This brief offers a project summary for the two-generation approach to family well-being. It outlines research conducted, findings, products, implications for other early childhood systems, and next steps.
(2 pp)
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Transformational Relationships for Youth Success
November 2017
This report explores how CSSP and the Dartington Social Research Unit (UK) studied transformational relationships between youth and workers in a wide range of circumstances and settings.
(23 pp)
Brief
Defining Toxic Stress from a Community Perspective
This brief, building on the definition set by the Harvard Center for the Developing Child, defines what toxic stress is, why it is of concern, and how communities can respond.
(1 p)
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Strengthening Families Curriculum: Tools to Support Strengthening Families Implementation
This lesson plan, part of the Strengthening Families curriculum, is designed to help participants obtain a broader understanding of the tools available to support implementation of the Strengthening Families approach.
(22 pp)
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The Core Components of the Safe Babies Court Team Approach (SBCT)
2016
This brief discusses how SBCT implements its 12 core components locally, utilizing knowledge of their community to find solutions that meet the developmental needs of infants and toddlers in foster care.
(5 pp)
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Strengthening Families Curriculum: Taking a Community Approach to Strengthening Families
This lesson plan, from the Strengthening Families curriculum, is designed to help participants obtain a broader understanding of how community work can support the Strengthening Families approach and vice versa.
(18 pp)
Brief
Taking Care of Yourself: Self-Care for Child Welfare Workers
This brief discusses the importance for child welfare workers to take care of themselves and ways they can use the five protective factors to promote their own well-being.
(2 pp)
Brief
STRONG: Teaching the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework
This brief is a flyer for Butterfly TTT LLC, a training and consulting firm specializing in promoting the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework through training, consulting, and technical assistance.
(2 pp)
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A Strengths-Based Approach to Screening Families for Health-Related Social Needs
January 2018
This brief builds on recent scholarship on strategies to avoid unintended consequences when screening for health-related social needs and presents six recommendations for operationalizing a strengths-based approach to such screenings.
(30 pp)
PowerPoint
Strengthening Families 101
2018
This PowerPoint is an extensive introduction to Strengthening Families. It outlines its “four big ideas,” the five protective factors, pathways for improved outcomes, and implementation data.
(30 pp)