Do you have relationships with any local employers we could contact for potential work experiences? <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\u201cGetting VR involved has been a real blessing for us. The school takes us more seriously now. I feel I now have somebody I can ask for help and that makes me a better advocate for my daughter.\u201d – <\/em>Yolanda*, a mother during listening session<\/p>\n\n\n\nIs there a chance you will hear negative things about your program by listening to families and caregivers? Of course there is. However, I find that participants also appreciate the support they get from schools and other professionals, and want to speak about that as much if not more. If you are invested in operating a program that changes when changes are called for, then hearing bad news should be seen as an opportunity to identify what needs to be changed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Providing opportunities for families to offer feedback on their experiences with your program is just one aspect of a larger strategy to improve partnerships with families. Other components to consider would be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- providing parent training and outreach materials on employment topics, <\/li>
- training your staff on partnering with families, <\/li>
- identifying interagency roles and responsibilities when it comes to family engagement, and<\/li>
- focusing on equity and outreach to disconnected and underserved populations. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
I appreciate you taking the time to read about listening to families. Feel free to reach out to the YES! Center for more information and helpful tools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Names changed for privacy<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI know I should be thinking about the future, but frankly the prospect of her being employed scares me. She\u2019s very vulnerable. You\u2019ll have to be patient with me and give me information I can understand so I can become comfortable with the idea.\u201d – Jane*, a mother during a parent interview The effective engagement…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,39],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yestoemployment.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}