This week, A Family Place opened its doors to our first group of three-year-olds—everyone has been eagerly anticipating this week! Our regular bus driver, Felicia, headed out with Teacher Diana Wednesday morning to pick up the kids. The kids boarded the bus with excitement and peered out over the windows commenting on places they knew, “Da Dragon payground! I go dere wit my mom!” They were greeted with warm smiles at the First Baptist Church entrance by the rest of A Family Place team: Teacher Christi (an intern from George Fox), Teacher Cara (director), and myself. Then, we headed in together to see what our day would bring!
Champions for Children Luncheon
Wednesday, March 5 at Noon
McMinnville Grand Ballroom
325 NE 3rd St, McMinnville, OR
Learn about A Family Place and support our work to reduce child abuse, neglect and foster placements in Yamhill County.
This event is free and open to anyone interesting in supporting our programs.
Contact Elaine Burke (eburke@lcsnw.org or 503-472-4020 ext. 218) for more information.
What do you know about being a mom?
This question starts the relationship between our Healthy Families home visitation team and a mother seeking effective ways to interact with her child. It allows the home visitor to develop a sense of how a mother was parented, what expectations she brings to parenting and allows them to develop realistic goals for each step of a child’s development.
Lindsay (name has been changed for privacy) was born while her mother was still in high school. Acknowledging the difficulties she faced, her mom enrolled in our Healthy Families home visitation program and started meeting weekly with a member of our team.
The home visitor encouraged Lindsay’s mom in her new role as a mother and helped her set expectations based on Lindsay’s development.… Read more