Goals
The
goal of this module is to increase child
health professionals’ awareness of
the importance and benefits of partnering
with families and communities, and to enable
professionals to develop the knowledge,
attitudes, and skills necessary to build
and sustain partnerships.
This module will enable learners to:
- Understand the six essential steps in
developing collaborative, productive partnerships
with families and communities.
- Increase their awareness of the attitudes
or qualities needed to develop effective
partnerships.
- Build the skills necessary for developing
successful partnerships among health professionals,
children, and families.
Instructional Design
This
module consists of two 30-minute sessions.
Each of the sessions can be used alone or
combined into one extended session.
Foundation
Session
Session
1: Building a Framework for Productive
Partnerships
Identifies important attitudes
and qualities that enhance partnerships,
and introduces the six essential steps
in partnership building.
Enrichment Session
Session
2: Applying the Six Steps of Partnership
Offers an in-depth look at developing
partnership skills, using the six-step
framework.
Teaching Strategies
The
teaching strategies used in this module
are:
These
strategies have been selected to demonstrate
the attitudes and qualities that enhance
partnerships between child health professionals
and families and to introduce a framework
for building effective partnerships. Click on the strategy to quickly
link to this resource.
Evaluation
Learners
will complete a Session Evaluation
Form following each session.
Facilitators are encouraged to complete
a Facilitator Self-Assessment Form prior to and following each teaching experience
(i.e., a single session or an entire module)
in order to assess their performance over
time.
Guiding Questions
Learners
who have completed the entire Partnership
module should be able to answer the following
questions:
- What
specific attitudes do child health professionals
need in order to adopt the Bright Futures
philosophy and to effectively partner
with families?
- What are some of the major benefits of
building a successful partnership with
a child and family?
- What
are the six essential steps for building
effective partnerships?
- How
do open-ended and culturally sensitive
interview questions facilitate communication
between the child health professional
and the family?
- How
can child health professionals work in
partnership with families to promote health,
identify problems, and implement solutions?
- What specific skills do child health professionals
need in order to foster more effective
partnerships with children, families,
and/or communities?
- Of the six steps for building partnerships,
which step is most critical in building
a partnership with the family?
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