For Providers Guides

Overview

For Providers

Dear Provider of Services for Families in Yolo County,

Yolo County Children’s Alliance is excited to share our resources for families with you. We hope you find these resources helpful in your work with families. Click on one of the guides to learn more:

Handling Your Child’s Challenging Behaviors at Every Age

2020 Child Abuse Prevention Month Campaign

The Yolo County Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) and Yolo County Children’s Alliance (YCCA) are excited to share Handling Your Child’s Challenging Behaviors at Every Age. This new resource for parents and caregivers provides positive discipline tips and resources to handle challenging behaviors in babies, toddlers, preschoolers, school-age children, and teenagers.

This guide supports the following protective factors known to strengthen families and reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect: knowledge of parenting and child development and social and emotional competence of children.

Please help support and strengthen families by sharing this guide or website with them!

Nurturing Children During Times of Stress: A Guide to Help Children Bloom

2019 Child Abuse Prevention Month Campaign

The Yolo County Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) and Yolo County Children’s Alliance (YCCA) are excited to share Nurturing Children During Times of Stress: A Guide to Help Children Bloom. This guide contains tips and resources that parents and caregivers can use to promote resilience in their children and themselves. The guide explains the effects of intense stress or Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Adverse Community Environments, focusing on prevention and emphasizing that healing is possible at any age. 

This guide supports the following protective factors known to strengthen families and reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect: parental resilience, concrete support in times of need, and social and emotional competence of children.

We hope these resources help you strengthen families by reducing the effects of stress on parents and children!

 

Weathering the Storms: A Guide to Healthy Expressions of Emotions for Parents and Children

2018 Child Abuse Prevention Month Campaign

Weathering the Storms: A Guide to Healthy Expressions of Emotions for Parents and Children discusses how to identify emotions, the importance of empathy, and how to prevent and weather emotional storms.

In addition to teaching parents and children about the healthy expressions of emotions, the Weathering the Storms guide supports the following protective factors known to strengthen families and reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect: parental resilience, knowledge of parenting and child development, and social and emotional competence.

  • Click HERE to download the Weathering the Storms guide in English, Spanish, and Russian. The guide is designed to help parents teach their children to identify and express feelings in a healthy way, while also developing skills to better regulate their own emotions. Weathering the Storms covers identifying emotions and the power of empathy, using calming activities when emotions are building, weathering emotional storms by waiting before talking, responding to emotions in the calm after the storm, and learning to predict future storms.
     
  • To distribute Weathering the Storms to parents, you can share the link, download and print the document, or request hard copies from Natalie Audage at Natalie.Audage@yolocounty.org.
     
  • Use questions in the Conversation Starters for Providers document HERE to introduce and talk about healthy expressions of emotions in Weathering the Storms with parents and caregivers. This document has questions you can ask to introduce the guide as well as follow-up discussion questions to ask once parents have read and/or used the guide.
     
  • Use your social media outlets to spread the word. YCCA plans to blast our social media sites, and we would love for you to share, like, and retweet on your social media outlets. Find us on Facebook at Yolo County Children’s Alliance or follow us on Twitter at @yccaforthekids.
     
  • Get more information about National Child Abuse Prevention Month that you can share with your staff and the families you serve. You can also learn more about California’s Community in Unity campaign for Child Abuse Prevention Month.

We hope these resources help you strengthen families by encouraging parents and children to express emotions in healthy ways!

Make Time for Yourself – A Self-Care Guide for Busy Parents

2017 Child Abuse Prevention Month Campaign

Make Time for Yourself is a guide for parents and caregivers that points out the importance of self-care and provides many self-care ideas to try.

In addition to helping parents learn more about taking care of themselves, Make Time for Yourself is designed to prevent child maltreatment by supporting the following protective factors known to strengthen families: parental resilience and social connections. For example, when parents take deep breaths, exercise, or do a favorite hobby, they increase their capacity to be resilient. When parents call a friend or hug someone, they bolster social connections.

  • Click HERE to download the Make Time for Yourself guide in English, Spanish, and Russian. To help parents prioritize self-care, the guide covers the importance of self-care and divides specific self-care ideas into those that only take 5 minutes to do and those that take more time. There are also activities that parents can do with children. The ideas involve calming the mind, connecting with supportive relatives and friends, exercising, laughing, finding activities that bring joy, and getting enough sleep.
     
  • To distribute Make Time for Yourself to parents, you can share the link, download and print the document, or request hard copies from Natalie Audage at Natalie.Audage@yolocounty.org
     
  • Use questions in the Conversation Starters for Providers document HERE to introduce and talk about self-care in Make Time for Yourself with parents and caregivers. This document has questions you can ask to introduce the guide as well as follow-up discussion questions to ask once parents have read and/or used the guide.
     
  • Share, share, share! We have developed social media Tweets and Facebook posts for you to share with your networks. Click HERE to see these resources.

We hope these resources help you support and strengthen families by helping parents make time for themselves!

Choosing a Child Care Provider

Choosing a Child Care Provider offers guidance for parents who are looking for the right child care provider for their child. The guide seeks to empower parents to trust themselves and their knowledge about their child’s needs when choosing a provider. The guide gives questions to ask providers, as well as questions about supervision, the child care site, and hygiene and safety.

Click HERE to download the Choosing a Child Care Provider in English, Spanish, and Russian to distribute to families seeking child care.

 

Talk+Play=Connect Toolkit for Families

2015 & 2016 Child Abuse Prevention Month Campaign

The Talk+Play=Connect Toolkit for Families provides information and ideas about talking, playing, and connecting with children, as well as information and tip sheets on Times to Connect with children.

In addition to helping parents find positive ways to interact with their children, the information and resources in this toolkit and on our website are designed to prevent child maltreatment by supporting the following protective factors known to strengthen families: knowledge of parenting and child development, social and emotional competence of children, and nurturing and attachment.

Do you want more information about how to use Talk+Play=Connect materials?

Click HERE to download the Talk+Play=Connect Toolkit for Families in English, Spanish, and Russian.

  • The toolkit contains the following information for parents:
    • General Information
      • Talk+Play=Connect Introduction
      • Why Talking to Your Kids Is So Important
      • Children Learn Through Their Play
      • Times to Connect
      • Book recommendations for parents and children on talking and dealing with feelings (English only)
    • Age-Specific Tip Sheets: talking tips, playing ideas, and activities to try in the morning, at mealtimes, and at bedtime, organized by developmental stage:
      • Babies
      • Toddlers
      • Preschoolers
      • School-Age
      • Teenagers

You can give parents the whole toolkit or tailor the toolkit by distributing the introductory pieces and the age-specific tip sheet(s) to the families you serve. You can use the toolkit to support and strengthen families by talking with them about the information and activity ideas, modeling how to talk to children and do the activities, providing opportunities for parents to engage with children, and suggesting other activities for parents to do with their children.

  • Use questions in the Conversation Starters for Providers document HERE to talk about the toolkit with parents and caregivers. This guide has questions you can ask to introduce the toolkit as well as follow-up questions to discuss the toolkit once parents have read and/or used it.
     
  • Share the following resources with your colleagues and the families you serve:
    • English: Links to websites with information about parent-child communication and parent-child activities
    • Spanish: Links to websites with information about parent-child communication and parent-child activities
    • Book recommendations for parents on parent-child communication and for children and teenagers on emotions and feelings (English only)
  • More resources to share, share, share! We have developed social media Tweets and Facebook posts for you to share with your networks. Click HERE to see these resources.

We hope these resources help you support and strengthen the families you serve as they connect with their children through talking and playing!