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                                                                  H.R. No. 420



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Parents as Teachers is an award-winning early 
childhood parent education program that was first brought to Texas 
in 1987 by the Mental Health Association in Texas; and
	WHEREAS, The Mental Health Association in Texas continues to 
provide training, certification, and technical assistance to all 
Texas Parents as Teachers programs; and
	WHEREAS, The program has grown to include more than 100 sites 
throughout the state, supporting approximately 10,000 Texas 
families in their roles as their child's first and most influential 
teachers; and
	WHEREAS, Research shows that children involved in the Parents 
as Teachers program are significantly advanced over their peers in 
language, problem solving, and social development, and that their 
scores on standardized measures of math and reading are 
significantly higher at the end of the first grade than the scores 
of comparison groups; and
	WHEREAS, This program uses the Born to Learn curriculum, 
developed by Parents as Teachers staff and a team of leading 
neurologists to integrate neuroscience and child development to 
help parents capture windows of opportunity in their child's early 
physical, social and emotional, cognitive, and language 
development; and
	WHEREAS, Educational success is a high priority in Texas, and 
the Parents as Teachers program lays the foundation for success in 
school and for reducing the chance of developmental delays that 
interfere with learning; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby welcome the parent educators who are visiting 
the State Capitol on March 1, 2005, and applaud all those associated 
with the Parents as Teachers program for their commitment and 
contributions to the education and well-being of their children; 
and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for the Parents as Teachers program as an expression of 
high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.

                                                                         Farabee

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 420 was adopted by the House on 
February 28, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House