conferences (Corrin Colorado)–parent-teacher conferences can be daunting, but this brochure offers helpful advice.
- Helping Your Child Become a Reader: With Activities for Children from Infancy through Age 6–sixty page booklet packed with activities that parents can do with their children to help them improve reading skills.
- Cómo ayudar a su hijo durante los primeros años de la adolescencia (Helping Your Adolescent Child)–Spanish brochure for parents.
- Comó ayudar a su hijo a tener éxito en la escuela (Helping Your Child Succeed in School)–Spanish brochure for parents.
Child Development
- Child Development Brochures (Pathways.org)–materials for parents with tips to parents about ensuring normal physical and mental development of children.
- Child Development Information (CDC)–Spanish brochures for parents about helping children through each developmental stage and watching for developmental delays (covers ADHD, Autism, and more)
Health for MEP Families
- Healthy for Good (American Heart Association)–a variety of brochures about diet, exercise, and other ways of maintaining heart health.
- Good Health is for You Too (Farmworker Justice)–comic brochure promoting community health centers.
- Life of the Party (Farmworker Justice)–comic brochure about making healthy choices with diabetes.
Safety for MEP Families
- Farm Safety (OSHA)–brochures about farm equipment safety and protections for workers.
- Agricultural Safety Training Videos (Cooperative Extension System and USDA)–English and Spanish videos about staying safe in greenhouses, mushrooms farms, orchards, vineyards, and more.
- PA Emergency Preparedness Guide–Spanish and English pamphlets on how to prepare for disasters.