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Promoting Healthy Families in Your Community : 2008 Resource Packet

Author(s):  Child Welfare Information Gateway, Children's Bureau, FRIENDS National Resource Center For Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention

Year Published:  2008

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You are in section: Table of Contents Letter from the Associate Commissioner About This Packet Protective Factors for Promoting… Partnering With Parents and… Promoting the Five Protective… Nurturing and Attachment Knowledge of Parenting and… Parental Resilience Social Connections Concrete Supports for Parents Using Tip Sheets for Parents Bonding With Your Baby Usted y su bebé: El lazo que los une Dealing With Temper Tantrums Los berrinches Setting Rules With Teens Los adolescentes y las reglas Finding Help When You Need It Obtenga ayuda cuando la necesite Raising Your Grandchildren Cómo criar al hijo de un pariente Tools for Engaging Your Community Talking Points Community Strategies Pitching Story Ideas to the Media Understanding Child Abuse and… Reporting Child Maltreatment National Organizations That Protect…

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This Resource Guide was written to support service providers in their work with parents, caregivers, and their children to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect. The guide includes information about protective factors that help reduce the risk of child maltreatment, strategies for changing how communities support families, and evidence-informed practices. It also offers suggestions for enhancing protective factors in families, tools to build awareness and develop community partnerships, information about child abuse and neglect, a directory of national organizations that work to strengthen families, and tip sheets in English and Spanish on specific parenting topics.

Table of Contents

Letter from the Associate Commissioner

Chapter 1: Overview

About This Packet

Protective Factors for Promoting Healthy Families

Partnering With Parents and Caregivers

Chapter 2: The Five Protective Factors

Promoting the Five Protective Factors

Nurturing and Attachment

Knowledge of Parenting and of Child and Youth Development

Parental Resilience

Social Connections

Concrete Supports for Parents

Chapter 3: Tip Sheets for Parents

Using Tip Sheets for Parents

Bonding With Your Baby

Usted y su bebé: El lazo que los une

Dealing With Temper Tantrums

Los berrinches

Setting Rules With Teens

Los adolescentes y las reglas

Finding Help When You Need It

Obtenga ayuda cuando la necesite

Raising Your Grandchildren

Cómo criar al hijo de un pariente

Chapter 4: Engaging Your Community

Tools for Engaging Your Community

Talking Points

Community Strategies

Pitching Story Ideas to the Media

Chapter 5: When Children Are at Risk

Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect

Reporting Child Maltreatment

National Organizations That Protect Children and Promote Healthy Families

You are in section: Table of Contents Letter from the Associate Commissioner About This Packet Protective Factors for Promoting… Partnering With Parents and… Promoting the Five Protective… Nurturing and Attachment Knowledge of Parenting and… Parental Resilience Social Connections Concrete Supports for Parents Using Tip Sheets for Parents Bonding With Your Baby Usted y su bebé: El lazo que los une Dealing With Temper Tantrums Los berrinches Setting Rules With Teens Los adolescentes y las reglas Finding Help When You Need It Obtenga ayuda cuando la necesite Raising Your Grandchildren Cómo criar al hijo de un pariente Tools for Engaging Your Community Talking Points Community Strategies Pitching Story Ideas to the Media Understanding Child Abuse and… Reporting Child Maltreatment National Organizations That Protect…

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Updated on October 9, 2009