Christian Appalachian Project - Families can be overwhelmed with their feelings and fears when first learning that their child has a disability.

Parents Are Teachers seeks to alleviate many of these fears as they work with the child, as well as the parent, in this early intervention program. Believing that ‘the parent is the child’s best teacher’ staff focus on providing education to the parents on ways to actively engage their child in social, cognitive, sensory, and motor development.

Teachers bring the ‘classroom’ to the families in this home-based program. With an educational plan based on the child’s specific needs, the teacher makes weekly visits to the home, instructing and supporting the parents in their work with the child. Teachers also provide developmental assessments, and can act as coordinator in obtaining other resources the child may require.

While the teacher will remain with the family and child, until they transition into the public school system, one of the goals of the program is to empower the parent with the information they need in order to not only become their child’s ‘best teacher’, but their best advocate as well.