We are dedicated to developing exceptional early childhood and home based programs for families with children 0-5 years.
About Great Kids® (GK)
The Great Kids vision is to protect children and their childhoods while allowing every parent to feel confident and competent. Our programs support parents to grow the essential parenting and life skills that will empower them to provide their children with a safe, loving home and the inner strengths to reach their highest developmental potential.
We accomplish our vision by providing programs with professional development, consultation, and evidence-based parenting curricula that create inspired and meaningful practices with families. These connections lead to engaged, strong, and resilient families.
Model Alignment
Our curricula are flexible, offering easy integration within a multitude of program models.
Research
Decades of theoretical and empirical foundations on effective interventions influence our curricula.
Protective Factors
The research-based principles of the Protective Factors Framework are foundational in the Growing Great Kids® Curriculum.
Our GREAT Team
These are the people who put love, research, and excellence into all things Great Kids!
Esthela Navarro
Director of Partner Services
Kelly Mullin
Partner Care Manager
Kennedy Kincaid
Talent Training Manager
Toree Peters
Trainer/GK Generalist
Michelle Simon
Trainer/GK Generalist
Cristina Nealon
Trainer/GK Generalist
Jennifer Hayes
Director of Product Development
Bethany Huffstutler
Product Development Manager
Sarah Holbrook
Graphic Layout & Copyright Specialist
Melissa Weekes
Product Development Specialist
Tess Roper
Instructional Design Specialist
Nancy Joerger
Product Development Specialist
Michelle Miller
Product Development Specialist
Brad Bower
Director of Finance
Chris Okwany
Accounting Admin Specialist
Dana Broadway
Director of Business Development & Research
Brittany Malone
Solutions Integration Manager
Sierra Bruecker
Tech Support Specialist
Antoinette Vitale
Marketing Specialist
Amber Green
Account Executive & Success Consultant
Laura Joyal
Trainer and Success Consultant
Zoe Lemme
Trainer and Success Consultant
Shawna Donaldson
Chief Executive Director
Great Kids Careers
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Great Kids International
The future of our world community depends on all of us. Children must have the opportunity to reach their optimal growth and development in all childhood domains. Families must be supported to develop the Protective Factors, giving their family resiliency while receiving supportive guidance on child development and nurturing care. Research has established the relationship between parenting/caregiving practices, early learning experiences, and positive outcomes for children.
It is only with responsive care and support for their healthy development that children will grow into resourceful, compassionate individuals who will contribute positively to our global community as adults.
Great Kids (GK) is an international non-profit training, curricula, and consulting organization specializing in improving the quality of care and developmental stimulation infants and young children receive from their parents and other caregivers.
During the past 20 years, GK has developed training programs and curricula focused on growing nurturing relationships between parents/caregivers and young children that support their early development.
Our curricula and training programs have been successfully contextualized for use in developing countries. By mentoring a team of trainers and project officers in the use of our Growing Great Kids curricula and staff development programs, our goal is to build in-country capacity and reliance on local professionals by giving them the tools to implement and replicate the Growing Great Kids programs.
For more information on how to partner with GK, contact us today!
To Learn More
In this 30-minute consultation, we will learn more about how you support healthy relationships and successful outcomes for children, families, and your community.
Looking forward to connecting and joining you in the journey of discovery to determine if Great Kids is a fit for you.
Testimonials
What home visitors and parents are saying about Great Kids.
"We have really loved the whole curriculum! We do home visits, and we see these families in their homes, or in our offices interacting with their kids and planning activities that they can do to build their self-esteem and work together and strengthen their family as a whole."
"We came across Great Kids, Growing Great Kids and it didn’t take us very long at all to read and understand that Great Kids had a curriculum that aligns perfectly with everything that we need here for our early home-based programs."
Connect With Great Kids
Phone:
1-800-906-5581
Email:
info@greatkidsinc.net
