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Our weekly e-newsletter to providers combines grantee resources, stories of interest, exclusive educational opportunities, and grant information. In this issue:
This year's Partners in Prevention Conference will take place November 14th (Grantee Day), 15th, and 16th (Main Conference Days) at the Renaissance Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas.
The 2023 PIP Conference Call for Proposals is now open, and we welcome your submissions.
PIP is a great venue to share your knowledge, skills, and research. Help shape our conference agenda by proposing learning sessions that are innovative, insightful, engaging, and would equip participants with tools or knowledge.
Visit our Call for Presenters page to learn more.
Questions? Contact pipcon@austin.utexas.edu.
Keeping Them Safe While your Kids Get Their Zzz's
Date: February 9th
Time: 9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M. CST
Register
Sleeping like a baby should always be safe! This training will focus on clearly defining Safe Sleep, the methods to help an infant sleep safely, the risk factors/safe issues associated with unsafe practices, and the nuts and bolts for having conversations with parents/caregivers about safe sleep that are engaging, focused, evocative and facilitate safe sleep practices.
One (1) Social Work CE credit/contact hour will be provided for this event after evaluation feedback is received.
About the Speakers
Kathryn Sibley, Director, Prevention and Early Intervention Office of Child Research and Safety.
Kathryn and her team provide evaluation, data, and technical assistance to support quality outcomes across all PEI programs. This includes significant cross program work with program staff, higher education, other state agencies and stakeholders.
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Sergio Martinez, Lead Program Specialist, Prevention and Early Intervention Office of Child Research and Safety.
Since 2018, Sergio has been a part of PEI working for the Office of Child Safety (OCS); he is currently the Lead for the OCS. As the Lead, Sergio oversees the data collection by Office of Child Safety Staff for the legislatively required Annual Report, analysis of the data collected, and collaborate to complete the Annual Report for each fiscal year.
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The Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening and Support Training
Date: February 15th and 16th (this is a two-day training)
Times: Day 1: 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.: Day 2 9:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Register Now
Texas Family Support Network will be hosting The Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening and Support Training on February 15th and 16th. This two-day virtual certification training details how the Standards can enhance work with families.
Whether you are setting up a new program or strengthening an existing one, the Standards provide a blueprint for implementing best practice. Based on the Principles of Family Support Practice and the Strengthening Families Framework and its research-based evidence-informed 5 Protective Factors, the National Family Support Network has created a common language across different kinds of Family Strengthening and Family Support programs such as Family Resource Centers, home visiting programs, and child development programs called The Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening and Support.
Registration will close on February 7th if the training does not fill before then. Questions? Contact calexander@tacfs.org.
 Achieve OnDemand: Basics of Home Visiting (Self-Paced Course)
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.
In Case You Missed It: Prevention Across Texas- Region 11 (Video)
In 2023 PEI is hosting a new series titled Prevention Across Texas. These webinars will showcase and highlight innovation in prevention from across the state. Participants are selected from the Partners in Prevention Conference Grantee Day Poster Walk.
We were excited to have this recent conversation with Region 11 from the following programs:
- Community Youth Development (CYD)
- Healthy Outcomes through Prevention & Early Support (HOPES)
- Texas Home Visiting (THV)
- Texas Nurse Family Partnership (TNFP)
To take these courses: Type or paste the course names above into the search bar on the PEI Learning Hub:
- Click on the course and select “request”
- On your transcript select “launch” to begin
- When the video is complete, go to "completed" courses in your transcript
- Select "evaluate" to provide feedback
For questions, contact PEITraining@dfps.state.tx.us.
Reminder: Complete your Course Evaluations!
Courses in the PEI Learning Hub remain in a “Pending Evaluation” status until the course evaluation is completed. So get those evaluations finished!
 Essentials of Home Visiting: Reflective Supervision (Webinar)
Date: January 31st
Time: 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. CST
Register By: January 30th, 12:00 P.M. CST
The reflective supervision model offers supervisors and staff an opportunity to engage in a collaborative process that involves shared power, clear mutual expectations, and free-flowing communication. This webinar examines the reflective supervision model as a process between the supervisor and staff member that differs from administrative supervision. Administrative supervision is about “the work you do,” and reflective supervision is about “what the work is doing to you.” As a result of this webinar, you will more prepared and confident when participating in reflective supervision with your staff. This webinar complements the Supervising Home Visitors and Impact of Trauma in Supervising Home Visitors self-paced courses.
Essentials of Home Visiting: Home Visiting Safety (Webinar)
Date: February 7th
Time: 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. CST
Register By: February 6th, 10:00 P.M. CST
What measures should you take to ensure your personal safety in your work with families? This webinar explores the importance of home visitor safety, how to identify safety risk factors, and appropriate actions to take based on various risk factors. This webinar complements the Basics of Home Visiting self-paced course.
Questions?
Access the Essentials of Home Visiting live webinars through the Essentials of Home Visiting Portal free of cost.
For questions or to request access for new members, contact PEITraining@dfps.state.tx.us.
 A Café Training is an experiential and highly interactive workshop that prepares participants to convene and conduct Be Strong Families Cafés and to serve as Table/Room Hosts at these Café's.
By the end of the training, participants will know the anatomy of a Be Strong Families Café process, how to create their own Café theme, and how to build on the Café experience to enhance programming for parents and youth. We will discuss the philosophical foundations and research underlying Cafés as an educational and engagement strategy. They will also experience conducting and participating in Cafés.
Four locations to attend In-Person and four dates to attend virtually.
- In-Person classes are two-day sessions and will train you on how to host an In-Person Parent Café.
- Virtual classes are only for participants who have previously attended an In-Person training session and are wanting to learn how to host a virtual Parent Café. The virtual class provides additional tools to support hosting an online Parent Café.
- 30 participants per session.
Dallas –
March 6th & 7th In-Person- Register here
March 9th Virtual Session- Register here
Austin –
May 1st & 2nd In-Person- Register here
May 4th Virtual Session- Register here
Houston –
June 5th & 6th In-Person- Register here
June 8th Virtual Session- Register here
McAllen –
July 10th & 11th In-Person- Register here
July 13th Virtual Session- Register here
 Date: February 15th-17th
Location: AT&T Conference Center, Austin, Texas
Register
Perinatal health improvement is more important than ever. This year, TCHMB is inviting other state Perinatal Quality Collaboratives to the 2023 Summit to share lessons learned and to collaborate on making a collective impact on birth outcomes in the U.S. The 2023 Summit Theme is "Social Determinants of Health and How They Impact Maternal and Neonatal Health Outcomes."
The “Big Five” represent 40 percent of births in the nation: California, Illinois, Florida, New York and of course, Texas. Louisiana will also be represented through the 2023 keynote speaker.
This is your chance to network and learn how to improve patient care and health outcomes through the lens of societal factors. Topics covered will include:
- What are Social Determinants?
- How to Recognize and Assess Social Needs
- How to Address Social Needs
- Bringing it Back to QI - How to Bring Social Determinants into QI and Close the Loop
 The 2023 Calendars are now available for order. This free family resource is filled with helpful tips for parents and caregivers of children of all ages. It’s available in English and Spanish, and endorsed by The Texas Pediatric Society.
Calendars can be ordered in multiples of 100 with a maximum order of 500.
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