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Read new documents to encourage Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) collaboration between state agencies, local agencies, and Head Start programs.
Explore strategies to encourage strong and positive parent-child relationships. Discover how to use family engagement efforts that include valuing, respecting, and supporting families.
Learn how programs can enhance community engagement and partner with families. This series is intended to guide efforts to strengthen child and family outcomes.
A strong relationship between families and Head Start staff is essential to promoting healthy child development and positive learning outcomes. Strong relationships are rooted in trust and comfort, which you can build by being genuine, sincere, curious about them and their goals, and supporting them as they work toward those goals.
Learn how home visitors can effectively engage with families and support parents in their role as their child's first teacher. Explore the benefits for families enrolled in the home-based option.
A New Mexico Head Start Program describes – in this video- how prepares children and families for their transition to Kindergarten through strong partnerships.
Learn how to effectively partner with families of children with disabilities. This partnership not only promotes children’s learning and development, but also supports family learning, advocacy, and leadership skills.
Explore ways to partner with families when there is child welfare agency involvement. Find out how to use both a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach to build trusting relationships with families.
Explore the strategies that Early Education Services in Brattleboro, VT uses to engage fathers in their children's learning and development. In this Head Start program, dedicated fathers learn from one another and make connections. They also learn to build a community that helps them fulfill their role as one of the most important people in their children's lives.
Explore these resources to learn ways to enhance your program’s father engagement efforts.
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