The Literacy & Parenting Skills Program (LAPS) is celebrating the certification of LAPS trainers across Canada. LAPS facilitator training can now be delivered in communities from the Yukon to Nova Scotia. The LAPS program co-authored in 1996 by Laureen MacKenzie & Elaine Cairns is designed to assist parents to improve their parenting skills while also working on their literacy skill development. In addition the program encourages parents to model good literacy practices to their children and gives them strategies to assist their children to prepare for school. Among the many topics covered by LAPS are How to Build Self-Esteem in your Children, Anger Management, Nutrition, Listening Skills and Positive Discipline. Over the last six years over a thousand people have been trained and oriented to the program by the LAPS authors. Now with trainers situated in local communities the program can more easily be adapted to meet regional needs and more facilitators can be trained to deliver the program. Interest in the training has come from a wide cross-section of fields including day-care/head-start programs, health agencies, schools, family resource centres, immigrantserving agencies and first nations groups. The high demand for the training created the need to train and certify LAPS trainers. Trainer applicants were screened using comprehensive criteria including literacy instruction and parent education expertise, completion of previous facilitator training and experience in delivering workshops in a community setting. Successful applicants participated in advanced training sessions, delivered a LAPS facilitator training in their region, and completed a number of assignments designed to demonstrate their knowledge of LAPS plus parent and literacy education. After the completion of this comprehensive process trainers were certified to deliver LAPS facilitator training workshops. Typical comments about the training include:
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BLAST. Courage. Determination. Perseverance. These are the qualities adult students often display on their literacy journeys. The members of the Bureau of Learners from Alberta Speakers Team (BLAST) are trained professional speakers with engaging and inspiring stories about their literacy experiences. All BLAST members are literacy students. They speak in their local communities at : - Schools A BLAST presentation can be tailored to suit the needs and interests of many audiences. The BLAST facilitator will work hand in hand with you to create a BLAST speech that will enhance your: - Presentations If you are interested in seeing a video about the BLAST project or if you want to book a speech from a BLAST member, contact Literacy Alberta at 1-800-767-3231. BLAST speakers' words will linger with you long after you hear them.
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