Parenting & Social Work Services / Parenting

Our Mission

To provide education and support to families with children prenatal to kindergarten entry in School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties; preparing parents to be their children’s best and most important teacher while equipping them for school entry and lifelong success.

Our Goals

To provide parents with developmental information about their preschool children and help parents plan for upcoming stages of development;

To encourage parents to be fully participating partners in their child's education, beginning at birth and continuing throughout the child's school years;

To share age-appropriate activities with families to promote development, family fun and learning;

share information about effective, research-based parenting;

To partner with schools in our district to assist children and their families in making the transition to public school;

To partner with community agencies to provide all families with the resources they need to raise healthy children who are ready to learn;

To assess children for developmental milestones (intellectual, language, social-emotional and motor);

To provide vision, hearing, and dental screenings, and;

To verify up-to-date immunizations to ensure children are healthy and ready for school.