The Holistic Parent Aide Program

Acewall Scholars offers The Holistic Parent Aid program. This program falls within our mentoring department. Our Parenting progam offers a holistic approach to developing effective parenting skills. Providing education on healthy and effective ways to support children through their emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual development, is our goal. Our program imparts a deeper understanding of the core, individual needs of the child within each developmental stage. This is important and essential in producing a well-rounded, healthy adult. Within our parenting program we incorporate many resources to ensure a holistic approach. One of our main resources is the Systemic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP). This program was developed in 1976 and is recoginzed as an effecitve approach to developing health parenting skills. The training occurs both in the home and within the community. This holistic parenting progam is design to give:

  • Primary child raising skills

  • An understanding of proper nutrition

  • Training that promotes self- cofidence/reliance

  • Training that promotes cooperation and team work

  • Training that promotes mutual trust and respect between parent and child.

Our Holistic Parent Aid program works with the following developmental stages:

  • Prenatal

    • Adequate nutrition, in additon to, emotional and physical suppot is essential for this developmental stage. An unborn child is effected by what the mother eats, as well as, her emotional and physical state. Trained medical professional work with our Parent Aid to ensure the mother has the education needed to support the unborn child and mother through this developmental stage.

  • Early - Middle Childhood (Primary)

    • Within early- middle childhood, children experience a remarkable amount of phyisical, emotional , and cognitive growth. Our Parent Aid is knowlegeble about the changes that occur during this time, and provides the parent with the knowledge and understanding to effectively meet the demands of this developmental period.

  • Adolesence

    • The teenage years is a transitional period that can produce some psychological turmoil as the child begins to question who they are and how they fit into the world. Our Holistic Parent Aid Program teaches skills that promote cooperation, responsibility, self-reliance, and self-esteem.  In this training, we also strongly encourage mutual respect among the parent and child.  This program also works to improve any behavioral challenges occuring at this time.

What to Expect from our Holistic Parent Aid Program?

Our Holistic Parent Aide program gives famimilies the knowledge, understanding, and support they need to create a healthy family environment. The services we provide include but are not limited to:

  • Parenting Skills

  • Health and Nutrition

  • Meal Planning

  • Life Development and Management Skills

  • Home Management Skills

  • Money Management & Budgeting

  • Emotional Support Skills

  • Improved Communication Skills

  • Encouragement & Empowerment

  • Community Resources

  • Counseling Referrals, if needed

  • Conflict Resolution

  • Skills to Build Healthy Relationships

  • Safety & Support

  • Arrangement of Tutoring if needed

  • Arrangememt of Performing Arts Classes, if needed

Our Training Requirements

Our Parent Aides are required to have the following:

  • High School diploma

  • At least 2 years of experience within a related service field

  • Transportation

  • First Aid/CPR and Mental Health First Aid

  • Bloodborne Pathogen Training

  • HIPAA

  • Our Holistic Parent Aide Orientation

  • Happy disposition and a willingness to go the extra mile

Our Parent Aides meet with their families anywhere between 20-60 hours per month based on family needs.

Each Parent Aide meets with our mentoring team once a week to discuss their Indivdualized Action Plan (IAP), family needs, progress, and best practices going forwards.

We are here to help our clients create a loving, healthy, and sucessful house hold.