Parenting - SC First Steps

Parenting

Guided by the belief that a parent is a child’s first and most important teacher, First Steps builds respectful partnerships with families to promote child health, wellbeing, and learning. Services are voluntary and provided at levels that meet the family’s needs, from community-based peer support to in-home coaching and home visiting.

Parenting

Parents as Teachers

Home visitation and group support for families, before birth and through age five.

Parenting

HIPPY

Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) is a home visiting program that supports parents in their role as a child's first and most important teacher.

Parenting

Nurturing Parenting

Group support with optional models of home visitation and fatherhood

Parenting

Triple P (Positive Parenting Program)

One of the world's most-trusted parenting programs, Triple P is used in 30 countries around the world.

Parenting

ParentChild+

Home visitation for families with 2- and 3-year olds to promote early literacy skills

Parenting

Early Steps to School Success

Home visitation for families pre-birth until 36 months

Parenting

Strengthening Families

14-session group support program to promote strong and resilient families.

Parenting

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

One book per month mailed to the home

Parenting

Incredible Years

12-week group support for parents for their child’s social and emotional development and behavior

Parenting

Library Based and Other Learning Programs

Library staff visit child care and preschool classrooms providing books, storytelling, and staff training.

Parenting

Motheread/Fatheread

Group support for parents with low literacy levels in reading to their children

Parenting

Raising a Reader

Raising a Reader operates in 3,000 locations across the nation.

Parenting

Supporting Care Providers Through Visits

Site visits for home child care providers to encourage developmentally appropriate practices.

Parenting

Family Café

Parent discussion groups that support one another and recognize each other as leaders.

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Parents as Teachers

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HIPPY

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Nurturing Parenting

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Triple P (Positive Parenting Program)

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ParentChild+

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Early Steps to School Success

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Strengthening Families

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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

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Incredible Years

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Library Based and Other Learning Programs

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Motheread/Fatheread

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Raising a Reader

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Supporting Care Providers Through Visits

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Family Café

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