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Annotation: This document summarizes research, promising practices, and program strategies to help the Head Start and Early Head Start community engage parents and families in supporting and advocating for their child's development and learning as they transition to kindergarten. Topics include the importance of smooth transitions and what programs can do to promote successful transitions by exercising proactive leadership, demonstrating a commitment to continuously improve transition processes, and engaging in community collaboration.

Contact: National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement, Telephone: (855) 208-0909 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/family Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child advocacy, Child development, Community participation, Families, Head Start, Kindergarten, Leadership, Learning, Parents, Research, Transitions, Young children

Annotation: This toolkit provides practical advice and guidance to families, educators and caregivers working to engage families in the process of improving systems of care for children and youth with epilepsy and other special health care needs, to improve community-based access to specialized medical services, and to improve the quality of care coordination in school settings. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: John Snow, Inc., 44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210-1211, Telephone: (617) 482-9485 Fax: (617) 482-0617 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.jsi.com Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents with special health care needs, Children with special health care needs, Community based services, Epilepsy, Families, Health care systems, Manuals, Parent participation, Schools, Service coordination

Annotation: This resource is designed to help Head Start program staff assess, plan, and take steps to move their program's parent, family, and community engagement (PFCE) efforts forward along a continuum of effective PFCE practices. Topics include building a self-assessment team, using the assessment tool, and creating an action plan. References on research and best practice are provided. A table of elements/indicators and related Head Start performance standards is also included.

Contact: National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety, Telephone: (888) 227-5125 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/about-us/article/national-center-health-behavioral-health-safety-nchbhs Available from the website.

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Keywords: Community participation, Family centered care, Head Start, Parent participation, Program evaluation, Young children

Annotation: This guide describes strategies schools can take to increase parent engagement in promoting positive health behaviors among students. Contents include parent engagement in schools, how the strategies were developed, why parent engagement in schools is important, and how school staff can increase parent engagement in school health. The guide includes examples of ways school staff can connect with parents, provide parent support, communicate with parents, provide volunteer opportunities, support learning at home, encourage parents to be part of decision making at school, and collaborate with the community. Solutions for common challenges to sustaining parent engagement are also discussed.

Contact: National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatits, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, N.E., Mailstop K-29, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, Telephone: 800-232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth Available from the website.

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Keywords: Communication, Family centered services, Family school relations, Parent participation, Parent support services, Parents, School health, Strategic planning

Annotation: This final report describes a research study to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and impact of three different patient-centered strategies for improving the quality and equity of preventive and developmental services provided to young children during well-child visits. Topics include updated anticipatory guidance for well-child visits, communications between parents and health care providers, and parents' perceptions of overall quality of healthcare visits for their children. Report contents include an introduction to research problem, a review of the literature, the study design and methods, detailed findings, discussion and interpretation of the findings, a list of products developed during the project, as well as references. Appendices provide examples and overviews of selected project elements. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Anticipatory guidance, Final reports, MCH research, Parent participation, Parent professional relations, Patient satisfaction, Quality assurance, Well child care

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.

Contact: National School Boards Association, 1680 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, Telephone: (703) 838-6722 Fax: (703) 683-7590 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nsba.org

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

Annotation: This brief summarizes the progress made by two Washington-state communities in developing home-based early learning (HBEL) services. Based on data collected by Mathematica during site visits in 2008 and 2009, the brief summaries the need for HBEL and the implementation of services during the first year in White Center (outside of Seattle) and East Yakima (in central Washington). It explains how the communities selected programs to implement and how they prepared for service delivery. It then describes the implementation of two established home visiting models (Nurse Family Partnership and Parents as Teachers) and the piloting of a newly developed model(Partnering with Families for Early Learning). The brief concludes by highlighting key lessons learned and next steps for ongoing development of the HBEL service delivery system.

Contact: Mathematica , P.O. Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543-2393, Telephone: (609) 799-3535 Fax: (609) 799-0005 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.mathematica-mpr.com Available from the website.

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Keywords: Community programs, Early childhood education, Home visiting, Model programs, Parent child relations, Parent education, Parent participation, Parent support services, Service delivery systems, Washington

Annotation: This brief provides an overview of observations conducted by Mathematica Policy Research of the newly-designed home visiting program called Partnering with Families for Early Learning (PFEL). The primary goal of the observations, conducted between fall 2008 and summer 2009, was to provide feedback about the content and quality of PFEL program visits to home visiting teams in White Center (outside Seattle) and East Yakima (in central Washington). A secondary goal was to pilot the observation measures employed for their potential usefulness in assessing implementation in future evaluations of PFEL. This brief provides an overview of the observation instruments and describes the content and quality of the observed PFEL home visits.

Contact: Mathematica , P.O. Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543-2393, Telephone: (609) 799-3535 Fax: (609) 799-0005 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.mathematica-mpr.com Available from the website.

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Keywords: , Early childhood education, Home visiting, Model programs, Parent child relations, Parent education, Parent participation, Parent support services, Service delivery systems

Annotation: This report documents Family Voices' conversations with parents of children and youth with special health care needs and/or disabilities from diverse cultural groups (Hispanic, African American, and Native American). The report describes parents' concerns about and perceived barriers to (1) being partners in decision-making about supports and services and (2) being advisors to committees and councils. The report also shares parents' recommendations for how to improve their capacity to be effective decision-makers for their own children, and provides parents' suggestions for improving organizational recruitment and support for participation on advisory committees and for other leadership roles. The report discusses engaging Hispanic parents, African-American parents, and Native American parents and presents common themes across groups for recruiting and supporting parents new to advisory roles.

Contact: Family Voices of Wisconsin, P.O. Box 55029, Madison, WI 53705, Telephone: (608) 220-9598 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.FVofWI.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent with special health care needs, Advisory committees, American Indians, Blacks, Children with special health care needs, Cultural factors, Health services, Hispanic Americans, Leadership, Minority groups, Parent participation, Parent professional relations, Parent support services, Parents, Recruitment

Annotation: This document contains presentation slides from a webinar presented to the National Head Start State Collaboration Office Network on November 1, 2010. The content focuses on the use of parent engagement and motivational interviewing to improve oral health among children in Head Start. Topics include an overview of Head Start’s oral health policy and sample tools and models from states.

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Families, Family centered services, Head Start, Interviews, Methods, Motivation, Oral health, Parent participation, Program improvement, Resources for professionals

Annotation: This brief provides examples of initiatives and strategies implemented by state Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) programs to ensure strong family participation (FP) within their programs. The brief summarizes how Colorado, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, and Washington approach FP, including insights, successes, and challenges. Topics include the history of FP, partnerships, strategies to involve and compensate families, training and technical assistance, the value of the CYSHCN performance measure, FP in MCH, pressures on Title V MCH programs, barriers to FP, lessons learned, and future plans. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 1825 K Street, N.W., Suite 250, Washington, DC 20006-1202, Telephone: (202) 775-0436 Fax: (202) 478-5120 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.amchp.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Barriers, Collaboration, Community participation, Employment, Families, Measurement, Parent participation, Parent professional relations, Public private partnerships, Recruitment, Special health care services, State MCH programs, Technical assistance, Title V programs, Training, Work force

Annotation: This report describes a project to assess whether father involvement influences the relation of maternal depressive symptoms and maternal depression with maternal parenting and children's well-being. Report contents include an introduction into the nature of the research problem, the purpose, scope, and methods of the investigation, and the nature of the findings; a review of the literature; the study design and methods; detailed findings; a discussion and interpretation of findings; and policy implications. References conclude the report [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Family relations, Father child relations, Fathers, Final reports, MCH research, Maternal mental health, Mother child relations, Parent participation, Postpartum depression

Contact: Family Voices, P.O. Box 37188, Albuquerque, NM 87176, Telephone: (505) 872-4774 Secondary Telephone: (888) 835-5669 Fax: (505) 872-4780 Web Site: http://www.familyvoices.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Family centered care, Parent professional relations, Provider participation

Annotation: This report focuses on competencies for providing family-centered care for trainees in the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program, an interdisciplinary leadership training program. The report includes a history of the program and a position statement on family-professional partnerships, an introduction to family discipline as one core knowledge area needed by LEND trainees, recommendations for support for family trainees, as well as detailed descriptions of nine competencies in the family discipline area. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Association of University Centers on Disabilities, 1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Telephone: (301) 588-8252 Fax: (301) 588-2842 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.aucd.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Children with developmental disabilities, Children with special health care needs, Family centered care, Federal programs, Parent participation, Parent professional relations, Professional training

Annotation: This report presents information about the ways families and family organizations are involved with Title V children with special health care needs (CSHCN) state programs. The report is based on information collected through telephone interviews with Title V CSHCN programs. The report includes a background section, an executive summary, findings, and a conclusion. Findings are categorized as follows: (1) family involvement in CSHCN and MCH programs, 1992 and 2002, (2) overall family involvement in CSHCN programs, (3) family involvement in advisory committees and task force groups, (4) family involvement in addressing state performance measures and special initiatives, (5) family involvement in the block grant process, (6) family members employed by CSHCN programs, (7) family involvement in in-service trainings, (8) support provided to family organizations and families, (9) support provided to families and family organizations, (10) strategies for the involvement of underserved populations, and (11) from the viewpoint of family leaders. The report includes five appendices: (1) Title V toolbox for family participation, (2) suggested strategies for family involvement, (3) state-by-state tables, (4) CSHCN questionnaire, and (5) family leader questionnaire. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Family Voices, P.O. Box 37188, Albuquerque, NM 87176, Telephone: (505) 872-4774 Secondary Telephone: (888) 835-5669 Fax: (505) 872-4780 Web Site: http://www.familyvoices.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Block grants, CSHN programs, Children with special health care needs, Community participation, Families, Family support, Initiatives, MCH programs, Parent participation, State programs, Title V programs, Training, Underserved communities

Annotation: This publication summarizes discussion from two roundtables during which adolescent pregnancy prevention leaders, health department representatives, and others working with youth and families explored what is known about parental influence on adolescents' sexual decision-making, shared strategies for effectively involving parents in programs, and considered what more programs can do to address parents' needs in this area. The publication also provides additional information about what social science suggests about parental influence. The publication focuses on for common challenges that emerged for programs seeking to involve parents: (1) reaching parents, (2) motivating parents to participate and keeping them involved, (3) knowing what to say to parents and how to say it, and (4) paying for programs. The publication concludes with a summary of key points based on these challenges and strategies, as well as program descriptions and some tips from parents to help their children avoid early pregnancy and parenthood.

Contact: National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy = Power to Decide, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 478-8500 Fax: (202) 478-8588 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.thenationalcampaign.org $5.00, plus shipping and handling; also available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 1-58671-065-6.

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Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Adolescent pregnancy, Adolescent sexuality, Community programs, Families, Financing, Parent child relations, Parent participation, Parents, Pregnancy prevention

Annotation: This report discusses a study to develop and test an integrated theory of parent participation in therapeutic or supportive services, which could help explain why parents sometimes fail to participate in such services. The theory seeks to reflect the interdependence of individual, staff, and program attributes. The report, which includes a summary, discusses the analytic approach, findings and outcomes, implications, and dissemination. Statistical information is presented in tables throughout the report. References are included.

Contact: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, Telephone: (773) 753-5900 Fax: (773) 753-5940 Web Site: http://www.chapinhall.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Parent participation, Parent support services, Parents, Programs, Research

Annotation: This online guide is a set of six learning modules designed to help primary care health professionals develop office systems to ensure that services provided to families are timely and appropriate. The modules were developed by the Healthy Development Learning Collaborative as part of a 12-month quality-improvement initiative to promote positive developmental outcomes for children in Vermont and North Carolina. Topics include assessing a practice's office system, developmental screening and surveillance, family psychosocial screening and surveillance, eliciting parents' concerns, anticipatory guidance and parental education, and linking with the community. Each module contains a checklist of suggested activities, including ways to monitor progress and tools and tips for soliciting staff and parent input. Recommended intervals for conducting activities are also included.

Contact: Commonwealth Fund, One East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021, Telephone: (212) 606-3800 Fax: (212) 606-3500 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.commonwealthfund.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child development, Families, Health services delivery, Manuals, North Carolina, Office management, Parent participation, Professional training, Psychosocial development, Screening, Vermont

Annotation: This report presents information about the ways families and family organizations are involved with Title V maternal and child health (MCH) state programs. The report is based on information collected through telephone interviews with state MCH programs. The report includes the following main sections: (1) introduction and background, (2) methodology, (3) summary of findings, (4) overall family involvement in MCH programs, (5) family involvement in advisory committees, (6) family involvement in addressing state performance measures, (7) family involvement in initiatives to improve MCH, (8) family involvement in the block grant process, (9) family members employed by MCH programs, (10) family involvement in in-service trainings, (11) support provided to family organizations and families, (12) support provided to family organizations and families, (13) strategies for the involvement of underserved populations, (14) family involvement in MCH and children with special health care needs programs, 1992 and 2002, (15) insights and recommendations, (16) Title V toolbox for family participation, (17) state by state tables, and (18) MCH questionnaire.

Contact: Family Voices, P.O. Box 37188, Albuquerque, NM 87176, Telephone: (505) 872-4774 Secondary Telephone: (888) 835-5669 Fax: (505) 872-4780 Web Site: http://www.familyvoices.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Block grants, Children with special health care needs, Community participation, Families, Family support, Initiatives, MCH programs, Parent participation, State programs, Title V programs, Training, Underserved communities

Annotation: This guide for parents covers health insurance plans, state sponsored programs, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), filing appeals, medical homes, family professional partnerships, self-determinism, family centered planning, and effective planning teams. It includes sample letters, records, and forms. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Parent to Parent of Virginia, P.O. Box 38341, Richmond, VA 23231, Telephone: (804) 795-1481 Web Site: https://www.chesterfield.gov/1858/Parent-To-Parent-of-Virginia Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to care, Child health, Health care financing, Health insurance, Parent participation, Service coordination