Metcalfe County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020





2031 - Nurturing Parenting
2031.6) 66

Number of individuals (parents and caregivers) reporting improved personal growth

2031.8) 102

Number of individuals (parents and caregivers) reporting improved personal skills (such as skills to prepare child for life; use positive discipline techniques; use of empathy, concrete support and proper family rules; effective self-care techniques)

2031.7) 66

Number of individuals (parents and caregivers) reporting improved personal knowledge (such as developmental stages of a child, techniques to encourage positive development, positive discipline techniques for children, healthy ways to promote children’s success in schools, and signs of abuse and neglect)

2031.9) 42

Number of people (families) who reported using preventative and positive discipline techniques in response to child’s misbehavior, and setting and enforcing logical consequences for children’s behaviors

2031.10) 42

Number of parents and/or caregivers who practice effective parenting skills, such as parental empathy, proper ways of establishing family rules, and concrete support to their child, to develop a sense of self-worth

2031.11) 143

Number of parents and/or caregivers who accessed community resources when needed



Success Stories

Supporting Positive Child Development Outcomes for local Early Head Start and Head Start Families

Author: Lynn Blankenship

Major Program: Nurturing Parenting

During our time of remote working due to COVID - 19, this Extension Agent participated in the 4/14/20 Learn the Signs Act Early, CDC Child Development Milestone tracking ZOOM training, offered by the Senior Extension Specialist for Parenting and Child Adolescence Education and the Content Coordinator for Professional Development, for UK Child Care Aware.  I had just started a "go program bag", summer resource learning kit project with the enrolled Metcalfe Co. Head Start Families

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