Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters
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HIPPY's on the MapThe HIPPY program serves over 22,000 families in 10 countries worldwide:
National programs based on the HIPPY approach are operating in:
The HIPPY program is available (in part) in several different languages: Arabic, Chinese, Creole, English, French, German, Hebrew, Spanish Families from many different ethnic groups comprise the global HIPPY network: Aborginal Australian, African American, African Canadian, Israeli Christian Arabs, Israeli Muslim Arabs, Asian American, Cambodian, Cantonese, Caucasian, Chinese, Circassian Muslim, Druze, First Nation Canadian, German, Hispanic, Hmong, Jewish Ethiopian, Latin American, Maori, Native American, Pacific Islanders, Russian Jews, Somali, Turkish, and Vietnamese
AustraliaThe Friends of the Hebrew University introduced HIPPY to Australia
in 1997. There are currently seven sites serving approximately
400 families in Australia. HIPPY Australia has a website: http://www.hippyaustralia.org.au Susan Davies Tel: 613 9483 1325 AustriaHIPPY Austria Wolfgang Kratky CanadaThe HIPPY program in Canada started in 1999 in Vancouver as a collaborative effort among Simon Fraser University, Britannia Community Services Centre and the National Council of Jewish Women. The program served over 400 families from very diverse backgrounds in seven sites this year.
Debbie Bell, Executive Director
Susanne Nahm
El SalvadorHIPPY El Salvador is now in seven sites serving approximately 200 families. The Hilda Rothschild Foundation has a website: www.hrffoundation.org Dr. Lillian Moncada-Davidson, President Helene Salomon, Program Director Email: helene@hrffoundation.org
GermanyIn 1992 The Deutsche Jugend Institute received a federal grant to start HIPPY in Germany. Today HIPPY is a national program which served 900 families in 23 cities this past year. HIPPY Germany can be found on the website: www.hippy-deutschland.dePeter Weber, Director
IsraelThe NCJW Research Institute for Innovation in Education at the Hebrew University, where HIPPY originated, now offers a broad range of early childhood programs for parents of children from birth to age seven serving over 4,500 families. Program materials offer opportunities for individual choice and creative input by parents and children. Models of the two programs—HATAF (Home Activities for Toddlers and Families) and Ha’ETGAR (HIPPY)—are implemented by the Early Childhood Center at the Hebrew University. The programs are culturally adapted to meet the needs of at-risk families in Israel, including veteran Jewish, Muslim, Bedouin, Druze, Circassian communities, as well as immigrant communities from the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia. Malka Melamed ItalyHIPPY Italy
New ZealandHIPPY New Zealand has over 1,300 families in 21 locations. HIPPY New Zealand has a website: http://www.greatpotentials.org.nz Jane Hall South AfricaHIPPY South Africa began in 1988 and works as an independent not-for-profit organization. At its peak, in 1995, it served 1,600 families in 26 communities. Due to financial constraints, there are currently approximately 400 families. Khadija Richards, Director Email: hippyg@telkomsa.net
USAThe National Council of Jewish Women, the organization that funded the Research Institute within which HIPPY was originally created, brought the HIPPY program to the United States in 1986. Since then, HIPPY USA an independent not-for-profit organization was created which is now the national center for 146 sites in 25 states and the District of Columbia serving more than 16,000 families. HIPPY USA has a website: www.hippyusa.org.
Duane Booker, Executive Director Merle Greene M. Gayle Hart (National Office) Refer to the map at: http://hippyusa.org/Locations/locations.html for locations in the USA.
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