First 5 Santa Cruz County

Investing in our Children / Invirtiendo en Nuestros Ninos

OUR VISION:

All Santa Cruz County children enter school ready to achieve to their greatest potential.

OUR MISSION:

To help children succeed in school and in life, First 5 Santa Cruz County invests in health, early learning and family support to promote optimal development of Santa Cruz County children.

FOR FAMILIES

We're ready to help you and your family reach your goals for positive, nurturing, parent/child relationships.

TRIPLE P - POSITIVE
PARENTING PROGRAM

The Positive Parenting Program, Triple P, is here to help you meet your parenting goals. It is designed for every parent and can help you learn ways to :

Build a warm, nurturing relationship with your child
Encourage positive behaviors
Teach your child new skills and behaviors
Handle disruptive or problematic behaviors with greater confidence
Become more confident as a parent
♦ Find an upcoming Triple P class
♦ Find a Triple P practitioner
♦ Triple P in the News

FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATORS

We encourage teachers to share their experiences and to learn evidence-based teaching strategies from each other.

Repeated Read Aloud and other demonstration videos

Repeated Read Aloud Lesson Plans and other instructional supports

Big 5 Transition Songs & 5 Grandes Transiciones

Santa Cruz Reading Corps

Come and learn about the innovative, research based early literacy program, the Santa Cruz Reading Corps!

The Santa Cruz Reading Corps is a group of tutors, who support the young children in Santa Cruz County to be proficient readers by Third Grade. Tutors provide support to the classrooms in which they serve, as well as working with individual children, using effective, early literacy strategies and interventions.