Pre-General Educational Development (PRE-GED)

Madison Heights

By addressing the challenges and emotional issues families experience, and celebrating their determination to move forward, however slowly, Madison and Lifelines motivate adults-the change agent in a family setting-to continue their studies and achieve their goals.

Madison Heights and Lifelines was based on six overarching goals established by the National Academic Council:

• Provide experiences that will help adults improve their ability to read with understanding, convey ideas, listen and observe critically, and communicate clearly with others.
• Provide experiences that will help adults manage family resources, provide for safety and physical needs, and balance priorities.       
• Provide experiences that will help adults enhance their self-esteem and their ability to advocate for and guide others within the family unit.
• Provide experiences that will help parents and caregivers gain insight into child growth and development, form and maintain supportive family relationships, and become partners in the education of their children.
• Provide ideas for age-appropriate interactive activities that parents or caregivers can use with their children to help them achieve success in school and other life experiences.      
• Provide experiences that will help adults improve their ability to make decisions, resolve conflicts, and plan.

Target Audiences

• Low literacy at-risk families.
• Parents of children involved in Even Start, Head Start and other early childhood education programs.
• Adults involved in or needing ABE programs.
• Limited English proficient adults at the intermediate and advanced levels.

*Workshops are adapted to audience needs in each of the areas listed above for distance learning administrators and faculties as well as students and community based organizations.