This handout, part of the Strengthening Families curriculum, comes from the Youth Thrive program and discuses the importance of youth having social connections who care, who are non-judgmental listeners, who offer guidance, and who encourage high expectations.
(2 pp)
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Strengthening Families Curriculum: Knowledge of Adolescent Development
This handout, part of the Strengthening Families curriculum, comes from the Youth Thrive program and discusses the importance of having accurate information about adolescent development; beliefs about youth influence perceptions and treatment of young people.
(2 pp)
Strengthening Families Curriculum Handout: Taking Care of Yourself
This handout, part of the Strengthening Families curriculum, is for caseworkers discussing how putting Protective Factors into play in their own lives can help them confront the daily challenges of doing child welfare work.
(2 pp)
Strengthening Families Curriculum: Social-Emotional Skill Building Worksheet
This worksheet, part of the Strengthening Families curriculum, gives caseworkers some simple activities to do with children help match them to four social-emotional skill-building areas.
(2 pp)
Strengthening Families Curriculum: Helping Parents Build Knowledge and Parenting Skills
This handout, part of the Strengthening Families curriculum, is for caseworkers to help them devise action plans for how they would engage with a parent on various parenting issues.
(1 p)
Strengthening Families Curriculum: Making an Ecomap
This handout, part of the Strengthening Families curriculum, is for caseworkers to help individuals map out the nature of their relationship to the various systems that surround them on a daily basis.
(1 p)
Strengthening Families Curriculum: Social-Emotional Competence of Children
This handout, part of the Strengthening Families curriculum, is for caseworkers discussing the strong link between young children’s social-emotional competence and their cognitive development, language skills, mental health, and school success.
(2 pp)
Strengthening Families Curriculum: Concrete Supports
This handout, part of the Strengthening Families curriculum, is for caseworkers discussing the importance of helping parents identify, find, and receive concrete supports. This will ensure that they receive necessities everyone needs and deserves.
(2 pp)
Strengthening Families Curriculum: Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development
This handout, part of the Strengthening Families curriculum, is for caseworkers discussing the importance of educating parents on parenting strategies and child development. This knowledge helps parents recognize what children need during developmental stages.
(2 pp)
Strengthening Families Curriculum: Social Connections
This handout, part of the Strengthening Families curriculum, is for caseworkers discussing the importance of constructive and supportive social connections—relationships with family members, friends, neighbors, co-workers, community members, and service providers.
(2 pp)