This module equips home visitors to screen for substance use, intimate partner violence, and mental health issues, highlighting best practices for effective, compassionate screening.
Audience: All Audiences
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About Intimate Partner Violence
This training explores intimate partner violence (IPV) as a critical public health issue with far-reaching consequences. Participants will examine how IPV impacts lifelong health, opportunity, and well-being, and discuss strategies for prevention and support.
Resource: Intimate Partner Violence
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Understanding Language Access Laws in Michigan
The Michigan Immigrant Rights Council developed a one-pager to explain 2024 changes to Michigan laws that ensure people with Limited English proficiency receive public services in a language they understand, free of charge. This law ensures everyone can engage with the State of Michigan with dignity, regardless of their English proficiency.
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Talking with Families About Safe Sleep
This webinar explores how to engage families with honest, and open dialogue related to infant safe sleep. During this webinar you will explore how to apply risk reduction techniques in safe sleep conversations.
Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhal4HUe4cU
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Safe from the Start
This webinar teaches about the realities of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), define and review safe sleep for babies, present recommendations for avoiding safety hazards, and other important children’s product safety information.
Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpA9FB1H0F8
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Relationship Building and Boundaries
Explore how to build strong, trust-based relationships in home visiting. Learn key practices, benefits, and how to navigate boundary challenges as relationships evolve.
Resources: https://youtu.be/Kl2YCjpfrD4
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Recognizing and Responding to Mental Health Concerns in the Home
Build skills to recognize and respond to mental health challenges in the home. Learn to identify distress, engage sensitively, make referrals, and support families while addressing personal bias and understanding mental health’s impact on parenting.
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Plan of Safe Care Overview and Implementation
This 90-minute webinar describes POSC resources and how to begin utilizing the POSC template to better support families impacted by substance use.
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Zoom Webinar
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Parent-Child Interaction Observation Training
Explore a parent-child interaction guide while building observation skills to support attunement in infants and toddlers.
Resources:
Parent Child Interaction Observation Part 1
https://youtu.be/PYxjLoUnRYMParent Child Interaction Observation Part 2
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Overdose Prevention and Response Training
Learn to recognize, prevent, and respond to overdoses. This training covers signs, risks, harm reduction, naloxone use, and the social context of substance use that equip you with life-saving skills to support your community.
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