Can a parent speaker or parenting education program integrate with ParentNet?
Absolutely! Many of our participating schools hold more formal parenting education programs in addition to ParentNet. What occurs as a result is an enrichment of parent discussions at ParentNet meetings. Parents are able to test the ideas from more formal programs, then discuss their experiences with them in ParentNet meetings. As part of ParentNet, we also provide a design for a ParentNet Forum. This is an opportunity for numerous grades to hear the same speaker, then break into grade-level facilitated discussions of how to apply the learning to their particular children.
