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Virtual Lab School Management Child Abuse: Identification & Reporting Lesson 6 Explore Planning Matrix
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Complete the planning matrix to reflect on the ways that you are currently supporting protective factors in your program and goals for strengthening these practices. List the strategies that you use in your program for strengthening protective factors including programs, resources, trainings, activities etc., how you measure your progress, and any goals that you have for improvement.

Protective FactorsStrategiesMeasures/Outcomes
Parental Resilience:
The ability to cope and bounce back from all types of challenges.

 

 

  • Parent support groups
  • Lunch and learn workshops for parents
 

 

 

  • Parent sign in/attendance logs
  • Family survey/feedback form
 
Social Connection:
Friends, family members, neighbors, and other members of a community who provide emotional support and concrete assistance to parents.

 

 

  • Breakfast socials
  • Family movie night
  • Coffee chats with family resources
 

 

 

  • Attendance counts at family events
 
Knowledge of Parenting & Child Development: 
Accurate information about raising children and appropriate expectations for behavior.

 

 

  • Backpack Connection series from TACSEI; Tip Sheets from Child Abuse Identification & Reporting Course
  • Classroom/Program newsletters
  • Parenting workshops
 

 

 

  • Family surveys
  • Attendance at workshops
  • Number of resources shared
 
Concrete Supports:
Financial security to cover day-to-day expenses and unexpected costs that come up from time to time, access to formal supports like TANF and Medicaid, and informal support from social networks.

 

 

  • Family resources library
  • Installation FAP
  • Program events with community organizations sharing resources
 

 

 

  • Number of referrals
  • Resource log
 
Children’s Social Emotional Competence:
A child’s ability to interact positively with others and communicate his or her emotions effectively.

 

 

  • ELM or Creative Curriculum
  • Resources from CSEFEL
 

 

 

  • ELM & TSG data
  • Ages & Stages Questionnaire
  • Other child assessment data
  • Behavior data
 

Goal (identify one protective factor support that you would like to improve):