FSW CORE TRAINING
Basic Details:
- 4 days
- For new hires or people new to the FSW position
- This is a Healthy Families America Training with some special adaptations for New York
Main Topics:
- What is Primary Prevention?
- What is HFA?
- Why is HFA needed?
- Why are services home-based?
- Overview of the HFA model of service delivery
- Overview of the NYS multi-site system
- Overview of the Kempe Family Stress Checklist and the Assessment Process
- Creative Outreach
- Communication styles and techniques
- The role of the Family Support Worker
- Introducing the Program
- Engaging families
- Strength-based, family-centered work
- Infant Temperament
- Qualities and characteristics of newborns
- The IFSP: Goal-setting with families
- Parent-Child Interaction and how to support it in home visits
- Observations and documentation
- Safety
- Boundaries
