Family Connections: A Preventive and System-Wide Training Guide and Mental Health Consultation Model

Family Connections is a preventive, system-wide mental health consultation and training approach to strengthen the capacity of early learning teachers and administrators. Although these resources were designed specifically for Head Start programs, all early learning educators and administrators will benefit from using these principles, resources, and tools. You’ll find resources geared towards helping families dealing with parental depression and other adversities, tools to work with children in classrooms and in the home, and strategies for positive engagement of and communications with families working through these types of challenges.