Sensitive Conversations with Families
This podcast supports Early Head Start and Head Start staff to hold sensitive conversations with families on topics occurring outside of the classroom.
Trauma-informed practices are ways to help and understand people who have experienced trauma. The practices include policies and actions that make sure we don’t cause people impacted by trauma more harm. Explore these resources to learn more about how to adopt trauma-informed practices to promote healing.
This podcast supports Early Head Start and Head Start staff to hold sensitive conversations with families on topics occurring outside of the classroom.
Explore how staff can plan and prepare before a natural disaster for the mental health needs of children, families, and staff that follow in the wake of an event.
When staff and families partner together, resilience and healing can occur for young children. Discover supports for staff and mental health consultants around trauma-informed care.
Supporting families who are facing trauma is a critical component of the Head Start Heals campaign. Addressing potential sources of trauma families may experience is key to support healing and resiliency.
Supporting children who are facing trauma is a major part of the Head Start Heals campaign. Knowing the signs, symptoms, and supports for children who have experienced trauma fosters healing and resiliency.
Explore strategies from the Pyramid Model that are relevant in a stressful time, like a pandemic. Learn how the disruption of routines may add more intensity to preexisting trauma for children and their families.
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.
Increase your knowledge and skills about trauma. Learn the definition of trauma, how we respond to traumatic events, and how traumatic events affect families.
In this webinar, hear from experts about trauma-informed care. Find out how it aligns with the Pyramid Model and what it means for early childhood programs.