Principles of Family Support
The foundations of quality family support programs.
What are the Principles of Family Support, Protective Factors Framework, and the Two-Generation Approach?
These help to ensure families receive the basic necessities everyone deserves in order to grow.
What are Concrete Supports?
These build education, economic assets, social capital, and health and well-being.
What are Two-Generation Approaches?
These play a critical role in children's healthy development, learning, and future success in school.
What are families?
These help families understand what to expect and how to provide what children need during each developmental phase.
What are Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development?
Children's first, most essential teachers.
What are parents?
Services and systems that are fair, responsive, and accountable to the families served.
What do Family Support programs advocate for?
Families with this protective factor are more likely to achieve healthy, favorable outcomes.
What is Parental Resilience?
Raising A Reader is for them.
What are parents?
This principle of Family Support aligns with our core values of Respect, Connection, and Openness & Presence.
What is Staff and families work together in relationships based on equality and respect?
Story School participants strengthen these by meeting families, building relationships, and learning from one another.
What are Social Connections?
The key ingredient in children's brain development.
What are words?
Families' cultural, racial, and linguistic identities.
What do programs affirm and strengthen?
This skill is strengthened when children can identify and navigate their feelings (I'm mad at you!).
What is Social and Emotional Competence of Children?
Everywhere. Every day.
Where and when should we talk, sing, read, and play?