Family-Centered Care: Enhancing Practices for Families with Young Children

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Explain the fundamentals of family-centered care.

Outline the benefits of utilizing a family-centered care approach along with other family engagement practices.

Explain how Texas Safe Babies tools can help implement family-centered care approach in your practice.

Discuss the common barriers and solutions to implementing family-centered care.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Family-Centered Care: Enhancing Practices for Families with Young Children course is designed to equip learners with the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure the safety and well-being of infants and young children across Texas. It covers tools from the The Texas Safe Babies initiative to prevent child abuse and neglect by promoting safe environments for our youngest citizens. Through this training, you will learn about the fundamentals of family-centered care and discuss ways to implement this care approach in your practice starting today.

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CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION

 

Family-Centered Care: Enhancing Practices for Families with Young Children

Presented by:

Dorothy Mandell, Ph.D

Associate Professor
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston 

Leila Wood, Ph.D

 Professor
Director of Research and Evaluation, VIPR and Center for Violence Prevention

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Aly Kramer Jacobs, LMSW

Project Manager
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Beth Van Horne, Ph.D

Professor
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston 

 

Continuing Public Health (CPH)

Up to 1 CPH Recertification Credits may be earned at this event.

Time to complete this module: 60 minutes

Original release date: 06/02/2025

End date: 06/02/2027

*CPH is not available after the end date