Migrant Education School Readiness
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Migrant Education Early Start provides an array of services to children and their parents through its home visitation program.
The Migrant Education Region 23 Early Start program provides children under the age of five with one hour of one-on-one home-based tutoring in 15-week cycles. Whether or not students continue to a second cycle will depend on each individual child’s needs. A field trip with other students is used to enhance social skills, provide education for children of ages 3 through 7, and provide parent and child time.
An initial needs assessment is conducted for each child and family where goals are set for the cycle. Children who are without health insurance are referred to health facilitators within the county. Depending upon each child’s age, he or she goes through a pre- and post-assessment to help educators determine where these children are, developmentally.
During the weekly visits parents are encouraged to learn how to work with their children and help further enhance language development, literacy, school readiness, and support the achievement of developmental milestones. Additionally, parents are invited to participate in workshops focused on primary language development and social-emotional development.