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Professionals were interested in training opportunities that allowed them to get to know the work of other agencies. This session is a cross-training professional development opportunity creates that provides an opportunity for 3 groups of professionals who work with families of young children, such as Child Support, Head Start. and Probation and Parole staff to learn about the work of each other’s agencies and to build relationships that will allow them to better serve families and fathers. Nearly 100 participants evaluated the training highly, with 85% agreeing that the overall content of the training was very valuable.

The overall goal of Fathers for Life is to strengthen low-income families with children that have fathers who are incarcerated, on probation or on parole.

Early childhood programs improve learning outcomes when they implement policies to reduce and eliminate preschool expulsion.

Use this tip sheet to identify the signs of depression. It can be shared with parents so that they learn how to take care of themselves and seek help when necessary.

During the course of a child’s life, change is inevitable. Families move, siblings are born, school begins and, consequently, transitions happen. Knowing about children’s development can help us understand how children respond to transition. In addition, when program staff collaborate with families, they can learn how individual children experience change. Staff can also learn how to help children feel secure and comfortable during transition.

Share these posters with families to help them identify daily routines and learn how to increase positive social and emotional support throughout the day.

Use these posters to support families with infants. Share tips for how parents can support infants' social and emotional development.

Use these posters to support families with toddlers. Share these tips for how parents can to help them support toddlers' social and emotional development.

Use the Partnerships Elements Worksheet when planning and developing partnerships. Also, find out what these programs found important to build and sustain successful partnerships.

Learn strategies to communicate and collaborate with other ECE programs, elementary schools, and community stakeholders. This brief identifies ways programs can promote continuity between programs.