initiative_type: Signature | initiative_name: Play and Learning Strategies | initiative_about:
Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) is a preventive intervention program to strengthen the bond between parent and child and to stimulate early language, cognitive, and social development. The program is facilitated by a trained parent educator who presents each session to the parent(s) and coaches the parent(s) in using the specific techniques that are either demonstrated in person or via videotaped examples of real parents and children utilizing specific techniques at age-appropriate levels.