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Would you like to learn new strategies for engaging with families who visit your library?

Would you like to better understand child development so you can better serve the children and families you work with?

Touchpoints in Libraries is for all professionals working in any library setting who want to deepen their engagement with families. This virtual training builds an understanding of a child’s developmental process from birth to 6 years. Participants develop skills for connecting with families through culturally responsive, strengths-based interactions.
 
This 28-hour, 8-module online course supports effective family/caregiver engagement in libraries. It focuses on implementing a set of strengths-based practices, such as observation of children’s behavior and parents’ strengths, that build library-family/caregiver relationships and help promote family wellness.
 
This training introduces the Touchpoints Approach to family engagement as adapted by and for librarians. Learn how you can use Touchpoints to enhance and expand the important work you already do with families and other caregivers.

Enrollment is limited. Register today to save t!

Live session dates and times:
Wednesdays, 1:30-3 pm ET / 10:30 am-12 pm PT
  • September 13, 20 & 27, 2023
  • October 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2023
  • November 1, 2023


Regular price: $795
BTC Learning Network member price: $770
(Click here for information on joining the BTC Learning Network.)
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Would you like to bring this course or another BTC training to your organization or community?
BTC facilitators can offer our courses online to your specific group. We can also customize trainings to meet your program’s or organization’s professional learning needs. Contact us today for more information!
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Learn how to deliver the Touchpoints Parenting Program, a preventive curriculum designed to meet the needs of today’s families with the goal of supporting positive parent-child relationships.

The Touchpoints Parenting Program is a practical, preventive curriculum designed to meet the needs of today’s families with the goal of supporting positive parent-child relationships.



Explore how racism, culture, and bias may affect when and how we experience conversations as challenging. Practice applying a strengths-based approach to effectively engage in challenging conversations.

Professionals who work with families of young children, including child care educators, family child care providers, home visitors, pediatricians, early intervention educators, can benefit from this training.

ABOUT BTC

The Brazelton Touchpoints Center (BTC) provides professional and leadership development, organizational learning and change, and research and evaluation for family-facing professionals in pediatrics, early childhood, infant mental health, children's libraries and museums, home visiting, child welfare, and other fields. BTC is home to the Touchpoints Approach, the Brazelton Institute (Newborn Behavioral Observations system and Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale), the Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative, the Family-to-Family Real Talk Series, and the BTC Research and Evaluation team. At BTC, we are dedicated to creating a lasting community in which equity, diversity, inclusion, belonging, and access thrive.