Relationship-based Practices: Talking with Families About Developmental Concerns
In this interactive simulation, practice using relationship-based communications skills to raise and discuss concerns about a child’s development with the family.
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Family Engagement
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 Family Partnership Process: Engaging and Goal-Setting with Families
Strong, healthy families give their children the best chance at success in school and in life. The Family Goal-Setting Guide explores how strong partnerships can positively influence the goals families set in the Family Partnership Process.
Partnerships for Change: Listening to the Voices of Families
This video shows how a program can partner effectively with families and community organizations to contribute to children’s school readiness.
Research to Practice Series: Positive Parent‐Child Relationships
Find strategies for addressing the PFCE Framework family engagement outcome, "Positive Parent-Child Relationships." Positive parent-child relationships provide the foundation for children's learning. Children discover how to manage emotions and behaviors and establish healthy bonds. They learn to adjust to new situations and resolve conflicts. These important skills help lead to success in school. Head Start and Early Head Start staff may use this resource to strengthen their understanding and look at ways to encourage positive relationships in their programs.
Understanding Family Engagement Outcomes: Research to Practice Series
The Research to Practice Series addresses each of the Family Engagement Outcomes of the Office of Head Start (OHS) Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (PFCE) Framework.
Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Simulation: Boosting School Readiness Through Effective Family Engagement Series
What you do and say matters! Explore and practice everyday strategies to develop Positive Goal-Oriented Relationships with a family.
Engaging Families from the Start
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.
Goal Setting with Families
The goals of the Head Start training are to develop skills and practices for developing strong relationships with families in order to help families identify and set goals.
Starting with Strengths in Challenging Times
Learn about these five strategies to partner with families going through a challenging situation.
Journeys of Hope and Courage - Introduction
Discover the importance of storytelling when collaborating and developing relationships with children and families. Learn to communicate with families and understand their values, strengths, and goals for the future.
