"The goal of the Community Maternal Child Home Visiting Program is to develop the infrastructure within the Yerington Paiute Tribe to foster healthy, safe, and self‐sufficient families by implementing a home visiting model adapted to the cultural needs of the community. PAT model has already been used extensively by Tribal organizations. The curriculum was developed to provide a strong foundation through the required first eight sessions, with the flexibility to individualize the subsequent session by pre-planning each meeting with the parent to ensure that the family's needs are addressed by the program. In this way, cultural materials can be included by the parent educator as appropriate. Some of the key adaptions include cultural education, smudging, Paiute language component, cultural foods, and Paiute medicine. The other aspect of PAT that allows for cultural adaption is the monthly Group Connections. Social activities and connections are an important component of the Tribal community. The monthly Group Connections meeting schedule provides a valuable service to families, including opportunities for networking and mutual support. The structure of the monthly groups will be determined by participants, and may include traditional activities such as crafts, storytelling, and language. This forum will also serve as a resource for the families to learn of other recreational or traditional events in which they will be encouraged to participate."
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