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To:FACE Parent EducatorsFrom:Parents as Teachers Technical AssistantsTopic:My Family: A FACE Story in the MakingEnclosures:Group Connection Planning Guide and Record- My Family: A FACE Story in the MakingStation 1 Reflection Handout 1Family JournalFacilitator’s talking points Station 2Reflection Handout 2Culture Prompts CardsFacilitator’s talking pointsStation 3Reflection Handout 3BallsFacilitator’s talking pointsLarge GroupReflection HandoutFacilitator’s talking pointsNote to Facilitators:Welcome to the FACE Family Circle Kit. The title of today’s FACE Family Circle is My Family: A FACE Story in the Making. The FACE Family Circle Kit will discuss FACE and what it means to families. It will explore what families have experienced thus far in FACE, what makes FACE specific to the community and families and how FACE can support families in the future.Welcome(Large Group)Welcome to the FACE Family Circle. The title of today’s FACE Family Circle is My Family: A FACE Story in the Making. We will be discussing FACE and what it means in your family. We will explore what you have experienced thus far, what makes FACE specific to the community and your family and how FACE can support your family in the future.I will Introduce todays three stations that each of you will participate in, A Family Journal, Cultural Relevance, and Advocating for Yourself and Child.Let us agree that today we will be fully engaged in the activity and focus on the task. Are there any questions before we begin? (Separate the participates into 3 groups and send to different stations)Station 1Facilitator reviews these parent educator resource talking points with the families.Why Journal?Scientific evidence supports that journaling provides other unexpected benefits. The act of writing accesses your left brain, which is analytical and rational. While your left brain is occupied, your right brain is free to create, intuit and feel. In sum, writing removes mental blocks and allows you to use all of your brainpower to better understand yourself, others and the world around you. Begin journaling and begin experiencing these benefits:Clarify your thoughts and feelings.?Do you ever seem all jumbled up inside, unsure of what you want or feel? Taking a few minutes to jot down your thoughts and emotions (no editing!) will quickly get you in touch with your internal world.Know yourself better.?By writing routinely you will get to know what makes you feel happy and confident. You will also become clear about situations and people who are toxic for you — important information for your emotional well-being.Reduce stress.?Writing about anger, sadness and other painful emotions helps to release the intensity of these feelings. By doing so you will feel calmer and better able to stay in the present.Solve problems more effectively.?Typically we problem solve from a left-brained, analytical perspective. But sometimes the answer can only be found by engaging right-brained creativity and intuition. Writing unlocks these other capabilities, and affords the opportunity for unexpected solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems.Resolve disagreements with others.?Writing about misunderstandings rather than stewing over them will help you to understand another’s point of view. And you just may come up with a sensible resolution to the conflict.In addition to all of these wonderful benefits, keeping a journal allows you to track patterns, trends and improvement and growth over time. When current circumstances appear insurmountable, you will be able to look back on previous dilemmas that you have since resolved.Facilitator will distribute Reflection 1 handout. Encourage families to explore any topic that is important to them right now. Use the prompts on the parent handout to encourage a topic that they may be struggling with. When the family is finished ask permission to collect the handouts and distribute to the parent educator assigned to complete goal setting during a home visit. Now distribute the Family Journal and ask them to finish this sentence, “What FACE means to me…”Station 2Facilitator reviews these parent educator resource talking points with families.Family culture- Story Telling: Imagining, Creating, and Communicating IdeasLet’s look at culture and how it plays a role in the family unit. It is helpful to understand culture in two levels: surface and deep culture. Surface culture consists of those customs, practices, or appearances that are easily identifiable. Examples include language, music, art, food, clothing, and so on. Deep culture consists of values, customs, and beliefs that are common to a group. These include child-rearing practices, treatment of elders, dating and courtship, religious beliefs, and values about such things as education, family and behavior.Culture sets the guidelines for being parents and raising children. Parents learn from their own parents about when, where and how babies and children should behave and how to discipline them if they misbehave. The experiences of each family teach them whom to trust and when they are safe. These rules and experiences of culture often seem as invisible and as natural as the air we breathe, yet they have an enormous impact on everyone. A family is more than the sum of its parts- it is a system. The actions of one family member can influence all the members of the system. All families are in constant change. When individual family members change, the family system seeks to restore balance.Using the prompts bag, have the families pick a culture card and brain storm ideas for a FACE Family Circle highlighting the community’s culture. (When families are allowed to have a voice and feel valued in the FACE Family Circle they are more likely to attend and participate. Consider assigning task from this list to parents for the next FACE Family Circle. Video tape the experience if possible.)Ask the families to complete the parent handout, How is FACE preserving the native language and traditions in your home? Collect the parent handout and ask parents to write in the family journal one native language or tradition they will commit to supporting in their home this month and how they will follow through.Station 3Facilitator reviews these parent educator resource talking points with families.Family Well-being (advocacy) - Crystal Balls, Rubber ballsAll families are growing and changing. It’s important for you to feel empowered to help everyone one in your family set and reach their dreams. FACE puts an emphasis on family well-being because we know that being a parent is hard work. Sometimes it may seem impossible to juggle everything: work, school, paying bills, staying healthy, keeping up with your balls, planning meals and spending time with your family and friends. In addition to caring for your children and other family members, you have to take care of your own needs. After all what happens to one member of your family affects everyone else. You are all in this together.With this said, families must look at what is most important to them. What balls can they drop, without breaking? Are families using their resources to fullest potential? Do parents need to advocate?(involves actions that lead to a selected goal) for a ball they do not want to drop? Demonstrate the Crystal Balls, Rubber Balls with each participant if time allows. Show the families the crystal balls and rubber balls explain that we are all carrying these balls and sometimes there are too many and we may drop one. The important thing is not to drop the crystal balls because they break. Begin tossing the balls to the participant and begin throwing the balls a little to the side or quickly until they begin dropping balls. Have the families complete the Crystal Balls, Rubber Balls parent handout. Ask families which ball is most important to them. Have the families’ journal about the crystal ball and how they will advocate for their crystal ball.Return to large groupTake time to reflect on the FACE Family Circle as a group and share what they have learned, loved, or would have done plete the Reflection Large Group parent handout Think about your FACE Journey and collect. This material will be useful when advocating for the FACE program. You may want to share with the school board or Advisory Committee.Prepare a one word closing from the native language or create a one word closing to describe your FACE program. ................
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