I admired it during a home visit, and she said she'd done it herself. She shared it during the talent show, and you should have seen her face. Even though she had had no formal education, she had a talent that others admired. And it made her child feel good to see how much everyone admired Mom. Besides attending the twice-monthly meetings, one member of each family is required, as a condition of participation in the program, to take an adult literacy or GED class or other continuing education that will support and further develop the strength of the family.
Instructional assistants help adults enroll.
Families First developers believe that such classes help the parents become involved in the community, sets them as role models for their children, and instills pride in parents as they complete program components. His mother, holding a diapered infant, follows and exchanges pleasantries with Elvira Arce, the instructional assistant who also serves as bus driver. The apartment door flies open, and Arce shepherds in the fledglings from the bus. While some parents initially object to Spanish education, language experts point out several reasons for learning first in the native language. For one, if young children learn English, they tend not to maintain or develop the language spoken at home, even if it is the only one their parents know.