This brief provides tips on how caseworkers can encourage parental resilience, knowledge of parenting and child development, social connections, support in times of need, and social emotional competence of children.
(2 pp)
Publications & Resources
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Building Blocks for Success
April 2017
(17 pp)
Brain Messages and Strategies for Supporting Early Brain Development
February 2016
This report explores three topics for working with families: infant brain development, use of an evocative object, and discussing with parents how babies learn and grow by using “brain messages.”
(16 pp)
EC-LINC Community Profile: Boston Birth to 8: Collective Impact Efforts
2016
This brief profiles Boston Birth to 8's origin, financing, goals, key strategies, measures of progress, structure and leadership, and parent involvement.
(2 pp)
Balancing ACEs with HOPE
2017
This report presents evidence for Health Outcomes of Positive Experiences based on data reinforcing the need to promote positive experiences for children and families in order to foster healthy development.
(32 pp)
Asthma Improvement Collaborative (AIC)
2016
This brief details the AIC's powerful approaches to evidence and their efforts to improve outcomes among disadvantaged children, families, youth, and neighborhoods.
(7 pp)
Action Plan: Supervisor Tool
This brief offers a way for supervisors to chart worker objectives, tasks, and target dates—towards a goal of increasing knowledge, building skill, and putting it all into practice.
(3 pp)
About Strengthening Families
This brief explains Strengthening Families five key approaches to increase family strengths, enhance child development, and reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect. It includes a framework logic model.
(2 pp)
Early Learning Community Action Guide and Assessment Tool
August 2024
The Early Learning Community Action Guide and Assessment Tool is designed to help communities focus their efforts around four key building blocks: commitment to making early childhood a priority, quality services that work for all young children and their families, neighborhoods where families can thrive, and policies that support and are responsive to families.
(80 pp)