Parenting Services

Jennifer Felkel
Coordinator of Parenting and Social Work
jfelkel@lexrich5.org
803-476-8238

Barbara Coker
Administrative Assistant
803-476-8240

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.

What Our Program Offers:

• Family Support
• Family Enrichment
• Screenings
• Young Parent Services
• Resource Networks
• Upcoming Events
• Profile of the Ready Kindergartner
• Developmental Milestones
• Birth to 5 - Watch Me Thrive