Contact:
Lynn Holm
217-497-9497
holml@shiloh1.org
Partnership In Parenting
(PIP)
What is PIP?
What is PIP?
PIP stands for Partnership in Parenting and is funded by the Illinois State Board of Education. The program is free for families living in the Shiloh, Chrisman, Kansas, Oakland School Districts, and surrounding areas who are expecting a baby or have children birth to three years old.
PIP stands for Partnership in Parenting and is funded by the Illinois State Board of Education. The program is free for families living in the Shiloh, Chrisman, Kansas, Oakland School Districts, and surrounding areas who are expecting a baby or have children birth to three years old.
We offer activities that help you better understand child development, encourage interactions with your child, support family well-being, and promote school readiness.
We offer activities that help you better understand child development, encourage interactions with your child, support family well-being, and promote school readiness.
Guiding Principles
Guiding Principles
* The first three years of life are critical for later school success.
* The first three years of life are critical for later school success.
* Understanding child development helps parents to nurture and support their child’s learning.
* Understanding child development helps parents to nurture and support their child’s learning.
* All children and their families deserve to succeed regardless of demographic, geographic, or economic factors.
* All children and their families deserve to succeed regardless of demographic, geographic, or economic factors.
PIP Mission Statement
PIP Mission Statement
We partner with families to offer information, resources, and encouragement that young children need to develop and prepare for school success.
We partner with families to offer information, resources, and encouragement that young children need to develop and prepare for school success.
During the critical early years of life, we support the unique needs of families in their efforts to be their child’s first, best teacher.
During the critical early years of life, we support the unique needs of families in their efforts to be their child’s first, best teacher.
Services provided by PIP:
Services provided by PIP:
* Developmental Screenings are play-focused. They make sure that your child is healthy and developing on track. If a concern is discovered, your child will be referred, with your consent, for further evaluation.
* Developmental Screenings are play-focused. They make sure that your child is healthy and developing on track. If a concern is discovered, your child will be referred, with your consent, for further evaluation.
* Personal Visits are held in your home every one to two weeks and last about an hour. They focus on the needs of your family and your child’s developmental age. Since this is your child and your family, you choose the topics and set the plan. You will discover how play is learning!
* Personal Visits are held in your home every one to two weeks and last about an hour. They focus on the needs of your family and your child’s developmental age. Since this is your child and your family, you choose the topics and set the plan. You will discover how play is learning!
* Group Connections are held once a month. We provide activities for you & your child to enjoy together. Groups are also a great chance for you and other parents to learn & to support each other, and for your children to play together.
* Group Connections are held once a month. We provide activities for you & your child to enjoy together. Groups are also a great chance for you and other parents to learn & to support each other, and for your children to play together.
* Community Resource Referrals are offered to families who need assistance with services that PIP does not provide. We can help families make contacts for additional resources and support.
* Community Resource Referrals are offered to families who need assistance with services that PIP does not provide. We can help families make contacts for additional resources and support.
* Story Times are most often held in the PIP room, but field trips to area libraries are also taken. Check the calendar for dates, times and locations. Reading every day helps your child learn the love of reading and get ready for school!
* Story Times are most often held in the PIP room, but field trips to area libraries are also taken. Check the calendar for dates, times and locations. Reading every day helps your child learn the love of reading and get ready for school!
* Lending Library has toys, puzzles, and hundreds of children’s books to check out. Magazines and books about parenting & specific development topics are also available.
* Lending Library has toys, puzzles, and hundreds of children’s books to check out. Magazines and books about parenting & specific development topics are also available.
* Family Events are held at times when the whole family can participate and include a wide range of themes. Dates are shown in the calendar above.
* Family Events are held at times when the whole family can participate and include a wide range of themes. Dates are shown in the calendar above.
* Newsletters include dates for PIP activities. Information about parenting topics and child development is included. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact Lynn Holm at 217-497-9497.
* Newsletters include dates for PIP activities. Information about parenting topics and child development is included. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact Lynn Holm at 217-497-9497.
PIP staff are trained and certified in the Parents as Teachers model and have met the standards to implement and provide services for families with children prenatal to three years old.
PIP is recognized by Parents as Teachers as a Blue Ribbon Affiliate. Earning the Blue Ribbon designation identifies our program as one of the top-performing home visiting affiliates within the Parents as Teachers international network.
If you have any questions about the PIP program,
please call Lynn Holm at 217-497-9497 or email holml@shiloh1.org.
Partnership in Parenting is funded by the Illinois State Board of Education.