Partners for a Healthy Baby
Research-based training for home visitors, supervisors, doulas, and family support professionals serving families from prenatal through age three.
Developed by Florida State University experts, Partners is a research-based curriculum that equips maternal, infant, and early childhood professionals with practical strategies to support expectant and parenting families, improve birth outcomes, strengthen parent-child relationships, and promote healthy child development.
With more than 675 colorful and engaging Parent Handouts available in English and Spanish, along with digital resources and professional training, Partners helps professionals provide consistent, research-informed support from the prenatal period through age three. Handouts can be easily texted, emailed, or printed for use with families.
Partners is designed for a wide range of family-serving professionals and programs and can be accessed on desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Its comprehensive content covers parenting, early education, health and safety, and family empowerment, making it a versatile resource for home visits, group socializations, parent conferences, support services, and family engagement activities.
Built on Research. Trusted in Practice.
The Florida State University Partners for a Healthy Baby curriculum helps home visiting programs deliver consistent, evidence-based support to pregnant and parenting families.
Serving Families Prenatally to age 3
Used nationally and internationally
Purposes and Handouts Available in English and Spanish
Planned sequence of research-based content that can be individualized to meet the needs of families while addressing program goals
Developed by Experts
Multidisciplinary team of Florida State University faculty
The Partners Training Institute
Who We Train
- Home Visitors
- Supervisors & Coaches
- Doulas
- Family Support Professionals
Research-Informed Foundation
- Partners for a Healthy Baby
- Pregnancy through Age 3
- Family-Centered Approach
- Research-Informed Practice
Training Opportunities
- Curriculum Training
- ELOF Alignment
- Let's Explore!
- Supervisor & Coach Training
- Doula Training
Flexible Delivery
- Live Virtual
- In Person
- Individual Registration
- Group Training Options
Training Opportunities
Strengthen your knowledge, skills, and effectiveness with Partners Training Institute professional development opportunities.
Partners & the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework
Format: Live Virtual
Length: 3 Hours
This training connects the Partners curriculum with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF). Participants learn how Partners aligns with the ELOF and how it can be used to provide early education services within the home-based option.
Partners Workshop for Supervisors & Coaches
Format: Live Virtual • In Person
Length: 1 Day
Participants explore three key supervisory roles: administrative management, professional development coach, and reflective supervisor. The training addresses curriculum fidelity and the use of the Partners Fidelity Tool to monitor, support, and coach home visitors.
Partners "Let's Explore!" Developmental Activities
Format: Live Virtual
Length: 3 Hours
Participants learn how to engage parents and guide families through interactive developmental activities during home visits and group settings, helping support child growth and parent-child interaction.
Partners Curriculum Training
Format: Live Virtual • In Person
Length: 2 Days
Participants learn how to implement the Partners curriculum with fidelity, plan effective visits with families from pregnancy through their child's third birthday, promote healthy birth outcomes, and strengthen parenting skills that support optimal bonding and development.
Doula Training: Using Partners Approach to Systematic Support
Format: Live Virtual • In Person
Length: 1 Day
Designed for doulas, family support professionals, and labor support providers, this training equips participants with practical, evidence-informed tools to provide systematic, culturally responsive, and compassionate care. Topics include pregnancy wellness, labor and birth preparation, newborn care, infant feeding, postpartum adjustment, and family support.
Home Visiting 101
Format: Live Virtual • In Person
Length: 1 Day
This introductory training explores the joys and challenges of providing services in the home. Participants learn the five roles of a home visitor as well as strategies for maintaining personal safety, emotional wellness, and professional effectiveness. This training is not specific to the Partners curriculum.
Birth to Three: Moving Beyond Milestones
Format: Live Virtual
Length: 5 Weeks (10 Hours Total)
Designed for professionals across disciplines, this five-week training series provides a strong foundation in infant and toddler development. Participants receive updated knowledge across developmental domains, including sensory, motor, cognitive, language, and social development, while exploring significant milestones across four age periods.
Why Programs Choose Partners
Evidence-Based Foundation
Built on research and developed by multidisciplinary FSU faculty to promote effective practices that support pregnant and parenting families.
Practical Strategies
Provides a systematic framework for planning and conducting visits while allowing customization to each family's goals, needs, and program priorities.
Flexible Delivery
Offers nearly 700 purposes and parent handouts that can be tailored to the stage of pregnancy or age of the child.
Support for Diverse Roles
Designed to be used by any home visiting model or family support program including Early Head Start, Healthy Start, Healthy Families America, the New Parent Support Program, Parents as Teachers, Teen Parent programs, Doula programs, managed health care systems, and Health Departments.
Outcomes That Matter
Partners supports a comprehensive range of family and program outcomes through research-based content and implementation guidance.
Works Within Your Existing Home Visiting Model
Partners for a Healthy Baby strengthens implementation across home visiting models and family support programs by providing adaptable, research-based content within a flexible visit-planning framework that supports fidelity to each program’s model requirements, standards, and goals
Everything Prenatal to Three Professionals Need In One Convenient Location
Partners empowers home visitors and family support professionals with ready-to-use tools while ensuring families receive trusted, research-based information to support healthy pregnancies and promote healthy early development.-
675+ Parent Handouts
Ready-to-use family resources.
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Fully Searchable
Find topics instantly.
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Mobile Friendly
Use on desktop, laptop, tablet, or smart phone.
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Share Resources
Parent Handouts can be printed or they can be texted and emailed to families.
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Developmentally Sequenced
Supports pregnancy through age 3.
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Research-Based
Built from research and clinical best practices.
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Professional Development
Virtual and on-site training
What Participants Are Saying
“The Partners curriculum is one of the most beautiful resources I've had the opportunity to utilize in my everyday work as someone within the helping profession. This curriculum is top tier."
— K Kornbacher
Maternal Health Case Manager
“Excellent curriculum! So well thought out and put together and very user friendly!”
— R English
Nurse Home Visitor
“The training was easy to follow. The curriculum has great design features and sharing capabilities. Easy to search through multiple formats.”
— N Sa'id-West
Nurse Home Visitor
“Excellent training with excellent trainers! Extremely professional, prompt, knowledgeable, and informative! One of the best trainings I have been to in a while!”
— B Bonner
Occupational Therapist
View Alignment Resources & Standards
Partners provides a systematic approach to planning and conducting visits that support family and program outcomes, including prenatal health, healthy birth outcomes, child development, nurturing parenting, infant mental health, economic self-sufficiency, and family stability.
Alignment Resources
Well-trained program staff select curriculum content that aligns with individual family goals and program outcomes to support any home visiting or family support program.
Ready to Explore Partners for a Healthy Baby?
Support families with a research-based curriculum developed by Florida State University.
