T.E.A.C.H. SCHOLARSHIPS

T.E.A.C.H. Scholarships are available for eligible providers who participate in the initiative. If providers are not eligible for a T.E.A.C.H. scholarship, then a scholarship counselor will direct the provider toward other financial supports, which may be available to the provider through the project.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INITIATIVE, call 1-866 MI TEACH or visit the following websites:
www.mi4c.org and http://www.soe.umich.edu/greatstart/.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Michigan is funded by the Early Childhood Investment Corporation and administered through the Michigan 4C Association

FAMILY AND PROVIDER SUPPORT PROGRAM

What is the Family and Provider Support Program?

The Family Support Program provides trained early childhood mental health professionals who consult with child care providers and parents to support infants, toddlers and preschoolers who are experiencing behavioral and emotional challenges in their child care settings. Sometimes these challenges may put young children at risk of expulsion from the child care setting. The Family Support Program aims to reduce expulsions and increase the number of families and child care providers who successfully nurture the social and emotional development of children ages 0-5 in licensed child care programs.

What Does the Family Support Program Offer?

• Observation and assessment
  
• Home visits
  
• Child care site visits
  
• Team planning and community referrals
  
• Training

Consultation includes prevention and intervention strategies that are strength-based, child-centered and family-focused, culturally sensitive and relationship-based.

Why is the Family Support Program Needed?

• There are approximately 33,000 children in Genesee County under the age of 6
  
• Genesee County has an 18% expulsion rate for preschool children
  
• The prevalence of challenging behavior among preschool-age children ranges from 3 to 15%
  
• Child care programs are expelling increasing numbers of “problem” children. One recent survey reported that during one year, nearly 2% of the children in a single Michigan county were expelled

Research shows that early intervention is the key to helping children succeed in school. By enhancing the preschool experience, young children with behavioral difficulties are supported, their social and emotional competency is enhanced, and they are better prepared for school.

Family Support Program Request for Services

What is the Family and Provider Support Program?
The program is an early childhood prevention program designed to support children under the age of five who are experiencing behavioral and emotional challenges. Sometimes these challenges put children at risk of expulsion from the early childhood setting.

Why Do We Need This Program?
Research shows that early childhood identification and intervention with behavioral challenges can promote a child’s self-esteem, build resiliency and diminish risks. School success is enhanced when a child is emotionally and socially competent.

How Does This Program Work?
When providers and parents have mutual concerns or questions about a child’s behavior that include social and emotional skills, they can submit a referral form to the Training Coordinator at 4C Child Care Unlimited. Once a signed referral is received, the provider will be contacted to set up an initial observation and gather information. The parent as well as the child care provider will be asked to complete an assessment of the child. Further consultation is available on an as-needed basis with parental consent.

Who is Eligible?
Any child under the age of five years old who is enrolled in a licensed child care setting in Genesee County and is experiencing behavioral, emotional or social difficulties is eligible.

For more information, please contact:

4C Child Care Unlimited
(810) 232-0145, Extension 25
(810) 232-6261-Fax

DISCLAIMER
4C Child Care Unlimited expressly disclaims all warranties, promises, agreements or representations, either express or implied, regarding the results of participating in the Family Support Program. All participants, families, parents or other guardians of participants in this program hereby expressly understand and agree that the outcome or results of participating in such a program are solely dependent upon the individual family, the participant’s own initiative, effort, support received, genetic predisposition, follow-through, environmental circumstances, and other factors beyond the control of 4C Child Care Unlimited, its agents and representatives. While observations, consultations, guidance, instruction, information and/or recommendations provided through the Family Support Program are valuable tools to participating families, participants, parents or other guardians of participants, such observations, consultations, guidance, instruction, information and/or recommendations do not in any way guarantee any change in behaviors, conduct or emotional response or guarantee any specific result or outcome.

Provider

What is the Expulsion Prevention Program?
The program is an early childhood prevention program designed to support children under the age of five who are experiencing behavioral and emotional challenges. Sometimes these challenges put children at risk of expulsion from the early childhood setting. The Family and Provider Support Program/Expulsion Prevention Program is designed to keep children in child care and will assist caregivers to:

• Enjoy children more
  
• Learn and use positive guidance techniques
  
• Fully utilize community resources
  
• Reduce family and environmental stress
  
• Enhance children’s social and emotional growth

Why Do We Need This Program?
Research shows that early childhood identification and intervention with behavioral challenges can promote a child’s self-esteem, build resiliency and diminish risks. School success is enhanced when a child is emotionally and socially competent.

How Does This Program Work:
When providers and parents have mutual concerns or questions about a child’s behavior that include social and emotional skills, they can submit a referral form to the Training Coordinator at 4C Child Care Unlimited. Once a signed referral is received, the provider will be contacted to set up an initial observation and gather information. The parent as well as the child care provider will be asked to complete an assessment of the child. Further consultation is available on an as-needed basis with parental consent.

Who is Eligible?
Any child under the age of five years old who is enrolled in a licensed child care setting in Genesee County and is experiencing behavioral, emotional or social difficulties is eligible.

For more information, please contact:

4C Child Care Unlimited
(810) 232-0145, Extension 20
(810) 232-6261-Fax

DISCLAIMER
4C Child Care Unlimited expressly disclaims all warranties, promises, agreements or representations, either express or implied, regarding the results of participating in the Family Support Program. All participants, families, parents or other guardians of participants in this program hereby expressly understand and agree that the outcome or results of participating in such a program are solely dependent upon the individual family, the participant’s own initiative, effort, support received, genetic predisposition, follow-through, environmental circumstances, and other factors beyond the control of 4C Child Care Unlimited, its agents and representatives. While observations, consultations, guidance, instruction, information and/or recommendations provided through the Family Support Program are valuable tools to participating families, participants, parents or other guardians of participants, such observations, consultations, guidance, instruction, information and/or recommendations do not in any way guarantee any change in behaviors, conduct or emotional response or guarantee any specific result or outcome.