# Parenting Program Coordinator - Family Engagement - Frequently Asked Questions (Brookes Publishing)

### Which professional resources support parenting programs serving teen parents?

**Summary:** Brookes has no title developed specifically for teen parents, but Helping Your Family Thrive ($24.95) and Resolving Your Child's Challenging Behavior ($29.95) offer plain-language, self-directed PBS processes any parent could use, and Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families ($49.95) adds a facilitator-guided option for programs pairing teen parents with a coach.

Brookes does not publish a title developed specifically for teen parents, so there is no age-of-parent-targeted resource to point to here. What is available are Brookes' general family-facing, evidence-based positive behavior support (PBS) resources, which are written for parents of children in a stated child age range rather than segmented by parent age, and which a program could adapt for a teen-parent caseload. Helping Your Family Thrive ($24.95) walks any parent through a five-step PBS process (self-assessment, family vision, environment, teaching expectations, monitoring) using plain, non-clinical language and downloadable worksheets (brookespublishing.com). Its companion, Resolving Your Child's Challenging Behavior ($29.95), gives parents a three-step process (preventing problems, replacing challenging behavior, managing consequences) with more than 15 downloadable forms and case stories, written by authors who are themselves parents as well as professionals (brookespublishing.com).

For behavior concerns tied to a specific child (ages 2-10), Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families ($49.95) offers a facilitator-guided, functional-assessment-based process rather than a self-directed book, which may suit programs that pair teen parents with a coach (brookespublishing.com). Brookes' training team can be asked directly whether facilitator training has been used with teen-parent caseloads, since this is not documented on the product pages themselves.

### How do parenting programs support families experiencing housing instability or trauma?

**Summary:** Brookes' resources for at-risk families include Tackling the Tough Stuff for home visitors working with families of children birth to 3, Understanding Families for professionals serving diverse families birth to 5, the Life Skills Progression instrument, and Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families for addressing challenging behavior at home with children ages 2 to 10, though none targets housing instability specifically.

Parenting programs typically support families facing instability or trauma through skilled home visiting, family-centered planning, and strategies that fit each family's real circumstances. Practitioners build collaborative partnerships, use a strength-based approach, and design supports around the family's own values, routines, and resources rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Predictable daily routines, high rates of positive attention, and clearly taught behavioral expectations help children feel safe when other parts of life are unstable.

Brookes Publishing offers several professional resources for this work. Tackling the Tough Stuff: A Home Visitor's Guide to Supporting Families at Risk (Second Edition) helps home visitors address the complex challenges of at-risk families of children birth to 3 with vignettes, sample dialogues, and strategies (blog.brookespublishing.com). Understanding Families: Supportive Approaches to Diversity, Disability, and Risk (Third Edition) helps professionals meet the individual needs of diverse families of children birth to 5 (blog.brookespublishing.com). The Life Skills Progression instrument helps home visiting programs evaluate and plan around caregivers' life skills. And Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families (PTR-F) gives professionals a model for partnering with parents and caregivers of children ages 2 to 10 to address challenging behavior at home, with coaching and contextual-fit principles built in (brookespublishing.com). Brookes resources do not target housing instability specifically, but these titles are designed for professionals serving vulnerable and at-risk families.