Promoting First Relationships
Promoting First Relationships
Promoting First Relationship is an evidence-based home visiting program that supports parents and their young children in building a healthy and secure relationship. Every child enters the world entirely reliant on the bonds they form with their earliest caregivers, parents or guardians. These foundational relationships shape and support a child’s growth across social, emotional, behavioral, language and cognitive development.
Program Details
Promoting First Relationships can help families to:
- Build a healthy and secure relationship with their child
- Understand a child’s behaviors and look at the feelings and needs behind these behaviors
- Understand how to support a child’s social and emotional health
- Parents will learn to understand their child’s difficult behaviors, and parents will learn to cope better with difficult times of parenting
- Discuss strategies for coping with difficult times as a parent
During home visits, a trained public health nurse or senior community worker partners with families to:
- Do video analysis of caregiver-child interactions, offering valuable insights into real life dynamics
- Give positive feedback that builds your enjoyment, confidence, and connection with your child
- Help you examine and understand the deeper emotional feelings and needs underlying your own and your child’s behaviors
- Encourage reflection and mindfulness, fostering a curios and thoughtful approach in parents and caregivers
- Use handouts to share and discuss information about your child’s social and emotional health
Learn more about the program here.
Eligibility
The Promoting First Relationships program is available to families with a child under 5 years old, who are Medi-Cal eligible and live in San Mateo County.
How to Enroll
Contact Family Health Services at 888-840-0889. All services are free of cost. Services are provided in a family’s preferred language.