Parents as Teachers is the trusted resource for the most respected organizations and professionals serving children and families within the early childhood development and education continuum. We equip early childhood organizations and professionals with information and tools that are relevant—and widely applicable—to today's parents, families and children, especially those in vulnerable circumstances.

• Being a certified Parents as Teachers affiliate or parent educator has benefits.

• Access to additional products and special pricing in our eStore 

• Advance notice of special events, offers and opportunities

• Scholarships

• Connections to turnkey fundraising and communications packages

Fact sheets

• How Does Parents as Teachers Support School Readiness?

• Why Invest in Parents as Teachers?

• How Does Parents as Teachers Prevent Child Abuse?

• How Does Parents as Teachers Support Family Friend and Neighbor Care?

• Parents as Teachers: an evidence-based model

• About the Parents as Teachers approach

Screening tools

• Selecting a Screening Tool

• Parents as Teachers Approved Developmental Screening Tools

Similarities in Quality

More than half of all programs delivering Parents as Teachers services are blended with other programs. Our standards fully complement those of Head Start, Even Start and Healthy Families of America. See how they crosswalk.

• Head Start/Early Head Start 

• Healthy Families America Credentialing Standards

• Even Start Quality Consideration  

Resources for professionals working with fathers 

Information for 2011 Fatherhood  Grantees about Parents as Teachers

This curriculum was developed for Strengthening Families and Fatherhood: Children of Fathers in the Criminal Justice System under the Innovation and Improvement Project grant from the Office of Head Start, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Download the Focus on Fathering curriculum here. 

Take the father-friendly check-up here.