Baby face qualitative Evaluation

 
Baby FACE 
Wilder Research, January 2015 
 
Qualitative Evaluation 
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Helping parent to see where their child actually is. Sometimes, parents think [their child is 
developmental] behind and they are not, or that [their child is] not [developmental behind] and they 
are. We have caught some things early and they are doing great. If we had not caught it, they 
would be entering school with that delay, [such as] speech issues, extreme motor delays, spots on 
teeth, or language delays.
Family well-being
Parents’ education and employment
Twelve parent educators and two supervisors noted how the program helped parents continue 
their education or get jobs. Some parents were motivated by the parent educator to get additional 
education, or became more motivated to go to school after seeing how their child was learning 
and growing through the program. The goal setting aspects of the program was helpful for some 
parents to set that long-term goal of a diploma or degree, then work towards achieving it. Parent 
educators also assisted with educational goals by linking parents with educational resources, in 
some cases even going with a parent to visit or enroll in a degree program.
One family, a single parent home, dropped out of high school. I encouraged her to continue in 
school. Now three years later, she just aged out her child and is ready to get her AA degree in 
college. 
One got into a justice program. One got her BA degree. I have had about 8 who got their AA 
degree, 2 who got their high school diploma. That is all built on goal setting. 
[Parent educators are] motivating parents to go to school or find jobs. We have had a lot of parents 
that have gone that way. That has been a big plus, for families to be more financially secure, or 
better educated to become more secure. That is going to have a big impact on the families, is 
going to help the kids. If you get out of poverty, you are going to have a better chance in life. 
Parents have taken the advice of the parent educators to better themselves. 
I had one who started with me [that] was in an abusive relationship....I worked with her to get her 
into college. She is going to be graduating college in 2015 and has a home now. I would say she is 
one of my first, number one, success stories. She has been recognized by the tribal college and 
nationally for being on the Dean’s list. She is a tutor with students at the college. She wants to start 
her own business as a CPA. She will have to go to a four-year college someplace after she finishes 
up this spring.
I have taken a few of the families to the colleges and introduced them to the Native American 
advisor. We toured three colleges. 
Parents from three sites also expressed how the program helped them with their education and 
job skills.
This program helped me to get my high school diploma. I tried 9, 10 years…to get that done. Until 
we got on this program . . . it only took me 3 months to get finished with my high school diploma.
It did help me get going and to further myself and my kids. I’m planning on going into Army 
National Guard next year to take another step forward. 

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