1. Building Capacity of Professionals to Strengthen Families Resources for integrating Strengthening Families into training or professional development

2. A variety of approaches to build knowledge and capacity In-person or online training –In-depth, multi-day or multi-session courses –Half-day stand-alone courses or institutes –Two-hour overview Coaching to a Strengthening Families approach Staff meetings, brown bag lunch trainings Individualized technical assistance Integration in post-secondary education courses

3. Core content to be covered in any Strengthening Families training About Strengthening Families Protective factors and everyday actions Tools to support implementation Opportunities to apply new knowledge and perspective Links to additional resources

4. About Strengthening Families Use “Strengthening Families 101” slides as appropriate for your audienceStrengthening Families 101 Credit to the Center for the Study of Social Policy, and the state and national partners that support your implementation “Big ideas” behind the initiative: –Protective factors –An approach, not a model –A changed relationship with parents –Alignment with developmental science

5. Protective factors and everyday actions http://www.cssp.org/reform/strengthening- families/2014/SFProtectiveFactorsExpanded.pptx

6. Protective factors: Custom slides by field CSSP also provides additional slides customized for specific fields: –What we might see in the families we work with related to each protective factor –Specific actions a caseworker, teacher, etc., can take related to each protective factor

7. Tools to support implementation Training should always point people to tools that will help them make the shifts in their practice CSSP and partners have developed tools – both general and for specific fields –Program self-assessments (for center-based early care and education, family child care, home visiting, community-based programs) –Family assessment tools (adaptations of existing tools) –Accountability tools (Protective Factors Survey, staff survey) –System-level tools (contracting/RFP guide, leadership team tools)

8. Opportunities to apply new knowledge and perspective We all learn better with opportunities to reflect, process, think through application to our own lives and daily practice Always include activities that engage participants and help them reflect on: –The protective factors in their own lives –Possible applications in their work –Application to concrete situations they encounter

9. Links to additional resources Training participants should always learn about the wealth of resources available at www.strengtheningfamilies.netwww.strengtheningfamilies.net Other relevant resources from national partners, state- level partners, etc.

10. Beyond training: Coaching to a Strengthening Families approach Supervisors play an important role in ongoing professional development –Administrative (e.g., integration of protective factors into tools and processes) –Educational (e.g., directly providing or supporting participation in training; sharing information in supervision) –Supportive (e.g., helping workers practice self-care; reflection on cases and experiences; review of training portfolio)

11. Informing our thinking on using Strengthening Families in supervisory practice Changes in worker attitudes, behaviors and skills Critical Thinking Coaching Reflective Supervision Common Elements Worker is supported in examining their own thoughts, patterns and behaviors Core of supervision is built around the challenges worker is facing on the ground Supervisee leads the process Relationship mirrors the relationship we are striving for with parents

12. Resources in the field to support professional development Online training: www.ctfalliance.org/trainingwww.ctfalliance.org/training Trainings of trainers and/or materials offered by: –National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention FundsNational Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds –Idaho Toolbox TrainingIdaho Toolbox Training –Massachusetts Children’s TrustMassachusetts Children’s Trust –Be Strong FamiliesBe Strong Families –ZERO TO THREEZERO TO THREE Guidance for supervisors in child welfare is coming soon to www.strengtheningfamilies.netwww.strengtheningfamilies.net

13. https://twitter.com/CtrSocialPolicy https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-for-the-Study-of-Social-Policy www.cssp.org www.strengtheningfamilies.net