This guide is intended to help both family members and healthcare professionals who are working together to improve care for children with special healthcare needs. Joining together in multi-disciplinary teams, family members and providers are increasingly working as equal partners to improve care. Collaborating as equals may be new for family members and providers. This guide includes information and guidance on how to get the most out of this potentially powerful partnership. (Author abstract)
Easy-to-read basics to help new parents get a great start. Includes baby's health, nutrition, safety and learning -- plus programs to help. Presentation slides on CD-ROM (2010) are available for purchase, allowing for easy presentation by your staff to clients.(Author abstract modified)
Este es el popular manual de cuidado infantil de Strengthening Young Families, en español fácil de leer. Enseña los conceptos básicos para ayudar a los nuevos padres a tener un buen comienzo. Incluye la salud, la nutrición, la seguridad y el aprendizaje del bebé, además de programas de ayuda. (Resumen del autor modificado)
To provide a context for discussion of father engagement when parents separate or divorce, this chapter begins with three brief sections summarizing research on married and cohabiting couples. A burgeoning literature indicates that fathers play an important role in their children's development, a role that is often quite different than that of mothers. Further, a plethora of recent studies show that when parents have high levels of unresolved conflict, or cold and withdrawn relationships, their children are at risk for behavioral, social, and emotional symptoms, as well as difficulties…
Intended for Illinois parents, this book explains how living the Strengthening Families protective factors can assist parents in awakening their potential as parents. Information is drawn from more than 600 Love is Not Enough Parent Cafes that have been held in Illinois over a four year period. At these gatherings, parents came together and shared wisdom and ideas for keeping their families strong and their children safe. An introduction discusses the importance of keeping families safe, protecting a family from the inside out, key protective factors, and ways of building or tearing down…
This chapter focuses on the barriers that make it difficult for fathers from minority ethnic backgrounds to engage in family support services. It explains the benefits of father involvement in early child development, reviews legal provisions that tackle institutional racism and demand inclusion, and describes approaches for including fathers from minority ethnic backgrounds.
This resource guide provides information relating to the development, health, and safety of a child from birth to five.
Esta guía de recursos brinda información relacionada con el desarrollo, la salud y la seguridad de un niño desde el nacimiento hasta los cinco años.
Researchers from demography, developmental psychology, sociology, evolutionary psychology, economics, and the public policy field have examined various aspects of the impact of father involvement on child development. This book summarizes the methodology and findings from research within each of these disciplines to provide a multidisciplinary perspective of the subject. Common themes across areas of interest include the definition of fatherhood and the dimensions of the construct; the individual and environmental variables that explain fathering; the impact of father involvement at each…
This booklet is intended to help parents build coping skills in their children during and after a military deployment. The goal is to bring needed support and understanding to the process and to maintain the family well being. Specific and practical guidelines for parents are presented in order to identify age-related reactions and focus on appropriate intervention strategies. By using the information and techniques in this booklet and adding your own unique perspective and expertise, you will become more knowledgeable and better prepared to assist your child during the deployment and…
