Staff and Families as Partners
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.
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.
Crisis and support hotlines can offer immediate help. They provide counseling, resources, and support that are confidential and free. Many are available 24 hours a day.
Narrated by pediatricians, these videos can help a busy early care and education workforce reinforce health and safety practices.
To keep children safe, early care education settings can develop plans to reduce the risk of hazards. Learn to identify risks and discover how it is key to develop protocols as part of regular program operations.
In this video, learn why sleep safety trainings are important in child care settings. Learn how to develop strategies and practices to keep our youngest children safe while in care.
Watch this video to learn about abusive head trauma. Discover prevention strategies to reduce the risks in early education settings.
Learn the importance of keeping children safe from harm. Find out ways to help protect children from abuse and maltreatment, both in early education settings and at home.
This video covers the importance of monitoring child development as well as guidelines for prevention of suspension and expulsion.