Discover what works when engaging young parents. Explore practical strategies, creative tools, and real-world do’s and don’ts to overcome barriers, build meaningful connections, and better support young families.
Resource Tag: Family Engagement
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Project ECHO- Working with Families as a Mandated Reporter Training
This Project ECHO session explores working with families as a mandated reporter, with practical strategies to navigate reporting requirements while building trust, promoting safety, and honoring family strengths.
Resource: Project ECHO- Working with Families as a Mandated Reporter Training
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Project Echo: Engaging in Hard Conversations
This Project ECHO session equips participants with practical strategies to engage in challenging conversations with empathy, clarity, and respect across diverse perspectives.
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Professional Development Plan Templates
The Institute for Home Visiting Workforce Development created four PD Plan templates to support home visitors and supervisors. Adapt them to fit your needs. The linked site offers ideas to inspire your professional growth.
Resource: PD Plan Templates
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Early On 101 in Michigan
Michigan offers many supports for families with young children, including Early On (birth–3 early intervention). This webinar includes referral information, and describes how Early On can support children and families.
Resource: Early On 101 in Michigan
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The Family Engagement Toolkit: Guidance for Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs on Improving Outreach, Recruitment, and Retention
The goal of the Family Engagement Toolkit is to help home visiting programs strengthen their engagement with families through practical resources. The Family Engagement Toolkit is one component of the Understanding and Expanding the Reach of Home Visiting (HV-REACH) project.
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Switchboard Cultural Backgrounder: Afghanistan
Switchboard adapted a cultural backgrounder on Afghanistan, originally produced by Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange, to support refugee service workers in providing cultural responsive care to Afghan families who have resettled in the U.S. This Afghanistan cultural backgrounder includes information on the historical context, languages, holidays, traditions, and family dynamics, among other topics.
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Welcoming America: Language Access Fundamentals
In this two-part series, Welcoming America explains the meaning of language access and gives you the fundamental tools to distinguish language access tools and work effectively with language access tools to support limited English proficiency families in your program.
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Using Cultural Backgrounders in Work with Newcomers
Bridging Refugee Children & Youth Services (BRYCS) created this toolkit to support staff who work with refugee families in utilizing cultural backgrounders to effectively provide culturally responsive care.
Resource: Using Cultural Backgrounders in Work with Newcomers
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Switchboard Course Part 1: Working with Interpreters
In this free learning course, Switchboard teaches the fundamentals of working with an interpreter, including key terms, the role of an interpreter, and why it’s important to use an interpreter when working with families who have limited English proficiency. This course is intended for providers who are new to working with interpreters. The estimated time to complete this course is 30 minutes.
Resource: Working with Interpreters (part 1)