This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
Child Welfare Outcomes: Safety, permanency, and child/family well-being.
Type of Maltreatment: Not specified
Target Population: Parents with limited formal education and resources who have young children.
Brief Description:(The information in this program outline is provided by the program representative and edited by the CEBC staff.)
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) has been rated by the CEBC in the area of Home Visiting. HIPPY is a parent involvement, school readiness program that helps parents prepare their three, four, and five year old children for success in school and beyond. The parent is provided with a set of carefully developed curriculum, books, and materials designed to strengthen their child’s cognitive and early literacy skills, and social, emotional, and physical development.
The HIPPY Curriculum contains 30 weekly activity packets, 9 storybooks, and a set of 20 manipulative shapes for each year. In addition to these basic materials, supplies such as scissors and crayons are provided for each participating family. The program uses trained coordinators and community-based home visitors who go into the home and role-play the activities with the parents and support each family throughout their participation in the program.
HIPPY is a home-based, family-focused program that helps parents provide educational enrichment for their preschool child. HIPPY believes that parents play a critical role in their children’s education. The HIPPY program seeks to support parents who may not feel sufficiently confident to prepare their children for school, and is designed to remove barriers to participation in education. HIPPY’s primary goal is to increase vulnerable children’s success in school and, ultimately, in life. Since HIPPY is highly rated on the Scientific Rating Scale, information on available pre-implementation assessments, implementation tools, and fidelity measures was requested from the program representative. Please see the program's separate Implementation Information page for details
Contact name: Karen Greening
Affiliation/Agency: HIPPY USA
Email: kgreening@hippyusa.org
Phone: 501-537-6245
Fax: 501-537-7716
Website: http://www.hippyusa.org
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