Parenting Stress Index
In This Issue Healthy Families New York staff use the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) with families to help identify the stressors they may be experiencing with parenting. In this issue of The Link, we take a closer look at how we are using this tool. Read about how programs orient and train staff to use the PSI, how the PSI has helped home visitors to better help families, some tips gathered from interviews with home visitors and supervisors about how they effectively use the tool, and what we've learned about families from looking at the PSI data we've collected. We even have a PSI quiz for you take, but you can only get the answers by visiting the Healthy Families New York website at www.healthyfamiliesnewyork.org. This issue's Milky Way focuses on how breastfeeding can decrease stress for new parents. We have a Spotlight on our colleagues at Healthy Families of Sullivan. And, as always, we share news and photos about the creative and important work going on in our statewide system.