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In 2002, the Family Literacy Support Network (FLSN) at the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) was created by a contract from First 5 LA under their family literacy initiative. Over the years, FLSN has worked to build the capacity of schools and community-based organizations in delivering quality family literacy programs that include parenting education as one of four key components that lead to school readiness for young children, and obtainment of family goals for participating parents. The recommendations presented in this brief focus on implementing a quality parenting education program. On April 19, 2013 FLSN hosted a focus group with First 5 LA-Family Literacy Parenting Educators to discuss the key characteristics of a quality parenting program. Nine of the 17 First 5 LA-funded family literacy grantees participated in responding to eight questions. The questions were shared in advance with participants. The focus group was two hours long and conducted by Esther Yasui, FLSN partner. We used a round robin protocol, starting with a different respondent for each question. Participants were given 2-3 minutes to respond to each question. The responses were recorded for purposes of this brief. (author abstract)
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Fact Sheets & Briefs
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United States