Building Partnerships with Families Series
The goal of parent and family engagement is to work with families to build strong and effective partnerships. Explore these three resources to learn ways to strengthen relationships with families.
Family engagement is a collaborative and strengths-based process through which early childhood professionals, families, and children build positive and goal-oriented relationships. It is a shared responsibility of families and staff at all levels that requires mutual respect for the roles and strengths each has to offer. Family engagement focuses on culturally and linguistically responsive relationship-building with key family members in a child’s life. These people include pregnant women and expectant families, mothers, fathers, grandparents, and other adult caregivers. It requires making a commitment to creating and sustaining an ongoing partnership that supports family well-being. It also honors and supports the parent-child relationships that are central to a child’s healthy development, school readiness, and well-being. The Office of Head Start Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework is a guide to learning how family engagement promotes positive, enduring change for children, families, and communities.
The goal of parent and family engagement is to work with families to build strong and effective partnerships. Explore these three resources to learn ways to strengthen relationships with families.
Explore this three-module course to learn about the knowledge, skills, and practices family services professionals need to engage in the family partnership process and goal setting with families.
Early childhood professionals working with families can use this resource to learn about equity and integrate it into their daily parent, family, and community engagement efforts.
In this webinar, explore how to use the Multicultural Principles to identify and examine perceptions and unconscious biases that might affect engagement in your home visiting role.
Director Garvin shares how family service professionals can initiate caring conversations about McKinney-Vento eligibility. He also provides examples of how small language changes can make a big difference.
This resource provides information, suggested strategies, and links to resources that support Head Start staff in their efforts to engage parents and caregivers with disabilities and learning differences thoughtfully and intentionally.
Parents with disabilities and learning differences have the same opportunities as everyone to participate in Head Start programs. Learn about equity, ableism, and accessibility.
This webinar explores strategies and resources home visitors can use when partnering with parents to strengthen and nurture problem-solving skills and help children cope with challenges as they arise.
This resource offers an introductory guide that describes the key responsibilities, skills, and competencies of the family services staff in their journey with families and children in the program.
This webinar explores the foundations of home visiting and your role as a home visitor. Whether you are new to the role or a seasoned veteran, this video explores resources and strategies to support your work.