Bright Beginnings Parents As Teachers | Bright Beginnings

Offers a Home Visiting program that supports parents as their child's earliest and best teacher and helps children grow, learn, and reach their full potential. Once the child has been referred, the parent will be assigned a Parent Educator. The Parent Educator is a trained professional in child development who will schedule visits that are at a convenient time and place for the family. At those visits, the Parent Educator will bring age-appropriate activities and materials for the parent and child, bring information in response to any questions or needs, provide guidance for challenges such as crying, hitting, sleeping routines, and potty training, conduct developmental screenings and assessments, share what can expected during each stage of development, encourage and support you the parent to become the child's most important teacher, and connect the parent to needed resources and services in the community. Parents as Teachers also offers opportunities to connect with other families. Clients can participate in special groups such as Families in the Kitchen, All About Reading, Let's Paint, and Preschool Prep, as well as, a group through social media called Parents Connect.

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211 Cleveland

Physical Address

6393 Oak Tree Blvd., Ste. 201, Independence, OH 44131

Hours

M-F: 9:00am-4:30pm (occasional evening visits are possible if necessary).

Fax

(216) 391-6106

Application process

Phone to request service or for further information. Referrals are welcome, but self-referrals are accepted as well.

Fee

Free.

Eligibility

Families with a child under age three in Cuyahoga County. Note: Children must be enrolled in the program before age three (3). Children participating in Parents as Teachers can continue to receive services to enrollment in kindergarten.

Service area

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Agency info

Bright Beginnings

Provides services that promote the health and development of infants and toddlers so that children start school healthy and ready to learn. Services are designed with the family’s priorities and goals in mind and occur in the home or other community setting. Bright Beginnings supports families through the Parents as Teachers program, Early Intervention services, and connections to community resources.