Core practices
Core practice # | Description |
1 | Designate roles among the care team and standardise workflow to provide developmental, behavioural, and social determinants of health screening, developmental health promotion, support, and resources |
2 | Enhance anticipatory guidance with videos and materials that are focused on social emotional development and the primary caregiver–child relationship |
3 | Use strengths-based observation, reflection and positive instructive feedback |
4 | Outreach to parents prenatally to build relationship with family, identify concrete support needs and connect to resources |
5 | Create opportunities for families to connect with other families |
6 | Co-create goal setting |
7 | Create structures to enhance team-based care and communication |
8 | Use environments and structures to promote relationships and patient experiences including: access, group well-child visits, continuity of care, engaging physical environment (toys, books, space), electronic health record design |
9 | Develop community partnerships with clear processes and protocols |
10 | Provide ongoing learning for the care team and staff |
11 | Create support for clinic teams to address burnout, stress/fatigue and retention issues |