Touchpoints™ Project

The Touchpoints™ Project is a training model for practitioners/providers around key points in a young child's development. It is a form of outreach and supportive alliance building, which engages parents around important information about their child's development. It emphasized prevention through anticipatory guidance and development of relationships between parents and practitioners/providers. As a result, parents will be more likely to maintain involvement with the systems of care around their children. The goal of the Touchpoints™ Project is not just to change the way in which individual practitioners/providers serve families, but to affect a broader shift in the paradigm of care for children and families. By working with coalitions of practitioners/providers representing a range of disciplines, we are engaging our entire community in adopting the Touchpoints™ approach which will form connections with families and work with parents to bring healthier and better outcomes for their children. To learn more about the TouchpointsT Project contact Lynn Sanchez at 410-822-0444 or email at lsanchez@mhamdes.org.

The Talbot Touchpoints™ Project

The Talbot Touchpoints™ Project  became the 19th site in a current network of 75 communities across the country in 1999.  It is a program of the Mental Health Association in Talbot County and receives it’s funding through the Talbot Family Network.  The area of impact of the project includes the 5 counties of the Upper Eastern Shore of Maryland.  Partnering agencies in the project include: Talbot Family Network, Chesapeake College, The Talbot Health Department, Shore Health Systems, Talbot County Judy Center, and MPAC.

How is the Talbot Touchpoints™ Project being implemented?

• Copies of “My Child’s Journal”, an interactive journal for parent, caregivers , and healthcare providers, are being distributed to families in the 5 counties of the upper eastern shore at no cost to them.
  
  
• 3-Day Comprehensive Trainings* which cover both the Developmental and Relational parts of the Touchpoints™ Model from the 7th month of pregnancy to 6 years of age.
  
  
• 1-Day Relational Workshops* introduces participants to the Relational part of the Touchpoints™ Model and is beneficial to anyone who works with the general public.  Topics such as developing effective listening skills, observational techniques, cultural awareness, and learning to lead from the strength of the situation, as well as other topics, will be introduced in this workshop.
  
  * Schedule of Training & Workshops for 2006-2007:
     November 17, 2006 1-Day Relational Workshops
     February 7, 8 and 14, 2007 3-Day Comprehensive Trainings
  
  ** To attend one of these workshops download the registration form and mail to:
      Mental Health Association
      611B Dutchman’s Lane
      Easton, MD 21601
      or fax 410-820-7283. If you have any questions contact Lynn Sanchez
      at 410-822-0444 or email at lsanchez@mhamdes.org.