Parent Mentoring Program of Saskatchewan (PMPS)
The Parent Mentoring Program of Saskatchewan (PMPS) is a long-term prevention, home-visiting service aimed at promoting healthy behaviors and life choices, enhancing social support networks, and improving community resources. The program provides support and practical assistance to expectant parents and parents of young children by matching them with an appropriate volunteer mentor or para professional, and holding group activities within their communities.
Our Beliefs
-Parenting is a very important complex task that needs to take into account the unique
biological, developmental, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of children.
-Parents want to do the best that they can; there is no one right way to parent.
-Parents need to feel a sense of mastery in their roles as parents.
-Society has a responsibility to support good parenting.
-Caring, supportive, nurturing, reliable and sustained relationships are needed to
develop the confidence and trust for children and parents to make changes over
time.
-Primarily, volunteer mentors take their place beside professionals in making valuable
contributions to young children and families.
-Every parent or child has an intrinsic value as a individual in our society. Each has
knowledge and skills that can be uncovered, doscovered, developed, honed and
enhanced.
Our Objectives
The objectives of PMPS are aimed at providing knowledge, skills and motivation to
parents to think, do, feel and be the best they can in their roles as parents.
The objetives are:
1. Having a mutually satisfying relationship between parent and
volunteer
2. Siding parents to access existing services
The overall outcome of meeting the objectives is being healthier and happier parents
and having healthier happier children.
Mission Statement
To strengthen families by providing support, encouragement, and knowledge to
expectant parents and parents of young children. This is accomplished through a
mentoring relationship and group activities within their communities.
Our Beliefs
-Parenting is a very important complex task that needs to take into account the unique
biological, developmental, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of children.
-Parents want to do the best that they can; there is no one right way to parent.
-Parents need to feel a sense of mastery in their roles as parents.
-Society has a responsibility to support good parenting.
-Caring, supportive, nurturing, reliable and sustained relationships are needed to
develop the confidence and trust for children and parents to make changes over
time.
-Primarily, volunteer mentors take their place beside professionals in making valuable
contributions to young children and families.
-Every parent or child has an intrinsic value as a individual in our society. Each has
knowledge and skills that can be uncovered, doscovered, developed, honed and
enhanced.
Our Objectives
The objectives of PMPS are aimed at providing knowledge, skills and motivation to
parents to think, do, feel and be the best they can in their roles as parents.
The objetives are:
1. Having a mutually satisfying relationship between parent and
volunteer
2. Siding parents to access existing services
The overall outcome of meeting the objectives is being healthier and happier parents
and having healthier happier children.
Mission Statement
To strengthen families by providing support, encouragement, and knowledge to
expectant parents and parents of young children. This is accomplished through a
mentoring relationship and group activities within their communities.
Contact:
Sandra Pelletier, PMPS Coordinator
P.O Box 160
Ile a la Crosse, SK
S0M 1C0
Ph: 306-833-2313
Email: [email protected]
P.O Box 160
Ile a la Crosse, SK
S0M 1C0
Ph: 306-833-2313
Email: [email protected]
