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Promoting First Relationships (PFR) is an evidence-based home-visiting program for caregivers and their children from birth to age 5 years. It focuses on caregiver–child interaction, attachment, and relationship quality using video feedback of unedited recordings to...

Promoting First Relationships® is now an approved prevention program on the Federal Prevention Services Clearinghouse for the Family First Prevention Services Act. This act allows states to use federal funding to pay for services that help children remain safely...

Learn how this family is using Promoting First Relationships (PFR), to build up the emotional health between child and caregiver, as a way to help set the mold for a secure and trusting relationship. “This is really where the meat of human relationships is, and this...

Our Promoting First Relationships® (PFR) Home Visiting Intervention is now approved by the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) review and is eligible for Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) funding.  This new opportunity gives...

Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network offered a free webinar, "Exploring the Science of Connection Behind Promoting First Relationships"             WATCH VIDEO HERE Webinar Description and Objectives: Promoting First Relationships ® (PFR: Kelly et al., 2008)...

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Since 2016, a growing number of pediatricians in Washington State have been trained on Promoting First Relationships in Pediatric Primary Care (PFR-PPC), a manualized program for pediatricians to help them support stable and secure relationships between parents and...

A new study published in Developmental Psychology shows a brief home visiting program Promoting First Relationships®, effectively supports caregiving practices of mothers who received mental health treatment during pregnancy and were at an increased risk of postnatal...

An incredible story by Dr. Rachael Pearson. Toward the end of the article she addresses how Promoting First Relationships® has helped her work from a strengths based approach as a pediatrician, how she has embraced the concept of "wondering" with parents, and thinking...