Resources
Professional development and prevention resources for family support staff.
Professional development and prevention resources for family support staff.
This resource hub offers tools, trainings, and guidance for those supporting children and families — clinicians, educators, case managers, and community leaders — to strengthen practice and foster safe, thriving environments.
Discover services and resources that can support you, your family, or the families you serve. This resource, powered by FindHelp, is brought to you by the Children’s Trust of Massachusetts.
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Explore PSB guidance from SafeKidsThrive.org developed in collaboration with the Office of the Child Advocate (OCA).
Read More about Understanding Problematic Sexual Behavior
Research shows that children benefit in powerful and lasting ways when their fathers are present and engaged in their lives. Father involvement is associated with improved cognitive development, social skills, independence, and academic achievement.
Read More about Engaging Fathers in Family Support Work
People who work with families are uniquely positioned to help immigrant parents navigate the fear and confusion that can come with changing laws and policies.
Read More about Supporting Immigrant Families: What the Family Support Workforce Needs to Know
This interactive, skills-based Family Support Friday workshop centers co-regulation as a critical form of postpartum care and presents this period as a relational process.
Read More about Care in the Fourth Trimester: Co-Regulation, Stress, and Practical Tools for Postpartum Families
This session, led by Matthew Kincaid of Overcoming Racism, examines how historical assumptions about poverty, race, and parenting influence contemporary decision-making.
Read More about Educational Series: How Systems Read Families: Standpoint, Power, and Decision-Making
In this Family Support Friday, participants will learn what porn literacy really means, why silence doesn’t keep kids safe, and how simple, age-appropriate conversations can reduce vulnerability to sextortion, grooming, and other online sexual harm.
Read More about Porn Literacy: What Kids Need to Know to Stay Protected Online
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