Children grow and change rapidly. Home visitors can use the ASQ-3 as a tool to celebrate how each child is developing and support parents’ role in that growth. A home visitor who stays on schedule for ASQ-3 screenings supports a parent’s investment in their child’s future and provides ways to encourage next steps in their development. In this course, you will learn how to administer the ASQ in partnership with a parent; score the screening; and talk with parents about potential concerns.

Course Objectives

• The learner will be able to describe the purpose and features of using the ASQ-3.
• The learner will be able to identify and understand how to use best practices while administering the ASQ-3 in their work with families.
• The learner will be able to score and interpret the results of the ASQ-3, share the results and work with the family to determine next steps.

Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health® Approved Training Opportunity

This training can earn you in-service credits towards Endorsement® from your state’s Infant Mental Health Association if your state is a member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health®. You can find contacts for state IMH Associations where you may reside at the Alliance’s membership page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/members-of-the-alliance/). You can also access more information about the Competency Guidelines®, categories and Endorsements® at the Alliance’s endorsement and licensing page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/endorsement-licensing/). While completion of these courses will count toward an Endorsement® application or renewal, they may not fully satisfy a knowledge/skill area.

Competency Areas

Training Registries

This is an approved training opportunity for the following registries:

Arkansas: Traveling Arkansas’ Professional Pathways Registry (TAPP)

Arizona: Early Childhood Workforce Registry

Kentucky: Early Care and Education – Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS)

Illinois: Gateways to Opportunity Registry

Illinois: Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

Oregon: Oregon Registry administrated by the Oregon Center for Career Development (OCCD)

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Home visitors are committed to the best possible life for babies and their parents. During this course, you will learn how your strengths and motivations will help you achieve this goal and connect with families of all kinds. This course serves as an introduction or valuable refresher on fundamentals such as how to plan for home visits; set goals with families; and handle the unexpected challenges your job presents.

Course Objectives

• The learner will be able to describe characteristics of intensive home visiting and the role of a successful home visitor.
• The learner will be able to describe the roles, responsibilities, and skills of a successful home visitor in an intensive home visiting program.
• The learner will be able to identify the components of a home visit.
• The learner will be able to explain the strategies for and challenges of engaging families in intensive home visiting.

Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health® Approved Training Opportunity

This training can earn you in-service credits towards Endorsement® from your state’s Infant Mental Health Association if your state is a member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health®. You can find contacts for state IMH Associations where you may reside at the Alliance’s membership page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/members-of-the-alliance/). You can also access more information about the Competency Guidelines®, categories and Endorsements® at the Alliance’s endorsement and licensing page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/endorsement-licensing/). While completion of these courses will count toward an Endorsement® application or renewal, they may not fully satisfy a knowledge/skill area.

Competency Areas

Training Registries

This is an approved training opportunity for the following registries:

Arkansas: Traveling Arkansas’ Professional Pathways Registry (TAPP)

Arizona: Early Childhood Workforce Registry

Kentucky: Early Care and Education – Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS)

Illinois: Gateways to Opportunity Registry

Illinois: Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

Oregon: Oregon Registry administrated by the Oregon Center for Career Development (OCCD)

As a home visitor, building strong relationships that support each member of the family’s growth and development is essential to your job. Whether establishing a relationship between parent and child or home visitor and parent, the principles and best practices are the same. By establishing a long-term relationship with families, you can model ways to interact that parents can adopt with their children. This course offers practical ways you can relate to parents that will motivate them to stay engaged with you.

Course Objectives

• The learner will define family engagement in the context of the home visitor-family relationship.
• The learner will reflect on the impact of the parallel process on building relationships.
• The learner will examine the stages in the development of the home visitor-family relationship.

Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health® Approved Training Opportunity

This training can earn you in-service credits towards Endorsement® from your state’s Infant Mental Health Association if your state is a member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health®. You can find contacts for state IMH Associations where you may reside at the Alliance’s membership page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/members-of-the-alliance/). You can also access more information about the Competency Guidelines®, categories and Endorsements® at the Alliance’s endorsement and licensing page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/endorsement-licensing/). While completion of these courses will count toward an Endorsement® application or renewal, they may not fully satisfy a knowledge/skill area.

Competency Areas

Training Registries

This is an approved training opportunity for the following registries:

Arkansas: Traveling Arkansas’ Professional Pathways Registry (TAPP)

Arizona: Early Childhood Workforce Registry

Kentucky: Early Care and Education – Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS)

Illinois: Gateways to Opportunity Registry

Illinois: Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

Oregon: Oregon Registry administrated by the Oregon Center for Career Development (OCCD)

Substance abuse and addiction are prevalent, often reoccurring issues in home visiting.  Addiction can interrupt a parent’s personal growth and interfere with their ability to fully engage with their child. This course will strengthen both new and experienced home visitors’ knowledge and ability to recognize signs of substance use and explore ways to address concerns with a parent in the context of their role as home visitor. Topics include the impact of substance use on family systems, parenting, child development and safety issues encountered in home visiting.

Course Objectives

• The learner will be able to explore strategies that focus on child development and supporting the parent-child relationship when substance abuse is present.
• The learner will assess the safety risks to family members and the home visitor when substance abuse is present.
• The learner will describe how the presence of substance abuse in home visiting impacts their work as a home visitor.
• The learner will describe the importance of self-care when working with substance abuse concerns.

Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health® Approved Training Opportunity

This training can earn you in-service credits towards Endorsement® from your state’s Infant Mental Health Association if your state is a member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health®. You can find contacts for state IMH Associations where you may reside at the Alliance’s membership page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/members-of-the-alliance/). You can also access more information about the Competency Guidelines®, categories and Endorsements® at the Alliance’s endorsement and licensing page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/endorsement-licensing/). While completion of these courses will count toward an Endorsement® application or renewal, they may not fully satisfy a knowledge/skill area.

Competency Areas

Training Registries

This is an approved training opportunity for the following registries:

Arkansas: Traveling Arkansas’ Professional Pathways Registry (TAPP)

Arizona: Early Childhood Workforce Registry

Kentucky: Early Care and Education – Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS)

Illinois: Gateways to Opportunity Registry

Illinois: Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

Oregon: Oregon Registry administrated by the Oregon Center for Career Development (OCCD)

Domestic violence is a prevalent and recurring issue in home visiting. In this course, you will build your confidence to address domestic violence while working with families as their home visitor. Topics include the impact of violence on family systems, parenting, and child development. Common scenarios and strategies are presented for talking with parents about keeping themselves and their children safe. This course supports you in developing a non-judgmental approach in working with families whose background and circumstances may or may not be differ from your own.

Course Objectives

• The learner will be able to describe how the presence of domestic violence in home visiting impacts their work as a home visitor.
• The learner will be able to identify strategies to acknowledge and address domestic violence with families.
• The learner will be able to identify strategies that focus on child development and supporting the parent-child relationship when domestic violence is present.
• The learner will be able to describe appropriate safety precautions for the family members and home visitors when domestic violence is present.
• The learner will be able to identify and create a self-care plan.

Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health® Approved Training Opportunity

This training can earn you in-service credits towards Endorsement® from your state’s Infant Mental Health Association if your state is a member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health®. You can find contacts for state IMH Associations where you may reside at the Alliance’s membership page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/members-of-the-alliance/). You can also access more information about the Competency Guidelines®, categories and Endorsements® at the Alliance’s endorsement and licensing page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/endorsement-licensing/). While completion of these courses will count toward an Endorsement® application or renewal, they may not fully satisfy a knowledge/skill area.

Competency Areas

Training Registries

This is an approved training opportunity for the following registries:

Arkansas: Traveling Arkansas’ Professional Pathways Registry (TAPP)

Arizona: Early Childhood Workforce Registry

Kentucky: Early Care and Education – Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS)

Illinois: Gateways to Opportunity Registry

Illinois: Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

Oregon: Oregon Registry administrated by the Oregon Center for Career Development (OCCD)

Caring about the parent-child relationship is a primary purpose of home visiting with families. By using the power of observation, listening, and inquiry with a family, you activate a parent’s learning so they use the same strength-based skills with their child. This course covers critical issues in infant mental health, including brain development and attachment. It provides practical ways home visitors can use observation and listening to strengthen the parent-child relationship. It also incorporates strategies for incorporating reflection to extend the ‘learning together.’

Course Objectives

• The learner will be able to describe early infant mental health history, attachment theory and guiding principles of infant mental health practices.
• The learner will be able to describe the framework for infant mental health services and risk factors for children and families in need of direct infant mental health services.
• The learner will be able to identify strategies for integrating infant mental health practices in home visiting with families.
• The learner will be able to identify and describe the supports necessary for home visitors within the context of infant mental health practices.

Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health® Approved Training Opportunity

This training can earn you in-service credits towards Endorsement® from your state’s Infant Mental Health Association if your state is a member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health®. You can find contacts for state IMH Associations where you may reside at the Alliance’s membership page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/members-of-the-alliance/). You can also access more information about the Competency Guidelines®, categories and Endorsements® at the Alliance’s endorsement and licensing page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/endorsement-licensing/). While completion of these courses will count toward an Endorsement® application or renewal, they may not fully satisfy a knowledge/skill area.

Competency Areas

Training Registries

This is an approved training opportunity for the following registries:

Arkansas: Traveling Arkansas’ Professional Pathways Registry (TAPP)

Arizona: Early Childhood Workforce Registry

Kentucky: Early Care and Education – Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS)

Illinois: Gateways to Opportunity Registry

Illinois: Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

Oregon: Oregon Registry administrated by the Oregon Center for Career Development (OCCD)

Home visitors can greatly enrich a mother’s experience throughout her pregnancy, birth and first days of a new family’s life together.  By being actively involved during each trimester, you can build a trusting relationship with families and achieve the optimal goal of ensuring they are ready for birth and strong parent-child bonds. This course offers practical tools for you to use during home visits, including encouraging planning for the birth; family member involvement; and care post birth. While this course addresses the emotional and physical aspects of the perinatal period, it also prompts you as a learner to reflect on how your personal beliefs about parenting may influence your practice with families. The course consists of two parts and takes 5-6 hours to complete.

Course Objectives

• The learner will be able to articulate the importance of home visiting during pregnancy.
• The learner will be able to identify the impact of the family’s system on pregnancy and parenting
• The learner will be able to describe the role of the home visitor-family relationship during pregnancy.
• The learner will be able to identify the stages of pregnancy and basic fetal development in promoting the formation of the parent-child relationship.
• The learner will be able to identify and support parental confidence, resilience, and competence as they experience pregnancy and prepare to transition into parenthood.

Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health® Approved Training Opportunity

This training can earn you in-service credits towards Endorsement® from your state’s Infant Mental Health Association if your state is a member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health®. You can find contacts for state IMH Associations where you may reside at the Alliance’s membership page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/members-of-the-alliance/). You can also access more information about the Competency Guidelines®, categories and Endorsements® at the Alliance’s endorsement and licensing page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/endorsement-licensing/). While completion of these courses will count toward an Endorsement® application or renewal, they may not fully satisfy a knowledge/skill area.

Competency Areas

Part I

Part II

Training Registries

This is an approved training opportunity for the following registries:

Arkansas: Traveling Arkansas’ Professional Pathways Registry (TAPP)

Arizona: Early Childhood Workforce Registry

Kentucky: Early Care and Education – Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS)

Illinois: Gateways to Opportunity Registry

Illinois: Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

Oregon: Oregon Registry administrated by the Oregon Center for Career Development (OCCD)

Trauma shapes one’s view of the world and interactions with others. That’s why it surfaces and affects home visiting. You will learn how to recognize and understand the dynamics of trauma on families in the context of the community in which they live. While the experience of trauma varies from person to person and family to family, this course helps home visitors address how trauma affects parenting, decisions related to parenting, and dynamics in the parent-child relationship.

Course Objectives

• The learner will be able to define trauma as it relates to home visiting.
• The learner will be able to identify personal trauma exposure responses and match those responses to the impact on their work as a home visitor.
• The learner will be able to describe how trauma responses differ on an individual, programmatic, and community level.
• The learner will be able to identify the impact of trauma on young children, parents and the parent-child relationship.

Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health® Approved Training Opportunity

This training can earn you in-service credits towards Endorsement® from your state’s Infant Mental Health Association if your state is a member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health®. You can find contacts for state IMH Associations where you may reside at the Alliance’s membership page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/members-of-the-alliance/). You can also access more information about the Competency Guidelines®, categories and Endorsements® at the Alliance’s endorsement and licensing page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/endorsement-licensing/). While completion of these courses will count toward an Endorsement® application or renewal, they may not fully satisfy a knowledge/skill area.

Competency Areas

Training Registries

This is an approved training opportunity for the following registries:

Arkansas: Traveling Arkansas’ Professional Pathways Registry (TAPP)

Arizona: Early Childhood Workforce Registry

Kentucky: Early Care and Education – Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS)

Illinois: Gateways to Opportunity Registry

Illinois: Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

Oregon: Oregon Registry administrated by the Oregon Center for Career Development (OCCD)

Home visitors frequently encounter the effects of trauma in their work with individuals in a family and in the communities in which they work. It’s the role of the home visiting supervisor to equip, support and partner with home visitors to address these issues within the bounds of their role in a home visiting program.  This course will further your understanding of the impact of trauma on family and community systems as encountered by home visitors. It also provides strategies for you as a supervisor to support a home visitor in addressing trauma while promoting practices of reflection and self-care.

Course Objectives

• The learner will be able to identify the prevalence and presence of trauma in home visiting.
• The learner will be able to identify the role of the supervisor in trauma-informed practice.
• The learner will be able to describe the importance of the supervisor role in supporting the home visitor to keep the focus on the parent-child relationship when trauma is present or occurring.
• The learner will be able to describe the relationship between a supervisor’s response to trauma and the organization’s response to trauma.

Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health® Approved Training Opportunity

This training can earn you in-service credits towards Endorsement® from your state’s Infant Mental Health Association if your state is a member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health®. You can find contacts for state IMH Associations where you may reside at the Alliance’s membership page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/members-of-the-alliance/). You can also access more information about the Competency Guidelines®, categories and Endorsements® at the Alliance’s endorsement and licensing page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/endorsement-licensing/). While completion of these courses will count toward an Endorsement® application or renewal, they may not fully satisfy a knowledge/skill area.

Competency Areas

Training Registries

This is an approved training opportunity for the following registries:

Arkansas: Traveling Arkansas’ Professional Pathways Registry (TAPP)

Arizona: Early Childhood Workforce Registry

Kentucky: Early Care and Education – Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS)

Illinois: Gateways to Opportunity Registry

Illinois: Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

Oregon: Oregon Registry administrated by the Oregon Center for Career Development (OCCD)

Supervision plays a vital role in keeping home visits centered on parent-child relationships and the content focused on the achievement of outcomes. Supervisors know, however, that home visitors routinely work with families whose complex needs go beyond what home visits alone can address. This course offers practical strategies new and experienced supervisors can use to make the most of their interactions and time with home visitors to meet these challenges. Explore best practices to ensure your team achieves success with families with your critical support as their supervisor.

Course Objectives

• The learner will be able to describe the characteristics of a successful supervisor in intensive home visiting.
• The learner will be able to identify the roles, responsibilities, and skills of a successful supervisor of home visitors in an intensive home visiting program.
• The learner will be able to recognize the impact of reflective practice on successful home visiting.
• The learner will be able to identify the nature of a home visit.

Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health® Approved Training Opportunity

This training can earn you in-service credits towards Endorsement® from your state’s Infant Mental Health Association if your state is a member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health®. You can find contacts for state IMH Associations where you may reside at the Alliance’s membership page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/members-of-the-alliance/). You can also access more information about the Competency Guidelines®, categories and Endorsements® at the Alliance’s endorsement and licensing page (https://www.allianceaimh.org/endorsement-licensing/). While completion of these courses will count toward an Endorsement® application or renewal, they may not fully satisfy a knowledge/skill area.

Competency Areas

Training Registries

This is an approved training opportunity for the following registries:

Arkansas: Traveling Arkansas’ Professional Pathways Registry (TAPP)

Arizona: Early Childhood Workforce Registry

Kentucky: Early Care and Education – Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS)

Illinois: Gateways to Opportunity Registry

Illinois: Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)

Oregon: Oregon Registry administrated by the Oregon Center for Career Development (OCCD)