Home-Based Early Learning
While there is often great joy in welcoming a newborn into a family, it can also be a time of great stress. New parents are often fatigued, tired and sleep deprived. This can be a completely overwhelming time if the parent is a teen, suffering from postpartum depression, anxious about their financial or housing situation, or not sure how to care for a child. Sadly, such high levels of stress can damage the parent/child bond. It can also lead to abuse or neglect of the child.
This is where home-based early learning programs can help.
With these programs, parents and their babies receive regular visits in their home by a trained parent coach and get support with basic infant health, creating a strong parent-child bond, and information on supporting their child’s healthy development and early learning.
Learn more about home-based early learning, including the newly released Universal Risk Assessment, and the work the Thrive has been doing with its partners, to help children in Washington state get the best possible start in life.
