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: Parenting
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Multilingual Children’s Books to Support Early Literacy
Reading books with young children helps support the parent-child relationship and aids in children’s development of cognitive, social-emotional, and language skills in the process! In multilingual families, children’s books in multiple languages helps parents and children connect over shared themes and helps children develop skills in both languages! The following websites have many high-quality children’s books, available in common newcomer languages.
Resource: Books by the Bushel
Resource: Language Lizard
Resource: Kid Kiddos Books
Resource: Multilingual Books
Resource: Books4School
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Supporting Expectant and Parenting Newcomer Youth
Switchboard developed this guide to provide trauma-informed, cross-cultural strategies that support newcomer mothers during an adolescent pregnancy. This guide integrates developmental, cultural, and situational factors to promote strength-based strategies for providers to support expectant and parenting newcomer teens.
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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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Section E: Additional ACE Factors-Discrimination: Modules on Historical Trauma and Racial Equity Training
Training modules for home visitors from the Institute for the Advancement of Family Support Professionals on historical trauma; racism and equity.
Resource: https://institutefsp.org/
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Parents as Teachers Michigan Model Specific Guidance
Michigan Parents as Teachers has developed model specific guidance in implementing the PACE Home Visiting Toolkit.
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Healthy Families Michigan Model Specific Tool: Service Plan Strategies
Healthy Families Michigan has developed model specific guidance in implementing the PACE Home Visiting Toolkit.
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Preventing ACEs Home Visiting Tool Training Series Module 3: Role of Leadership
The third module in the PACEs Home Visiting Tool Training Series provides best practice strategies, common challenges experienced, the role of reflective supervision and leadership support in implementing the PACE Home Visiting Toolkit.
Resource: Module 3: Role of Leadership
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Preventing ACEs Home Visiting Tool Training Series Module 2: Starting the Conversation
The second module in the PACEs Home Visiting Tool Training Series provides a deeper look at utilizing the Childhood Experiences Worksheet discussion tool with families as well as the conversation starters in the Companion Guide.
Resource: Module 2: Starting the Conversation
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Preventing ACEs Home Visiting Tool Training Series Module 1: Childhood Experiences and Home Visiting
This module provides an overview of ACEs and impacts that we see in home visiting services as we support families. An introduction to the development and contents of PACE Home Visiting Toolkit is provided along with personal experiences from the field.