Section 3 Sharing Special Topic Books with Children
PDF for Section 3 Sharing Special Topic Books with Children.
Understanding Family Engagement Outcomes: Research to Practice Series
The Research to Practice Series addresses each of the Family Engagement Outcomes of the Office of Head Start (OHS) Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (PFCE) Framework.
Engaging Fathers Viewer's Guide
This brief tool offers guidelines for individual viewers to use with the Engaging Fathers video. It provides an overview of the video, highlights PFCE Framework strategies and outcomes to watch for, and lists a few questions for the viewer to consider.
Section 2 Understanding Children’s Needs
Head Start has a long and rich history of supporting the healthy development of young children. While we know that the development of children is individual, experts seem to agree that there are some key needs that must be met for children to develop in optimal ways. This session is designed to help professionals explore the seven needs outlined by early childhood experts, Brazelton and Greenspan and discuss strategies for meeting these needs in families, communities and classrooms.
Strengthening Families and Fatherhood: Children of Fathers in the Criminal Justice System
PDF: Executive summary of the Final Evaluation Report. July 1, 2005-June 30, 2008.
Annotated Bibliography/Webliography of Fatherhood Curricula
PDF for Annotated Bibliography/Webliography of Fatherhood Curricula.
Journeys of Hope and Courage - The Storytelling Technique
Storytelling is a powerful technique to begin building relationships with migrant families. This video describes how storytelling has opened up new ways for Head Start and Early Head Start programs to connect with families.
Fathers for Life: Strengthening Families and Fatherhood: Children of Fathers in the Criminal Justice System
This resource was developed under an Innovation and Improvement Project grant from the Office of Head Start with the goal to encourage and support positive relationships of families with infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children of incarcerated fathers or fathers on probation or parole. Head Start programs may find this resource useful.
Father Engagement is Everybody’s Business Webinar
This webinar introduces a new resource from the Office of Head Start, Head Start Father Engagement: A Birth to Five Programming Guide. Presenters draw on the Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (PFCE) Framework to identify systemic and integrated strategies for father engagement. They provide an overview of current research, discuss program planning, and identify professional development activities that will support program efforts.
Las Manos de Apá Resources
This set of resources is designed to support Latino fathers as early literacy models for their children. The resources outline creating father-friendly environments, building community supports, sharing stories, and supporting early literacy for young children. Head Start and Early Head Start staff may find these practice models useful when working with Latino fathers. Many of the resources and activities are in English and Spanish.