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Annotation: This webinar, broadcast May 1, 2012, focuses on improving outcomes for mothers and children by studying the potential contributions of fathers. Questions include What is known about fathers’ involvement in home visiting and the impact on family outcomes? Which models have increased fathers’ participation and how? What questions remain unanswered? Panelists on this webinar discuss these issues and recommend concrete strategies that have shown success in their communities.

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Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Family support services, Father child relations, Fathers, Home visiting

Annotation: This archived webinar, originally broadcast June 5, 2012, shares effective strategies that both home visiting professionals and parents can use to prevent and respond to disruptive or challenging behavior from their children and promote healthier families.

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Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Behavior development, Behavior modification, Children, Family relations, Home visiting, Parenting skills

Annotation: This website provides information about Legacy for Children, an evidence-based program whose aim is to improve child outcomes by promoting positive parenting among mothers of infants and young children with low incomes. Information is provided on the program's philosophy, how the program works, and the intervention. More information about program study sites is offered, and links to related pages are included.

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Keywords: Communities, Early childhood development, Family support, Family support programs, Infant development, Infants, Intervention, Low income groups, Mothers, Parent child relations, Parenting skills, Programs, Young children

Annotation: This document examines the role of family organizations in providing information and support for children with special health care needs (CSHCN), their families, and their professional partners. Specifically, the document addresses efforts to secure financing for Family-to-Family Health Information Centers (F2F HIC) to provide support, information, resources, and training to families of CSHCN and the professionals who serve them; state F2F HIC activities; and what philanthropy can offer. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Families, Family centered care, Family resource centers, Financing, Parent professional relations, Resources for professionals

Annotation: This report examines the array of methodologies used to understand the impact of families on children's health and development discussed at a workshop held on July 13-14, 2010, in Washington, DC. It summarizes (1) how theory, study approach, and methodology matter, from behavioral as well as biobehavioral perspectives, (2) how qualitative and quantitative approaches are best combined in the study of family, and (3) what are the challenges and advantages of a more integrated approach to family research for training and funding. Topics include demographic perspectives on family change, studying how families cope with poverty and economic stress, family processes in the clinical and prevention sciences, family research methods and frameworks, and funding opportunities and training models for the future of integrated family research studies.

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Keywords: Behavior development, Child development, Child health, Families, Family relations, Research, Socioeconomic factors

Annotation: This webcast, which is geared toward Head Start supervisors, focuses on reflective supervision as it relates to child care for vulnerable infants and young children. Reflective supervision allows providers and supervisors to come together to reflect on their work, share ideas, and think about possible next steps. The webcast presents reflective supervision resources and offers practical tips on how reflective supervision can be successfully implemented to support staff, families, and children.

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Keywords: Child care, Child development, Early Head Start, Family relations, Head Start, Infant development, Infants, Low income groups, Professional training, Relationships, Staff development, Supervision, Young children

Annotation: This paper provides an overview of family engagement as it relates to school health and student achievement. It discusses school health policies, practices, and strategies that school boards and public education administrators can use to effectively engage families. Sidebars provide inks to additional tools and resources such as sample family engagement policies, evidence-based practices, and family engagement surveys.

Keywords: Academic achievement, Education, Family school relations, Parent child relations, Parent participation, School health, School linked programs

Annotation: This book is written for parents and others caring for adolescents, explaining the body changes occurring at this stage, recognizing signs of trouble, and providing information on when and where to get help. It is written using simple language in an easy-to-read style and is illustrated with drawings that reinforce the information it contains. Section topics include tips on how to deal with emotional and physical changes such as growth and development, self-esteem, friends, school, sports, depression, dating and sex, driving, smoking, alcohol, drugs and safety issues. A glossary and an index are also included.

Keywords: Adolescent health, Adolescent mental health, Adolescent sexuality, Adolescents, Consumer education materials, Family school relations, Low literacy materials, Parent child relations, Parenting, Physical development, Safety

Annotation: This brief describes the benefits of a home visiting program in providing information and services to new parents and families throughout pregnancy and their child's first three years. Topics include the importance of prenatal care, safe and stable housing, counseling for tobacco or substance abuse, domestic violence prevention, as well as advice on building positive, loving relationships with their children.

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Keywords: Counseling, Domestic violence, Families, Family support services, Home visiting, Parent child relations, Pregnant women, Prenatal care, Prevention services, Substance abuse prevention

Annotation: This issue brief discusses the impact that men and fathers have on pregnancy and birth outcomes, and it considers how that role is often overlooked or not acknowledged. It highlights comments from experts in the field about how to define the role of father and what that means. The brief outlines key strategies and recommendations on how to further engage and include men in programs and policies related to women and children.

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Keywords: Family relations, Father child relations, Fathers, Parenting

Annotation: This toolkit for parents, families and child services professionals introduces ways in which parents and caregivers can help their infants build secure attachments, examines challenges encountered in the process, and provides suggestions on how challenges may be overcome. The toolkit includes a 30 minute DVD, a quick-reference guide answering attachment and parenting questions, three informational brochures and tips printed on a magnet and a bookmark. It is available in English and Spanish.

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Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Bonding, DVDs, Family life education, Fathers, Infant health, Maternal mental health, Mothers, Multimedia, Newborn infants, Parent child relations, Parenting skills, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This paper summarizes how the recent influx of immigrant and refugee children has changed the dynamics of classrooms in America, describes the impact of the refugee and immigration experience on students, and examines the role of the family and how to partner with families for improved student mental health. It also presents summary descriptions of 15 model programs developed by the Caring Across Communities grant initiatives.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Cultural competence, Demography, Families, Family school relations, Mental health, Migrants, Model programs, School age children, School role

Annotation: This report focuses on how parental HIV infection affects children. The report discusses the following topics: (1) how fear of transmission can limit parent-child interactions, (2) how stigma reduces parents' disclosure to children and limits children's opportunities for social support, (3) how loss of custody and lack of guardianship planning can lead to an unstable future, and (4) how interventions from common sources of support could help.

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Keywords: Child custody, Children, Family support, Guardianship, HIV, HIV infected patients, Intervention, Parent child relations, Parents, Social support

Annotation: This report describes Rhode Island's Pediatric Practice Enhancement Project (PPEP), which trains and places parent consultants in primary and specialty care practices to help families with children and youth with special health care needs access the health care system and related services such as housing and education. It discusses in detail (1) the project's target population, (2) program development and implementation, (3) financing and program sustainability, and (4) the challenges and lessons learned. The report also lists PPEP project partners, describes the database that stores information collected by parent consultants, and outlines Rhode Island's family centers known as Comprehensive Evaluation, Diagnosis, Assessment, Referral and Reevaluation (CEDARR), for families with children who have special needs. PPEP intake and other processing forms, along with a list of participating practices, make up the appendices.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Children with special health care needs, Consultants, Family centered services, Parent professional relations, Professional training, State programs

Annotation: This report and Webinar focus on findings from a national survey of parents of infants and children from birth through age 3. The report explored issues and challenges that parents confront, gaps in knowledge about early development, sources of information and support to which parents turn, factors that influence their approach to parenting, and parents' perceptions. The report also includes three vignettes depicting parents' interpretations of a child's behavior and how they would react. The Webinar shares key survery findings and discusses implications of these findings.

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Keywords: Child behavior, Early childhood development, Family support, Infant development, Multimedia, National surveys, Parent child relations, Parent support services, Parenting skills

Annotation: This book provides techniques home visitors can use to improve their relationships with the parents and children with whom they work; it develops a multidisciplinary approach to the profession. The book first reviews the historical development of the profession and examines the home visitor's interpersonal skills and attitudes and their professional development. The book then covers topics regularly encountered during home visits: developing a sense of self; guidance and discipline; communications and language; play, learning, and development; everyday rituals and celebrations; children's illnesses; siblings; and the psychologically vulnerable family. The book concludes with a chapter examining issues related to personal history and professional competence; as well as resources, endnotes, references, and an index.

Keywords: Child development, Family centered services, Home visiting, Interdisciplinary approach, Parent child relationships, Parenting

Annotation: This report provides information and data on effective policies in areas that affect a family's opportunities and stability: employment, income and asset growth, health, education, and healthy family relationships. The report gives an overview of the challenges that states and families face in the current economy and outlines 20 policy areas that could enhance opportunities for children and families, strengthen communities, and build a stronger state economy. The state-policy overview section provides the following for each of the 20 policy areas: a research summary on policy effectiveness, highlights of key policy measures, and a presentation of the status of policy in each state and the District of Columbia according to these policy measures.

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Keywords: Children, Communities, Education, Employment, Families, Family income, Family relations, Health, Public policy

Annotation: This report describes the the Medical Provider-Early Intervention Partnership Project to build partnerships with medical providers that encourages and facilitates their ability to successfully identify and refer families into early intervention services and for wider partnerships throughout King County, Washington. Contents include perspectives of early intervention providers and medical providers, state opportunities in Washington, a review of the literature on developmental services and systems change, and recommendations.

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Keywords: Developmental screening, Early intervention, Family centered services, Health services delivery, Infants, Physician patient relations, Program descriptions, Service integration, Washington, Young children

Annotation: This report presents perspectives gathered by interview of school administrators, parents, educators, nutrition and health professionals, wellness advocates, federal and local government agencies, community groups, school board members, students, and others on the progress towards implementing healthy eating and physical activity programs in schools and the deficits that remain after five years of work by Action for Healthy Kids and like-minded groups at the national, state, and grassroots levels. In addition to perceptions of healthy eating and physical activity programs, the report assesses the growth of public awareness about school wellness, stakeholder roles and activities, and resources. The report identifies gaps to be addressed in future initiatives.

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Keywords: Child health, Community programs, Disease prevention, Exercise, Family school relations, Health education, Health promotion, Nutrition, Obesity, Physical activity, Physical education, Programs, School health education, School lunch programs

Annotation: This report describes best practices that school nutrition and wellness leaders have implemented in Wisconsin to positively impact student achievement. It also provides tools to define and support an environment that promotes healthy eating and activity. It addresses the characteristics and activities of a successful wellness team, how parents promote a healthy school environment, physical activity and healthy eating, how students can be involved in the process, healthy eating and good nutrition, and how to evaluation local wellness policies.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Child health, Communities, Community programs, Families, Family school relations, Food consumption, Nutrition, Nutrition programs, Obesity, Physical activity, Prevention, Schools, Wisconsin