Next Steps:
Ideas to Extend Practice

Interview parents to gain their perspective on the accessibility of the program's print information to parents as a whole and to different groups of parents.


Select one or more print materials used by the program to revise for readability. Work with parents to ensure that the material successfully communicates.


Form a staff/parents committee to review and recommend programwide revisions to materials.


Tape a meeting with parents. Analyze the tape to determine whether the staff communicated using a language level and tone appropriate to the parents in the program.


Network with literacy professionals, such as staff at the local library or community literacy programs, to obtain resources and assistance in revising program materials to better communicate to parents with limited literacy skills.

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