Partners
Community Partnership is all about prevention. The Partnership’s goal with the PIRC project is to promote the importance of social and emotional development in preschool children, so they will be better prepared to transition into the kindergarten classroom. The PIRC project also promotes parents advocating for their children as they continue through their school years. Our staff informs and educates parents, childcare providers, and interested community members on what kids need to succeed academically, socially and emotionally.
Community Partnership
Visit Community Partnership online at
www.commpartnership.org
Call by dialing
417-888-2020
330 North Jefferson
Springfield, Missouri 65806
Family Bridges mission is to empower families to create and engage in a system of care that enables all families whose children have severe emotional disorders and co-occurring diagnosis to form strong positive bonds with each other, their community and with service providers. We bring "our family perspective" to the process of creating a system of care that respects and supports everyone involved. Family Bridges will strive towards an end result of positive team building, family-friendly services and healthy, empowered youth and families.
Family Bridges
Visit Family Bridges online at
www.thefamilybridges.org
Call toll-free by dialing
877-863-6900
Call from the Springfield area by dialing
417-863-1605
309 North Jefferson
Suite 163
Springfield, Missouri 65806
The Springfield-Greene County Library District supports the PIRC’s goals by providing resources, programs and professional staff to help parents ensure their children’s academic success.
Storytimes for children from birth to age 6 incorporate an early literacy model designed to help parents understand the important pre-reading skills that provide the foundation all children need before they learn to read in school.
Parent workshops that help caregivers understand and build early literacy skills are offered through libraries in Greene and other counties, Parents as Teachers, Head Start, MOPS and other groups.
Best of all, in support of our goal to make sure every child is ready to read by kindergarten, families attending parent workshops receive free books to build their children’s home libraries. Library staff also provide early literacy trainings for child care providers and the staff of agencies that work with at-risk families.
The Library District’s 10 branches offer families a wide array of books, learning resources and toys to support a habit of lifelong learning.
Visit the Library’s web site at thelibrary.org, or contact us at 417-616-0563 for more information.
Parents as Teachers is the overarching program philosophy of providing parents with child development knowledge and parenting support. Our mission is to provide the information, support, and encouragement that parents need to help their children develop optimally during the crucial early years of life.
Parents as Teachers Core Values
- The early years of a child's life are critical for optimal development and provide the foundation for success in school and in life.
- Parents are their children's first and most influential teachers.
- Established and emerging research should be the foundation of parent education and family support curricula, training, materials and services.
- All young children and their families deserve the same opportunities to succeed, regardless of any demographic, geographic or economic considerations.
Parents as Teachers
Visit Parents as Teachers online at
www.parentsasteachers.org
Call toll-free by dialing
866-PAT4YOU (866-728-4968)
Call from the Springfield area by dialing
417-523-1160
1423 West Atlantic Street
Springfield, Missouri 65803
Ozarks Public Television serves southwest and
south central Missouri with PBS and locally
produced educational, cultural and information
programs. Over 125,000 Ozarks residents view
OPT each week, including nearly 25% of all
children ages 2 to 11. OPT also conducts literacy
training workshops for parents, childcare
providers and teachers.
Ozarks Public Television
Visit OPT online at
www.optv.org
Call by dialing
417-836-3500
Ozarks Public Television
Missouri State University
901 South National
Springfield, Missouri 65897
Drury University - Behavioral Sciences
Visit online at
www.drury.edu/section/section.cfm?sid=316
MO-PIRC evaluators, Drs. Jana Bufkin and Vickie Luttrell, are members of Drury University's Department of Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Bufkin is an associate professor of criminology and serves as director of her department's master's programs in criminology and criminal justice, while Dr. Luttrell is an associate professor of psychology and serves as Department Chair.
Missouri PIRC Southwest is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement
Statewide Initiative
Project Director Main Office
Burrell Behavioral Health
1300 East Bradford Parkway
Springfield, Missouri 65804
Phone:
417-269-7417
www.mo-pirc.org
