Professional Learning and Development

Federal Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Resources

• Health Resources and Services Administration
• Video Overview of MIECHV
• Strengthening the MIECHV Home Visiting Work Force
• MIECHV Orientation Guide
• Best Practices for Onboarding New MIECHV Employees: A Toolkit
• Home Visiting's Two-Generation Approach
• Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness

National Home Visiting Websites

• Child Trends
• Institute for the Advancement of Family Support Professionals
• Institute for Home Visiting Workforce Development
  • National Strategy Report 
  • Data Dashboard
• National Home Visiting Resource Center
• Rapid Response Home Visiting

Region X Innovation Grant Supporting Workforce Development 

This four-state collaborative work took place from 2017-2019 and yielded valuable workforce findings, elevating home visiting staff voice through a formative evaluation of multiple workforce initiatives.

• Workforce Study Full Report 
• Region X Workforce Study Racial Equity Brief
• Region X Workforce Study Rural-Urban Research Memo
• Region X Final Evaluation Report
• Region X Final Evaluation Report Appendices 

Leadership Resources 

• Calculating the Financial Benefit from Reducing Employee Turnover
• Workforce Well-being: Strategies to Engage Leadership
• Considerations for Supporting the Home Visiting Workforce Under MIECHV Reauthorization
• Home Visiting Workforce Needs Assessment Tool
• Embedding Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation in MIECHV Programs

Resources to Deepen Family Support Capacity 

• Understanding Early Relational Health 
• Strengthening Relationships with Families
• Helping Families Thrive
• Celebrating Indigenous Family and Cultural Strengths and Promoting Health Equity
• 2Gen Approach to Build Family Well-being
• Crisis Respite Tools and Resources

Home Visiting Staff Onboarding and Safety Resources 

• New Employees
  • The Institute for the Advancement of Family Support Professionals offers a pre-assessment and series of introductory webinars to support home visitors and supervisors new to home visiting:
    • Pre-Assessment
    • Home Visiting 101: Why Home Visiting
    • Home Visiting 102: Skills and Strategies for Successful Home Visits
    • Home Visiting 103: Professional Practice 
  • Onboarding Template
  • Mandatory Reporter Online Training 
  • Mandatory Reporter Toolkit
• Safety Resources 
  • Head Start Home Visitor Supervisor's Handbook
  • MIECHV Training Module Home Visitor Safety
  • Prioritizing Home Visitor Safety: Strategies to Support the Home Visiting Workforce
  • Home Visitors and Domestic Violence
  • First 5 LA: Home Visitor Safety and Self Defense

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

• Brazelton Touchpoints Center
• Cooper House: An infant and early childhood mental health clinic is Seattle
• The Center for Early Relational Health: Authorized by the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental health to offer the Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-focused Practice Promoting Infant Mental Health (IMH-E®)
• The Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health
• Thrive Center for Children, Families and Communities at Georgetown
• Zero to Three: An organization dedicated to advancing early childhood development.

Substance Use Disorder, Behavioral Health, and Recovery

• Compassion and Care — Supporting Women with Substance Use Disorders and their Newborns
• Health Care Authority: Behavioral health and recovery
• Family Mental Health
• Mental Health First Aid International: A non-profit provider of mental health first aid education that equips individuals with knowledge and skills to support others.
• Resources for providers and the families they support
• Supporting Caregivers affected by substance misuse
• Indigenous Connectedness Framework
• Improving Coordination between Home Visiting and Child Welfare 
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
• Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute, University of Washington: Source for regional research, trainings, and webinars
• Stopoverdose.org: A Washington state resource for individual and community response to opioid overdose
• Opioid Resources for Providers

Reflective Practices 

• The Transformative Power of Practice
• Reflective Supervision Wheel 
• Reflective Coaching Approach 
• The Intersection of Leadership and Vulnerability
• Reflective Supervision: Best Practice Guidelines
• Region X
  • Reflective Supervision Guidelines
  • Reflective Supervision Self-Assessment Tools (English | Spanish) 
• Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN): A metacognitive tool for reflective practice and supervision
  • Regional Providers of FAN Trainings 
  • Erickson Institute - FAN approach
  • Region X Evaluation Brief on FAN
• NEAR@Home Toolkit 
  • Region x Evaluation Brief on NEAR@Home

Workforce and Workplace Well-Being

• Recruiting and Retaining New Staff
  • Fostering Home Visitor (HV) Peer Relationships
  • Integrating HV Voices for Systems Change
  • Recognizing HV Accomplishments 
  • Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Qualified HV
  • Workforce Well-Being Infographic
• Caring for Self
  • HeadStart Tips to Support Staff Wellness
  • Providers: Taking Care of Ourselves
  • Staff Wellness Webinar
  • Mental Health and Well-Being Among Home Visitors
  • Reflections on the Relevance of “Self-Regulation” for Native Communities
• Mindfulness and Well-being Resources
  • UW Center for Child and Family Well-being 
  • Resilience Expert Offers Three Ways to Tap into the Wisdom of the Body
  • Greater Good Magazine
• Workplace Well-Being 
  • Culture of Wellness Organizational Self-Assessment 
  • Region X Design Thinking for Well-being Toolkit