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HIPPY
Program Description
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The Home Instruction for
Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) is a
home-based, early intervention parent involvement
program designed to support parents as their child's
first and most influential teacher. Parents with limited
formal schooling are provided with educational materials
for their three, four, and five year old children. After
reviewing the activities with the parent educators,
parents spend 15 minutes a day teaching their child
school readiness skills. Support and training for the
parent educators, themselves parents of young children
from the communities served by the program. Today
approximately 15,000 educationally disadvantaged
families and 16,000 children participate in 161 programs in 27 states. In
California there are 11 programs. In San Diego 180
Children and families are being served.
HIPPY is dedicated to
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Increasing the chances of positive early school
experiences. |
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Empowering parents to vie themselves as the primary
educators of their children. |
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Creating an educational environment in the home
which encourages literacy. |
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Developing an awareness among parents which will
encourage them to become more involved with and demanding of the
educational system. |
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Providing paraprofessional with job experience and
necessary skills with which to enter the labor market. |
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Promoting dialogue among various organizations
within the community focused on supporting this preschool effort.
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