Families view the Learning Community Center of South Omaha as the community.

The center meets parents where they are and provides the supports, education and workforce opportunities needed to build positive outcomes for multiple generations.

Increased parent engagement and quality family interactions

In focus groups, parents reflected on their levels of comfort about engaging with the school prior to starting the program and after participating in the program. In alignment with our past six years of evaluation data, parents felt increasingly comfortable engaging in school efforts, including reading to their child in English, working on mathematics and communicating with teachers. Additionally, parents reported that their ability to build relationships with their children exceeded the identified goal

Parenting workshops

Parents had high regard for the parenting workshops offered. One participant summarized, “I took various parenting workshops like Love and Logic, Cooking Matters and Prime Time. We need all this information to understand the development of our children.”

Circle of Security was most commonly referenced among participants. Parents shared they had learned new ways to raise their children other than traditional methods of parenting. Previously used strategies, such as yelling or reacting to situations, were replaced with improved communication and adapting to the personalities of their children. Parents also indicated they had learned techniques for dealing with stress and noted an increase in patience with their children.

For Bridge to Success, one parent stated, “I liked it a lot because my child has problems reading. He struggled with reading fluency. I was worried as a mother. When I went to Bridge to Success, I was able to get support for my child’s needs. They also gave us a tour of the university. loved it.”

Prime Time was another course that supported parent and child reading. Participants were pleased with their new ability to read with their children in English and Spanish and observed an increased motivation by their children to read.

“At Prime Time, my child started gaining an interest in reading books,” one parent shared. “Now she likes getting new books and creates drawings connected to the books.”

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