In 2024, 179 guardians were taught to recognize developmental milestones and prepare their children for school success.

Parents as Teachers connects families with community support so they can thrive where they live and develop greater self-sufficiency and independence. It focuses on the earliest years of life because those years hold both the most vulnerability and the most opportunity to support parents as they create a strong foundation for the healthy development of young children

What Makes Us Different:

• Inclusive

We serve expectant families and those with children up to 5 years old to choose Parents as Teachers regardless of all their background or circumstances. We strive to serve all because we care about the well-being of every family.

• Relationship Building

Our services are delivered by Parent Educators who focus on understanding each family's specific strengths. Through building trust, we can better support the whole family. 

• Trusted Method
  

Parents as Teacher's Parent Educators partner, facilitate and reflect with families in order to understand and organize around their unique strengths. Parent Educators respect this method because it is grounded in evidence-based best practices.

• Caregiver Support
  

Parents as Teacher's Parent Educators engage with families in environmental support and access to knowledge and additional resources. They are not there to evaluate or judge.

• Equipping Service Professionals
  

Parents as Teachers informs, educates and inspires the success of professional service providers internationally. We continually evolve our products, services and curricula to enable the most effective support of professionals and families. Our expertise and content are considered gold standards in the industry. 

Parents as teachers transforms lives by investing in parents so that they can succeed in their role as their child's best, first teacher. Parents as Teachers is the home visiting leader that continues to innovate and refine the most successful home visiting model that provides the highest quality of evidence-informed, culturally relevant products that are widely applicable for today's parents and children. 

​For More Information:

Parents as Teachers:
Mary Norwood
 205-759-1211 ext. 250

​1400 James I. Harrison, Jr. Pkwy East
​Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
​205-759-1211
[email protected]

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