The Positive Parenting program (Triple P) linked to Family Literacy offers an integrated and family-friendly approach, helping both parents and children to improve their literacy skills. Family literacy services integrate all of the following:
1. Adult Education
2. Early Childhood Education
3. Parent Education
4. Interactive Parent/Child Activities

This program is implemented in Anderson School Districts Two, Three, and Four.

Contact:

Anderson School District 2 - Areas Served - Belton, Honea Path - Allison Strickland (astrickland@asd2.org)

Anderson School District 3 - Areas Served - Starr, Iva -  Melissa Davis 

(davism@acsd3.org) 

Anderson School District 4 - Areas Served - Pendleton, Townville - Charity Walker (CLWalker@anderson4.org)

The mission of Raising a Reader is to engage families in a routine of daily "book-cuddling" with their children to foster healthy brain development, parent-child bonding, and early literacy skills critical for school success. It has been shown to be effective in increasing children's oral language and print knowledge when implemented in conjunction with parent literacy training. Its components include informal professional development for early childhood educators, a weekly book rotation, parent engagement, child-driven literacy experiences, and library experiences.

This program is implemented in Anderson School Districts One, Two and Three.

Contact:  

Anderson School District 1 - Areas Served - Powdersville, Williamston - Dr. Karen Sweat (sweatk@apps.anderson1.org)

Anderson School District 2 - Areas Served - Belton, Honea Path - Allison Strickland (astrickland@asd2)

Anderson School District Three - Areas Served - Starr, Iva, Flat Rock - Melissa Davis 

(davism@acsd3.org)

Anderson School District 4 - Areas Served - Pendleton, Townville - Charity Walker (CLWalker@anderson4.org)

Anderson School District One provides high-quality early education programs serving an additional 40 at-risk 4K students in two half-day classes which are located at Spearman Elementary School. This program adheres to all SC Department of Education guidelines, serves the most at-risk, and follows best practices including the implementation of High Scope, Creative Curriculum, and Early Childhood Education Rating Scale.
Each student must be four-years-old on or before September 1, eligible for free- or reduced-price school lunches, and/or eligible for Medicaid, and/or qualify for services under IDEA Part B as the result of a documented disability or developmental delay.

Contact:  

Anderson School District 1 - Areas Served - Powdersville, Williamston - Dr. Karen Sweat (sweatk@apps.anderson1.org)

Countdown to Kindergarten (CTK) and Countdown to 4K are summer home visitation model programs connecting rising 4-year-old and 5-year-old kindergartners and their families with their future teachers. The program is designed: to forge strong and lasting home-school relationships, to acquaint children and families with classroom expectations, to increase parent involvement in the early grades in hard-to-reach communities, and to increase public awareness of the importance of school readiness and provide ways for parents and communities to impact children’s early school success.  Countdown to Kindergarten (countdownsc.org)

This program is implemented in Anderson School Districts One, Two, Three, and Four.

Contact:

Anderson County First Steps Partnership Office: 

Paige Wall, Executive Director, pwall@andersonfirststeps.org

Anderson School District 1 - Areas Served - Powdersville, Williamston - Dr. Karen Sweat (sweatk@apps.anderson1.org)

Anderson School District 2 - Areas Served - Belton, Honea Path - Allison Strickland (astrickland@asd2.org)

Anderson School District 3 - Areas Served - Starr, Iva -  Melissa Davis 

(davism@acsd3.org)

Anderson School District 4 - Areas Served - Pendleton, Townville - Charity Walker (CLWalker@anderson4.org

South Carolina First Steps offers you the opportunity to enroll your eligible child in a FREE quality 4-year-old kindergarten program for the upcoming school year. Our statewide network of private, community and faith-based centers are committed to providing a healthy and safe learning environment and preparing your child for school success. Each 4K Provider is equipped with masks, hand sanitizer, thermal thermometers and other necessary personal protection equipment. All First Steps 4K providers adhere to CDC, DSS, and DHEC childcare regulations to ensure the upmost safety for all children and adults inside the building.

To qualify, your child must: 

• Be 4 years old on or before Sept.1. 
• Be eligible for Medicaid, free- or reduced-price lunch program, SNAP/TANF recipient OR be experiencing homelessness, transiency, or in foster care.
• Be a South Carolina Resident

Early childhood development support during pediatric well-child visits.  

Healthy Steps is designed to serve children 0 to 3 and their families, especially in communities where there are persistent inequities.   

All pediatric patients age 0-3 at participating clinics receive  Healthy Steps services from a trained child development expert, the Healthy Steps Specialist. Families with additional needs may receive more intensive services.   

Prisma Health - Pediatrics Associates Powdersville

207 Three Bridges Rd.
Greenville, SC 29611