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Welcome to the Georgia PAT Network Website!
The purpose of the Georgia Parents as Teachers (PAT) Network is to link PAT program around the state and provide support, communication, and quality improvement.
The Georgia Parents as Teachers Network is the statewide voice for Parents as Teachers programs across the state.
The mission of Parents as Teachers is to provide the information, support and encouragement parents need to help their children develop optimally during the crucial early years of life. Parents as Teachers is an international parent education and family support program serving families throughout pregnancy until their child enters kindergarten, usually age 5. The program is designed to enhance child development and school achievement through parent education accessible to all families. It is a universal access model.
Parents as Teachers promotes parent involvement in learning from the very beginning of a child's life and fosters optimal development of the young child. To accomplish this, the Parents as Teachers National Center provides training and support to early childhood educators.
Through Parents as Teachers, parents acquire the skills to help make the most of crucial early-learning years. This free program covers child development; suggests activities that encourage language development, intellectual growth and social and motor skills; and strengthens the parent-child relationship. A number of independent studies show that children who participate in PAT are significantly advanced over their peers, and that these early gains continue after the children enter elementary school. Parents are also more highly involved in their child's school experiences and this is a key factor in education success.
Two basic assumptions of PAT are:
All families have strengths.
Parents are the experts on their child.
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