"Strong Roots & Good Soil:
Your Work with Parents, Children and
Protective Factors" - Bridgeport, WV
Since the introduction of the Strengthening Families approach, advances in knowledge have deepened our understanding about child development and behavior, developmental impacts of trauma, and pathways to child and family well-being. We now know that families gain what they need to be successful when key protective factors are robust in their lives and communities.
West Virginia’s Strengthening Families orientation training is highly interactive and focuses on ways for workers to “enrich the soil” of positive relationships and everyday actions, to build “strong roots” for child and family well-being.
Learning Goals:
1. Early care and education providers, home visitors, caseworkers and others will learn about the Strengthening Families Approach and the Five Protective Factors, and why they are important to healthy child development.
2. The participant will learn the importance of the role of the Early Care & Education providers in helping families to build the protective factors through simple everyday actions, resulting in stronger families and communities.
3. The participant will be equipped to use specific approaches to enhance positive interactions and relationships with parents and caregivers, and to strengthen protective factors in children and families.
Application is being submitted for WV STARS continuing education credit.
CEU’s pending approval from the Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health for Nursing through the WV Board of Examiners for Registered Nurses, License # WV1999-0297, Social Work through the WV Board of Social Work Examiners, License # 490089.
This training is offered free of charge with support from the West Virginia Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health through combined funding from federal Project Launch, Home Visitation and Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems grants.
For more information, email
info@strengtheningfamilieswv.org
- Participants will also receive a Strengthening Families Tote Bag and Toolkit (valued at over $50) that includes resource guides, and materials to demonstrate protective factors to families and community members.
- Lunch will be served.
SPACE LIMITED TO THE FIRST 33 INDIVIDUALS TO REGISTER
BY AUGUST 10, 2016!