Family and Child Education (FACE) Training and Overview of Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) Location: Gage Towers, Mary Murrin ABOUT FACE In 1989 the Bureau of Indian Affairs developed the Family and Child Education (FACE) Program, a comprehensive model which includes; home-based, centre-based and school aged services for families and their young children. FACE shares the four components of children's education, adult education, parent time and PACT time with other family literacy programs. However, FACE programs have adapted the model of centre-based family literacy to meet the unique strengths and challenges of an American Indian population, that is sensitive to culture, language and fam ily strengths. ABOUT HIPPY HIPPY is an international program that started in Israel in 1969 and is currently being implemented in Turkey, Germany, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, United States and Canada. HIPPY is a parent involvement, school readiness program that helps parents prepare their three, four, and five year old children for success in school and beyond. The program empowers parents by giving them the tools, skills and confidence they need to work with their children in the home. ABORIGINAL HIPPY program, in partnership with HIPPY Canada, launched two Aboriginal HIPPY sites in March 2003, with another four potential sites to be launched in the fall of 2003. The Chief Dan George Centre will undertake a three year curriculum development project to create culturally relevant materials to be used in the program. This program is generating great interest in First Nations communities across Canada. ABOUT THE FACILITATORS SHARYL EMBERTON leads the work of the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) with the FACE program. Before coming to NCFL ten years ago, Sharyl worked with young children and their families through Head Start and public school programs for children considered at risk. NANCY SLEDD has provided training and technical assistance to FACE for four years. Nancy grew up in Nigeria, West Africa and has traveled worldwide. Her background is in adult education and substance abuse prevention education. DEBBIE BELL is the Director of Community Education in the Office of Continuing Studies at SFU and founding Director of HIPPY Canada. Debbie has a MA in Adult Education from UBC and has worked on community based programs over the past 12 years that are designed to improve the quality of life for the participants and their communities. WAZI DLAMINI-KAPENDA is the HIPPY Coordinator in Vancouver and has a BSc and a Diploma in Education from the University of Swaziland and a MA in Public Health (Epidemiology) from Tulane University, New Orleans. Wazi was Chief Epidemiologis t for the Ministry of Health in Swaziland and has presented her research work at various conferences worldwide. SASHA HOBBS is the Associate Director, Chief Dan George Centre for Advanced Education. Sasha (Métis) holds a BA in English from SFU, and a MA in English from UBC. She has worked for the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, the Native Education Centre, and Simon Fraser University as the First Nations Student Program Coordinator.
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