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"Alumbrando el Camino/Bright Moments:" A Curriculum for Staff Working with EHS Parents with Depressive Symptoms

Description:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill developed and tested a curriculum to assist staff with interventions and support for English-speaking and Spanish-speaking only parents with depressive symptoms in the course of regular Early Head Start (EHS) programs. Participants will include 100 EHS families. Implementation, fidelity and staff, parent and child outcomes will be documented. Parenting and parent-toddler interactions were assessed 9 months and 12 months post-program participation. Results of the project included the enhancement of EHS staff's ability to work with parents with depressive symptoms through promotion of parents' positive interactions with their children. Through strengthening EHS services with depressed parents and families, more positive child social and emotional outcomes will result, thus allowing a vulnerable population of infants and toddlers to benefit from EHS child enrichment resources.
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Administration for Children and Families/OPRE Projects
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