Ready, Set, Parent!
The Children’s Consortium has begun a new program, Ready, Set, Parent!, at Crouse Hospital to reduce child abuse and neglect and help parents raise children to become responsible and capable adults.
Ready, Set, Parent! had three key components, Parenting, Literacy, and Health & Wellness and reaches parents in three ways:
- A Children’s Consortium Hospital Coordinator will visit over 2,000 parents of newborns in Crouse Hospital per year within 48 hours of giving birth and respond to parents’ immediate concerns. They are informed about community resources, provided information on safe sleep and on car seat safety.
- While in the hospital, parents are invited a one-hour Newborn Class to learn more about their babies’ overall development. During this time, parents develop important parenting skills, health and wellness, and literacy awareness that will benefit their baby into the future.
- Parents are invited to participate in the Ready, Set, Parent! eight-week Workshop Series designed to increase parental knowledge, attitude, and confidence. In doing so, the frequence of high quality interactions with their babies increases, facilitating the development of the babies’ cognitive, language, personal/social, gross motor, and fine motor skills. Each Workshop Series includes two, 2-hour Dr. Talks on Infant Sleep/Nutrition and Safety/Childhood Illnesses.
The workshop series is open to all parents of children birth to age three. For more information, or to register for a class, please call us at (315) 471-8331.
Workshop Series Outline