Hawaiʻi Positive Engagement Project (H-PEP)​

About

The Hawaiʻi Positive Engagement Project’s (H-PEP) mission is to innovatively address Native Hawaiian parent, educator, and student needs that have been intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Goal 1: Address Native Hawaiian educator and parent toxic stress resulting from the pandemic so that they are the most effective when working with and parenting Native Hawaiian students/children.

Goal 2: Build Native Hawaiian student literacy through the use of the Storytelling for the Home Enrichment of Language and Literacy Skills (SHELLS) model, an experiential bookmaking model that encourages positive parent-child engagement.

Goal 3: Conduct research on the current status and needs of Native Hawaiian educators and parents

Principal Investigator

Naomi Rombaoa Tanaka

Associate Specialist

Team

Leanne Chang

Website

Hawaiʻi Positive Engagement Project (H-PEP)​

Partners

• Ceeds of Peace
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
• Puʻuhonua Society
• E Hoʻomanamaiola
• Special Parents Information Network (SPIN)
• Department of Health Early Intervention Section