The Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education’s First Teacher Home Visiting Coordinators and Lead Home Visitors recently participated in Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) training, held in Mobile and Tuscaloosa. FAN is an evidence-based framework designed to support providers in fostering attuned interactions with families. Its primary goal is to strengthen the provider-parent relationship, promoting parental attunement to their infants and encouraging new, positive ways of engagement.
The training was facilitated by Beth Jones, MSW, IECMH-E, PPEER Project Director for Infant & Early Childhood Special Programs, and LaWana Kennedy, LPC, BC-TMH, ECMH-E, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant with the Alabama Department of Mental Health.
Through FAN, practitioners enhance their ability to read and respond to both parent and self-cues with empathy and insight. In addition, this training equips Home Visiting leadership with the tools to implement Reflective Supervision practices statewide, further supporting a culture of responsive, relationship-based service delivery.
