Struggling to Find a Communication Groove with Parents? You’re Not Alone.

Building strong, collaborative relationships with parents of young children can be challenging, but it’s also essential. This workshop offers concrete communication strategies to help you connect more effectively with families in home visits, therapy sessions, and other early childhood service settings. While many early intervention and home visiting programs emphasize parents as experts in their child’s development, power imbalances can sometimes complicate true partnership. In this session, we’ll explore practical ways to bridge that gap and build trust.

Topics include:

• Engaging in meaningful informal exchanges

• Acknowledging and building on child and family strengths

• Soliciting parents’ ideas and perspectives

• Understanding a parent’s point of view

• Showing care for the whole family

• Recognizing and responding to feelings

Join us to strengthen your communication toolkit and foster more authentic, empowering partnerships with families.

This training aligns with the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health® competencies, including Theoretical Foundations:  infant/young child family centered practice;  Direct Service Skills:  responding with empathy; and Working with Others: building & maintaining relationships or supporting others or empathy & compassion.

Presenter: Carol Young, IA-IECMH Consultant and Reflective Practice Coordinator

Free for Members; $35 for Non-Members