SAFECARE® MODEL
SafeCare focuses on three key outcomes that are universally important for families: creating positive relationships between caregivers and their children, ensuring homes are safe to reduce the risk of child unintentional injury and keeping children as healthy as possible.
“It helped with my interactions with my kids…it’s helped out in so many areas in our day-to-day life.”
- Parent
Program Description
SafeCare focuses on three key outcomes that are universally important for families: creating positive relationships between caregivers and their children, ensuring homes are safe to reduce the risk of child unintentional injury, and keeping children as healthy as possible. SafeCare is a brief, evidence-based skills training program for caregivers of children under the age of 5. Providers work with caregivers to strengthen skills in the following areas:
Parent-Child Interaction
Safety
Health
Service Delivery
More
Each module begins with an observational assessment to determine caregivers’ current skills and to identify what skills training would be most beneficial to strengthening the family. Providers work with caregivers during the training sessions until the caregiver has mastered the module skills. SafeCare Providers conduct a final assessment to confirm caregivers’ uptake of skills.
Training sessions use principles from well-established social learning theory and research. Parenting skills are taught by: 1) Explaining the skills and why they are important, 2) demonstrating how to do each skill, 3) having caregivers practice the skills, and 4) providing positive and corrective feedback to caregivers on their use of the skills.
Training sessions use principles from well-established social learning theory and research. Parenting skills are taught by: 1) Explaining the skills and why they are important, 2) demonstrating how to do each skill, 3) having caregivers practice the skills, and 4) providing positive and corrective feedback to caregivers on their use of the skills.
-Testimonial from SafeCare Provider