Focus Group for PreK-2 Family Early Learning Program

YMWIC has recognized the need to reach even younger students to help overcome the academic deficits that students have when they enter and proceed through school. These questions are intended to help us create a program that would meet the needs of families in your community who have children in the Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 2 years. We greatly appreciate your assistance in helping us design a program that will bring even more educational opportunities for our youth.

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* 1. Being read to at an early age is found to be very important in the development of young children. When your child was 3 to 7 years old about how much time were you able to spend reading to them?

15 minutes/day

30 minutes/week

1 hour/week

Did not read to them

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* 2. If you didn’t read very much to your young child please consider why (it’s very important and may help us help other families): check all that apply

Worked too many hours to have much time for reading

Didn’t realize the importance of reading to a young child

Not very comfortable with my reading skills

Family/home problems interfered

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* 3. When your child was young (ages 3 to 7) would you have wanted help with (rate these in order of importance 1-5):

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* 4. Do you find yourself frequently frustrated in how to best redirect your child's inappropriate behavior?

Yes

Sometimes

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* 5. If you had other tools to manage your child’s behavior would you have used them?

Yes

Maybe

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* 6. Would you be open to learning new techniques to support your child?

Yes

Maybe

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* 7. What do you believe is important when managing children and their behavior? Where did you learn these?

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* 8. Do you feel prepared to interact with teachers and administrators around your child’s education? (For example, when your child entered school would you have wanted to know the best ways to engage with school personnel?)

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* 9. If you have children between the ages of 3-7 please answer questions below:

I do not have children between the age of 3-7

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* 10. If a parent/child workshop were available to parents/guardians and their children ages 3 to 7 what time of day would be preferred:

Evening Sessions (5-7 pm)

Saturday morning sessions (10-12 am)

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* 11. On a scale of 1 to 6 (6 being the highest) how important would it be that these workshops provide:

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* 12. Were there any barriers your encountered in giving your child the best possible start in school? *

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* 13. Is there anything else you feel we should know about providing services to young children (ages 3-7) and their families in your community?

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* 14. What grade is your child as of January 1, 2021?

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* 15. YMWIC plans to host a focus group session. This session will help us create our program and provide value for program participants. Would you like to participate in this focus session? If you do, please provide us with your name and email address and we will contact you with an invitation and zoom session.

If you are not interested in participating in the focus group session, thank you for your contributions.