
Protective Factors Conversation Guides - Child Welfare …
Protective Factors Conversation Guides were created to help service providers engage caregivers in personalized conversations about the protective factors. Each set (one for each of the six protective factors) includes a guide for service providers and a worksheet for caregivers.
Episode 9: Prevention: Protective Factors - Part 1
This episode provides an overview of protective factors and helps listeners distinguish protective factors from risk factors. Guests provide examples of how child welfare professionals can recognize and work with parents and families to strengthen their protective factors.
Culture as a Protective Factor - Child Welfare Information Gateway
Find an overview of protective factors approaches to prevent child abuse and neglect and the concepts of protective and risk factors. In this brief, also discover ways to build protective capacities to help lower the risk of child abuse and neglect.
Promoting Protective Factors for Pregnant and Parenting Teens: A …
This factsheet presents information from a review of current research on specific protective factors that carry moderate or strong association with improved well-being for pregnant and parenting teens.
Prevention - Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children do best when they grow with their own families and remain safely connected to their family and community. Effective prevention strategies that reduce risk factors and build protective factors are vital to help whole families thrive and prevent …
Protective Factors Approaches in Child Welfare
This issue brief provides an overview of national protective factors approaches to prevent child abuse and neglect.
Promoting Protective Factors for In-Risk Families and Youth: A …
This factsheet presents information from a review of current research linking protective factors to well-being for the five in-risk populations served by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF): children exposed to domestic violence, homeless and runaway youth, pregnant and parenting teens, victims of child abuse and neglect ...
Knowledge of Parenting Protective Factor Conversation Guide
Knowledge of parenting and child development is an important protective factor. Parents who understand the usual course of child development are more likely to provide their children with developmentally appropriate limits, consistent rules and expectations, and opportunities that promote independence.
Parental Resilience Protective Factor Conversation Guide
Parents with resilience are better able to protect their children from stress and can help children learn critical self-regulation and problem-solving skills. All parents have strengths and resources that can serve as a foundation for building their resilience.
Episode 10: Prevention: Protective Factors, Part 2
Protective factors come in the forms of resources, supports, or coping strategies that allow parents to parent effectively, even under stress. 'Protective Factors, Part 2' is the second in a two-part series highlighting protective factors.