
*What does "Wakanheza" mean?
Wakanheza is the Dakota word for "child" and its closest English translation is "sacred being."
An Introduction
The practices and principles of Wakanheza are simple, but require a planned organizational approach.
> Workshop Toolkit
Find all the resources you will need to deliver a Supporting Parents in Public Workshop at your museum.
Learn More
Learn more about the Wakanheza Project in the community including links to current news, articles and partner organizations.
Workshop Toolkit
Ready to host your own workshop?
If you are ready to bring Supporting Parents in Public to your organization, these tools will help you prepare and conduct a successful session.
The Implementation Guide will give you ideas and tips for bringing the project to your organization and keeping it going.
When you are ready to hold a Supporting Parents in Public workshop, the Facilitator’s Guide will take you through each part of the workshop step by step. Each workshop topic is explained with main points, discussion questions and facilitator notes. Worksheets and sample scenarios are included.
A Power Point presentation can help you to navigate your workshop. You can modify the sample presentation to include the discussion questions and activities that are most relevant to your organization.
For your convenience, here are quick links to key project worksheets:
Let us know!
Do you have a great Supporting Parents in Public story to share? Have you held a workshop or implemented the program in some other way? Contact Jessica Turgeon. You will receive a short survey to fill out to share your information. All of the Supporting Parents in Public materials are provided for free, but by sharing our stories and workshop data, we help support each other in our efforts. Stories, data and tips will be shared on this website.


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