Strengthening Families is a research-informed approach to increase family strengths, enhance child development and reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect. It is a systems development approach based on engaging families, programs and communities in building five protective factors: parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, concrete support in times of need, social and emotional competence of children. Supported by helpful material that can be adopted and adapted for any program or service sector, including a program self-assessment to improve practice, an online data system, an online training curriculum, and the Strengthening Families national network.
Strengthening Families
Topics:
Other Parenting Education Socio-emotional Development for Children
Approaches:
Benchmarks:
Intimate Partner Violence Reading to Child Daily
Evidence Rating: I. Evidence-based practices—have been rigorously evaluated and shown to be effective by MCH experts.