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Educators
and Effective Parenting
An
Invitation from Kerby T. Alvy, Ph.D.
Dear
Education Colleague:
By virtue of your commitment to the education of America's youth,
you are particularly well-suited to be productive participants in
the National Effective Parenting Initiative (NEPI). NEPI is a
growing coalition of individuals and organizations who advocate,
promote and celebrate effective parenting and parenting
education.
It is common knowledge that children who are raised effectively --
with abundant warmth and acceptance from parents who employ fair
and firm disciplinary guidance -- are the most cooperative and
achieving students. These effectively parented young people come to
school ready and eager to learn. They are cooperative with peers
and teachers. They are the most likely to achieve their full
potential.
Thus, it is in the best interests of America's schools and
preschools -- and in our future as a productive and peaceful nation
-- to do everything possible to help more parents to be effective
in raising children.
Joining and supporting the National Effective Parenting Initiative
is one of the best things you, your school and your district can do
in these important regards.
Becoming part of NEPI provides you with additional tools to make
you more helpful in your work with parents, children and families.
When you also successfully encourage the parents themselves to
become members of NEPI, you are having a more direct impact.
In addition, such participation places you, your school and your
district in the forefront of a grassroots movement to make it the
birthright of every child to be raised effectively and humanely by
loving and skillful parents who receive the best possible parenting
education and support.
Types of
Membership Opportunities
I urge you
to join me as a member and active participant in NEPI. You can do
this by becoming a Professional Member yourself. Or you and your
school or district can become an Affiliated Organization of NEPI.
Or you can participate as a Parent or Grandparent who wants to do
the best for your children.
You can also alert the parents whose children you serve that they
too can become NEPI members, and/or provide Parent Memberships as
part of your overall parent involvement activities.
The numerous benefits of membership, and the various
responsibilities members assume in working to make effective
parenting a child's birthright, are described in the materials and
guidance that are provided when you join NEPI. By clicking below on
the membership category or categories of your interest, you will
learn about the wide range of benefits that are available to help
you become as productive as possible and how you can help NEPI
become an even more powerful force for good in our society.
Professional Members
Affiliated Organization Members
Parent Members
It is easy to join. You can do it right now while you are online.
Click
here to go to the NEPI homepage where you will find links to
the membership applications. The yearly fees are $25 for Parents,
$100 for Professionals, and the yearly membership fee for
organizations is determined by the size of your school or
district.
Learn
More About NEPI
By visiting
the NEPI pages about
"Who's Behind It?," you will learn about the many helping
professionals who have been pivotal in creating NEPI and who serve
as Advisory Board members.
By visiting the pages on "What You Can Do" that speak about NEPI's
advocacy efforts with government groups, you will learn about the
historic
White House Briefing that we generated last December to move
the federal government to create a multi-faceted Effective
Parenting Initiative.
We ardently hope that you decide to become part of this important
national movement!
Sincerely,
Kerby T. Alvy, Ph.D.
NEPI Founder,
Member, Board of Advisors
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