No special skills are needed to volunteer, and training is provided. Prevent Child Abuse Volunteers with Prevent Child Abuse Roanoke Valley help at-risk families learn better parenting skills so mothers and fathers can provide a loving and safe environment for their children. The volunteers conduct parenting classes and provide childcare for adult learners. Some of these volunteers stage a puppet show for elementary age students so that children can learn how to deal with abusive situations and avoid further problems. Everyone knows that it's important for children to know how to read.
Parents are their first reading teachers.
Literacy Volunteers of America steps in to help parents and children learn to read at the same time. LVA's Family Literacy Program needs volunteers willing to work with mothers, fathers and children who need to learn to read as a family.