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Table of Contents 

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Preface

Introduction
Overview
    Purpose
    Audience
    Performance Standards
    Organization
    Trainer or Coach Selection
    Instructions
Definition of Icons
At A Glance

Module 1
Partnering with Families
    Outcomes
    Key Concepts
    Background Information
    Activities
        Activity 1-1: Family Partnership Agreements
        Activity 1-2: Revisit! Review! Revise
        Activity 1-3: Strategies for Working as Family Partners
        Activity 1-4: Working as Family Partners
    Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice
    Handouts
        Handout 1: Program Scenarios: Family Partnerships
        Handout 2: Family Partnership Agreements
        Handout 3: Revisit! Review! Revise!
        Handout 4: Family Scenario: Strategies for Partnering with Families
        Handout 5: Self-Assessment: Partnering with Families

Module 2
Exploring Family Growth
    Outcomes
    Key Concepts
    Background Information
    Activities
        Activity 2-1: Family Growth
        Activity 2-2: Family Responsibilities
        Activity 2-3: Examining Family Growth
    Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice
    Handouts
        Handout 1: Family Growth: The Development of the Family Over Time
        Handout 2: Family Scenario: A Family Life Cycle
        Handout 3: Your Family Life Cycle
        Handout 4: Family Responsibilities
        Handout 5: Impacts and Supports
        Handout 6: The Family: Impacts and Supports
        Handout 7: Family Scenario: The Kelso Family
        Handout 8: The Kelso Family Life Cycle
        Handout 9: A Family Life Cycle.

Module 3
Making Family Goals a Reality
    Outcomes
    Key Concepts
    Background Information
    Activities
        Activity 3-1: Identifying Family Goals
        Activity 3-2: Achieving the Family's Goals
        Activity 3-3: Creating the Future
    Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice
    Handouts
        Handout 1: Identifying Family Goals
        Handout 2: Family Scenario: The Greene Family
        Handout 3: A Six-Step Approach for Achieving Family Goals
        Handout 4: Role Play: Achieving the Greene Family's Goals
        Handout 5: Worksheet for Achieving Family Goals
        Handout 6: Role Play: Observations and Discussion Guidelines

Module 4
Practicing Professionalism
    Outcomes
    Key Concepts
    Background Information
    Activities
        Activity 4-1: Developing Professionalism
        Activity 4-2: Record-Keeping
        Activity 4-3: Professionalism
        Activity 4-4: The Family Storybook
    Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice
    Handouts
        Handout 1: Clarifying Professional Terms
        Handout 2: Applying Head Start Policies and Procedures
        Handout 3: Recording Staff-Family Interactions
        Handout 4: Family Scenario: The Reagan Family
        Handout 5: Family Scenario: Record-Keeping Worksheet
        Handout 6: Family Scenario: Ongoing and Accurate Records
        Handout 7: Working on Professional Responsibilities
        Handout 8: Pages from a Family Storybook

Continuing Professional Development
    Continuing Education
    Skill-Building Activities
    Peer Study Groups

Resources
    Books and Articles
    Journals and Newsletters
    Organizations 

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