Survey responses can fluctuate depending on the respondents knowledge of the programming and the benefits to the children. As new program locations are added to these measures, as was the case in 2023, it has the potential to impact the metrics, given our partners are in different places with their program implementation, training and overall promotion of TalkReadPlay. 

Contributing Factors:

• Trusted messenger training.
• Robust program implementation and promotion. 
• Parent Education. 

Limiting Factors:

• Staff Turnover.
• Lack of flexibility for parents to attend TalkReadPlay programming. 

Empowering caregivers* to be their child’s first and most important teacher helps create strong, positive and nurturing relationships. 90% of brain development happens in the first 5 years of life. Caring, responsive interactions between children and the adults in their lives are the building blocks for early brain development.  

TalkReadPlay (TRP) is a community movement designed  to strengthen families by promoting Early Relational Health, or the emotional wellbeing that grows from the positive connection between children and their caregivers.

*The Foundation uses the shorthand term caregivers to refer to any individual who may be involved in raising a child.

Data relfect parents who list they agree or strongly agree with the following statement: As a result of attending a TRP program, I now build interacting with my child through talking, reading and playing int our daily routine. 

**2022 data only includes survey from Watertown Public Library with 21 survey respondents. 

**2023 data includes parent surveys from Watertown Public Library and Watertown Family connections with a combined total of 82 respondents.