Baby face qualitative Evaluation

 
Baby FACE 
Wilder Research, January 2015 
 
Qualitative Evaluation 
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Six parent educators noted how they used the curriculum to find developmentally appropriate 
activities for children that were born premature or delayed.
If the child was born premature, I can back it up a bit to accommodate things. We can look at the 
age appropriate skills or at the level that the child is functioning at. 
If [the child is] delayed, I look for information in the curriculum and the lesson plan. 
With children with disabilities, it was very flexible to be able to go back a couple of months. You 
were able to help any child, going back a couple of months and starting from there again. 
Challenges 
Logistics
Though most parent educators felt positively about the curriculum and found it easy to use and 
adaptable, some had challenges with the curriculum. 
Three noted frustrations switching from the previous version to the current version or changes. 
They noted that the new version lacked page numbers, or components were added or changed 
without them being notified.
Lack of content in specific areas 
Though most found the curriculum adaptable and appropriate for their community,
four parent educators felt it was too rigid or not appropriate for their community.
People don’t know how it is out here on the reservation. They expect for their methods to work 
everywhere, and sometimes that is just not the case. I can appreciate that they have a long history 
of success in that regard. But there are different dynamics out here on the reservation that I don’t 
think people understand. [On] one occasion I had to say white people do it this way, because they 
are not like us.
There is not a lot that pertains to things that are set out for the reservation. There are a lot more 
problems here than was [in the curriculum]. Maybe more things that target a single mother; not like 
divorce or a mother or father being deployed, but a mother or father struggling to support their 
family.
Three parent educators noted a lack of activities, specifically on involving fathers, and science 
activities, while two felt that the activities started to become repetitive for families that stayed 
involved for the full three years.