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A Design for Family Support

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Table of Contents | Preface | Introduction | Module 1 | Module 2 | Module 3
| Continuing Professional Development | Resources

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Overview
        Purpose
        Audience
        Trainer or Coach Selection
        Organization
        Instructions
Definition of Icons
At A Glance

Module 1: What is Family Support?

Outcomes
Key Concepts
Background Information
Instructions
Activity 1-1: Examining Ways of Working with Families
Activity 1-2: Applying the Principles of Family Support
Activity 1-3: Skill Development in Working with Families
Activity 1-4: Identifying Strategies and Skills to Family Support
Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice

Handout 1: Philosophy Cards, Trainer Materials (PDF/ 267KB)
Handout 2: Defining Family Support (PDF/ 38KB)
Handout 3: Family Support Principles (PDF/ 56KB)
Handout 4: Building Blocks to Family Support (PDF/ 39KB)
Handout 5: Family Support Practices and Skills (PDF/ 87KB)
Handout 6: Family Scenario: The Hardy Family (PDF/ 159KB)
Handout 7: Back Home Plans (PDF/ 48KB)
Handout 8: Reflections of a Family Support Program (PDF/ 27KB)

Module 2: making it work

Outcomes
Key Concepts
Background Information
Instructions
Activity 2-1: Demonstrating Supportive Behaviors
Activity 2-2: Developing Skills in Partnership Talk
Activity 2-3: Practicing Partnership Talk
Activity 2-4: Joining with a Family
Activity 2-5: Strategies for Building Staff-Family Partnerships
Activity 2-6: Addressing Challenging Behaviors
Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice

Handout 1: What Families Might Say (PDF/ 105KB)
Handout 2: Ways to Encourage Partnership Talk (PDF/ 68KB)
Handout 3: Role Play: The Billing Family (PDF/ 116KB)
Handout 4: Role Play Observation Guidelines (PDF/ 33KB)
Handout 5: Exploring Staff Interactions (PDF/ 42KB)
Handout 6: Challenging Behaviors (PDF/ 71KB)
Handout 7: Addressing Challenging Behaviors (PDF/ 57KB)
Handout 8: Back Home Plans (PDF/ 51KB)

Module 3: Promoting Collaboration: From Recruitment to Transition

Outcomes
Key Concepts
Background Information
Activity 3-1: A Family We Know
Activity 3-2: How Can I Help?
Activity 3-3: Building and Sustaining Relationships
Activity 3-4: You Can do It! Making New Connections
Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice

Handout 1: Areas of Family Strengths (PDF/ 44KB)
Handout 2: Strategies for Exploring Family Strengths (PDF/ 35KB)
Handout 3: Reframing Common Terms (PDF/ 46KB)
Handout 4: Reframing the Marcus Family (PDF/ 86KB)
Handout 5: Strategies for Identifying Key Players in the Family's Life (PDF/ 43KB)
Handout 6: Back Home Plans (PDF/ 49KB)

Continuing Professional Development

Resources