Resources About Diverse Family Structures
Expand your knowledge with the latest information and research about partnering with parents who identify as LGBTQIA2S+. Discover how to create inclusive early childhood settings.
Expand your knowledge with the latest information and research about partnering with parents who identify as LGBTQIA2S+. Discover how to create inclusive early childhood settings.
This resource features age-appropriate books to read with children about different kinds of family structures. Use them as inspiration to create an early childhood setting that welcomes LGBTQIA2S+ families.
Check out this summary of successful transitions to kindergarten activities that were planned and implemented by the teams in the Head Start-Public Schools Collaboration Demonstration Project (CDP).
Supervisors and Managers can use this resource as a guide to support staff in using a strengths-based approach in their work with families.
Explore this resource for strategies around talking with a family about their child's development to strengthen your partnerships.
Use this resource as a guide to prepare to talk with parents or caregivers who use violence in intimate relationships.
Find out why young children exhibit behaviors that may challenge us. Learn about strategies to try when you are feeling challenged by a child’s behavior.
Learn how to strengthen trauma-informed practices for staff. Review strategies staff can use to practice trauma-informed care. Find examples of how to support staff in a trauma-informed program.
Learn how to use the Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework to strengthen trauma-informed care. Find examples of how to support trauma-informed care and healing in programs and in systems of care.
Review strategies for coping with and healing from trauma. Learn how families’ strengths help the healing process.