Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety

Home Visitor’s Guide to Helping Families Reduce the Spread of Illness

Use this resource to learn about healthy behaviors to reduce germs and how to share information with families during home visits.

Tummy Time Activities During Home Visits

Home visitors and others who work with families can use this resource to share information about tummy time, include tummy time in daily routines, and assess a family’s home to make sure tummy time is safe.

Responsive Feeding Tool for Home Visitors

Home visitors and others who work with families can use this resource to share information about responsive feeding, help families set up a positive eating environment, and look for responsive feeding behaviors.

Ask the Expert: Head Lice

This installment of The Ask the Expert series focuses on head lice. Listen as Dr. Sue Aronson and Dr. Barbara Frankowski answer questions about identification, recommended treatments, and how to talk to parents.

Healthy Home Visiting: Tummy Time Podcast

Listen to this podcast for home visitors on helping families promote tummy time with their babies.

Facilitating a Referral for Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families

Head Start program staff are required to work in partnership with families to ensure they have access to any needed mental health services. This brief is designed to: (1) provide guidance for Head Start program staff to identify mental health providers who best meet a family's needs, culture, and personality, and (2) offer ideas to overcome access barriers.

Tips for Keeping Infants and Toddlers Safe: A Developmental Guide for Home Visitors – Young Infants

Infants depend on their families for food, warmth, and care, and for meeting such basic needs as eating, diapering, sleeping, bonding, and safety. But all babies are unique. Some infants may settle easily and be capable of quickly soothing themselves.