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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

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