Parent Education Program

Refugee and immigrant parents have many questions about rearing healthy and successful children in the United States. To have their questions answered, however, they need parenting information that is culturally appropriate and linguistically accessible.

The overall goal of ReWA's Parent Education Program is to provide refugee and immigrant parents with skills, information and support that will empower them to rear successful and emotionally healthy children in the United States. Since the difficulty of acculturation is often exacerbated by isolation and lack of peer support, the Parent Education Program is designed to decrease isolation of refugee and immigrant families and increase peer support networks for parents.

The key components of the Parent Education Program include:

• Parent education workshops throughout the community
• Monthly parent support groups providing opportunities for parents and caretakers to discuss issues and concerns around rearing children in a new country and culture
• Home visits to individual families to provide in-house parenting support and assessment.
• Parent Advisory Committee to foster parents' leadership
• Support services through bilingual and bicultural staff