Helping our Toddlers, Developing our Children's Skills: HOT DOCS for School Readiness and Self-Regulation

Agazzi, H L (Heather)¹, Childres, JL (Jillian), Jenkins, A (Andrew)
¹Dept of Pediatrics, 13101 N. Bruce B. Downs Blvd, 33612, Tampa, FL

 

Submission type

Oral and Poster

Scheduled

Room 106, 12-07-2019, 14:00 - 15:30

Keywords

early intervention, school readiness, social-emotional learning, self-regulation, positive behavior supports, parent training

Summary

Positive behavioral interventions to address the unique needs of young children and their families are being implemented through the Helping Our Toddlers, Developing Our Children’s Skills (HOT DOCS) parenting program. This 7-week program is implemented through the University of South Florida, in coordination with community agencies serving young children and families. Founded in behavioral, and positive behavioral support theories, HOT DOCS teaches caregivers and professionals effective strategies to identify the function of challenging child behaviors and how to identify replacement behaviors and teach new skills to promote child development. HOT DOCS aims to bring primary and secondary prevention strategies to equip caregivers to raise children who are ready to enter school, capable of regulating emotions, and communicating their wants and needs effectively. Caregivers learn effective strategies to decrease parenting stress, decrease harsh parenting practices and engage in nurturing parenting practices that promote the parent-child relationship. HOT DOCS has been implemented at sites across the US, Ecuador, and Australia since 2006 and it has been culturally and linguistically adapted to Spanish. 

This workshop will provide an overview of HOT DOCS, including how to bring HOT DOCS to community settings through training opportunities, research collaborations, and expected results of participation in the program.

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