Standards Resource Guide
FAMILY STRENGTHENING
Trainings
Utilizing a family strengthening approach to support families to be strong, healthy, and safe, thereby promoting their success and optimal development.
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Protective Factors Training
Offered by FRIENDS
https://friendsnrcelearning.remote-learner.net/
Free
Online Learning Center Course on Protective Factors, Strengthening Families and Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect.
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Online Resources
Financial Health Institute
Offered by Financial Health Institute
https://financialhealthinstitute.org/
$9-$29/course
Financial courses for individuals, families, and professionals.
Ages and Stages
Offered by ASQ - Ages & Stages Questionnaires
Less than $500 (ASQ-3 Starter Kit: $295)
ASQ, a screening tool that unlocks critical knowledge about young children’s development.
PBS for Parents
Offered by PBS Kids for Parents
Free
Resources and information that specifically supports families in engaging the whole family in the child's learning. Select from several topics, such as science, literacy, social skills, and character, and organize resources by what the child's central interests are.
Protective Factors: Strengthening Families
Offered by FRIENDS
https://friendsnrc.org/friends-resources/online-learning-center/
Free
Designed to meet the demands of providing high-quality, subject-specific training. The Online Learning Center is designed to offer accessible continuing education and professional development opportunities that are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Strengthening Families
Offered by Center for the Study of Social Policy
Free
This report provides a synthesis of the ideas and research from the neurobiological, behavioral, and social sciences that further inform the evidence base of CSSP’s Strengthening Families Approach and Protective Factors Framework.
Help Me Grow: Strengthening Families and Supporting Caregiver Goals
Offered by Center for the Study of Social Policy
https://cssp.org/resource/help-me-grow-stregthening-families-supporting-caregiver-goals/
Free
This report describes how the Help Me Grow Model aligns with Strengthening Families. It includes updated (2023) definitions of the protective factors and core values of the Strengthening Families approach.
Protective Factors Action Sheets
Offered by Center for the Study of Social Policy
https://cssp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ProtectiveFactorsActionSheets.pdf
Free
Includes the research brief about each protective factor as well as an “action sheet” for service providers about their role in supporting families to build each protective factor. The action sheets include what to look for, questions to ask, and activities to do with parents related to each protective factor.
Protective Factors Survey
Offered by FRIENDS
https://friendsnrc.org/evaluation/protective-factors-survey/
Free
Designed for use with parents and caregivers participating in family support and child maltreatment prevention services. The survey is intended to help agencies and programs better assess changes in family protective factors.
Parents as Teachers
Offered by Parents As Teachers
https://parentsasteachers.org/
Free
Evidence-based early childhood parent education and family support program.
Empathy vs. Sympathy
Offered by Brené Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZBTYViDPlQ
Free
The video highlights the difference between Empathy and Sympathy.
Books & Articles
The 5 Love Languages of Children
Offered by Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell
The 5 Love Languages of Children
Paperback - $11.99 | Kindle - $8.07
• Discover your child’s love language
• Assist your child in successful learning
• Use the love languages to correct and discipline more effectively • Build a foundation of unconditional love for your child
• Plus: Find dozens of tips for practical ways to speak your child’s love language.
Discover child's primary language—then speak it—and you will be well on your way to a stronger relationship with your flourishing child.
The Whole Brain Child
Offered by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Less than $500
An approach to child rearing with twelve strategies that foster healthy brain development, leading to calmer, happier children.
No Drama Discipline
Offered by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Less than $500
Highlights the link between a child’s neurological development and the way a parent reacts to misbehavior. Provides an effective, compassionate road map for dealing with tantrums, tensions, and tears.
The Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life's Hurdles
Offered by Karen Reivich
The Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life's Hurdles
Less than $500
Authors share that resilience is not just an ability that we're born with and need to survive, but a skill that anyone can learn and improve in order to thrive.
The Orchid and the Dandelion
Offered by W. Thomas Bryce
Less than $500
A book that offers hope and a pathway to success for parents, teachers, psychologists, and child development experts coping with difficult children.
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What Happened to You? Book Club Offering with Discussion Guide available from Children's Trust Fund Alliance
Offered by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
Less than $500
Through deeply personal conversations, authors offer a groundbreaking and profound shift from asking “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”