Family Engagement and Support: An Essential Component for Child’s Wellbeing and Learning

In this presentation, Iheoma U. Iruka, PhD, Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of The Center for Early Education Research and Evaluation at HighScope talks about the critical importance and value of parenting and family engagement and support for young children’s learning and overall wellbeing. Discussion focuses on our current evidence-base about parenting and family engagement, and gaps in the literature, and lessons being learned through the Coronavirus pandemic. Viewers learn about the “4Es” that early childhood professionals should engage in to strengthen their active partnership with families in support of children’s learning, development, and wellbeing.

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