Practitioner's Guides on Health Literacy and Interactive Literacy Parent Interventions

Dear colleagues,

The Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy has published two new practitioner’s guides:

Parent Interventions and Interactive Literacy Activities (Elisabeth L. Grinder and Blaire Willson Toso)

The purpose of this guide is to inform family literacy practitioners and other educators who work with families about the benefits of targeted skill training for parents that move beyond encouraging parents to be involved with their child and to provide examples of such initiatives. This guide outlines the research literature on parent intervention studies, offers cultural and literacy considerations for working with diverse populations, and concludes with suggestions for types of trainings and activities that have proven successful.

http://www.ed.psu.edu/educ/goodling-institute/professional-development/practitioner-guide-2-8-24-12

Addressing the Health Literacy Needs of Adult Education Students (Angela Mooney and Esther Prins)

The purpose of this guide is to inform practitioners about the current descriptions of health literacy, the relevance of the topic to adult education and family literacy practice, and ways to incorporate health literacy into the classroom.

http://www.ed.psu.edu/educ/goodling-institute/professional-development/pracitioner-guide-4/view

Please share with interested colleagues.

Best,

Esther Prins

Co-Director, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy

Associate Professor, Adult Education Program, Penn State