Touchpoints: The How of Child and Family Engagement Deb Norris November 5, 2024

The Touchpoints Approach is an evidence-based method for building strong family-child relationships from before birth through age five. This intensive training program provides a practical, preventive approach that supports professionals in forming strengths-based partnerships with families. Providers who implement Touchpoints in their practice partner with families to lay the vital foundation for children’s early learning, healthy development and family engagement.

What you will practice: • Strategies for building partnerships with parents that promote family strengths. • A framework to understand why children’s behavior can sometimes be challenging and confusing. • Techniques for talking with families about child development concerns. • How to actively listen to families and collaboratively solve problems related to child development and family relationships.

Topics covered in the courses include: • Newborn, 9-month and Toddler Touchpoints of a child’s development • Being culturally responsive • Touchpoints principles of relationship-based practice • Providing anticipatory guidance

The seven-module course is presented in seven 1.5-hour live sessions via Zoom and1.5-hours of asynchronous work online, followed by six monthly one-hour reflective practice sessions. Certification is granted upon completion of both the training and reflective practice. Attendance is required for all sessions; sessions are not recorded.