LEARNING HOW
TO CARE:
A PARADIGM SHIFT
IN HOME,
SCHOOL AND
COMMUNITY
Dr. Dana McDermott
Conference paper
Dana McDermott, Ph.D., C.F.L.E., is a developmental psychologist and a
member of Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents’ Board
of Directors. She is Director of The Caring Project at
This conference paper reprint documents the
implementation and evaluation of The Caring Project. It is available
online, free of charge, through ERIC.
The Caring Project helps students become more caring, their first step to later
becoming nurturing parents, by developing their abilities to know, feel and act
in another person's interests. It provides students with caring experiences by
surrounding them with adults who model caring in the classroom and who
integrate issues of caring into their studies. The project provides
consultation, training and implementation. It utilizes Learning How to Care:
Education for Parenting,
a field tested curriculum focused on monthly parent/infant visits.
