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Supervisors and Managers can use this resource as a guide to support staff in using a strengths-based approach in their work with families.

Explore this resource for strategies around talking with a family about their child's development to strengthen your partnerships.

Use this resource as a guide to prepare to talk with parents or caregivers who use violence in intimate relationships.

Find out why young children exhibit behaviors that may challenge us. Learn about strategies to try when you are feeling challenged by a child’s behavior.

Learn how to use the Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework to strengthen trauma-informed care. Find examples of how to support trauma-informed care and healing in programs and in systems of care.

Increase your knowledge and skills about trauma. Learn the definition of trauma, how we respond to traumatic events, and how traumatic events affect families.

Learn about reactions to others’ trauma and how to respond. We need to take care of ourselves when we work with people who have experienced trauma. The effects of those experiences on them can affect us, too.

Learn how to strengthen trauma-informed practices for staff. Review strategies staff can use to practice trauma-informed care. Find examples of how to support staff in a trauma-informed program.

Review strategies for coping with and healing from trauma. Learn how families’ strengths help the healing process.

Effective November 9, 2020, the Head Start Program Performance Standards at 45 CFR § 1304 Subpart B will read as shown in the PDF.