Wendy Schwalbe

Position title: PAT Model Specialist

Email: schwalbw@uwm.edu

Phone: 414-315-7357

Wendy Schwalbe joined WCWPDS in January of 2019 as the Parents As Teachers model specialist and trainer. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Education at the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh. Wendy has worked with children and families for the past 30 years in a variety of roles with non-profit organizations providing parenting workshops, education, supervised visits, in-home parenting, Families First and Alternative Response. Wendy managed a Parents as Teachers home visiting program for 18 years and was the first program in Wisconsin to pass the PAT National Endorsement earned a Blue Ribbon. The program also earned the Home Visitation program of the year award in 2018. Wendy has dedicated her career to empowering parents to be their child’s first teachers.