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Table 1 Timing of session and content in Family Startup

From: The Family Startup Program: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a universal group-based parenting support program

Meeting

When?

The topic of the day/presentations

Teacher(s)

1

Week 28

Welcome and presentation of the program

Heath visitor

Finances and changes in the budget of the family Networking

Financial adviser

What does an infant need

Nurse

2

Week 32

How to ensure and insure each other?

Legal adviser

Legal paternity- what does it mean?

Health visitor

THE BIRTH OF THE CHILD

3

Child 1 month

Relationships, communication, and sleep

Marte Meo therapist

The everyday life with an infant

Health visitor

4

Child 2 months

Motor development in infants

Physiotherapist

The infant’s basic needs

Health visitors

Psychological reaction after the birth

Health visitor

5

Child 3 months

Family dynamics and interaction

Psychologist and health visitor

Help and support- what are the possibilities?

 

6

Child 4 months

Food and meals

Health visitor

Medical check-up of the child

7

Child 5 months

Preventing accidents

 

When your child is sick

Health visitor

8

Child 6 months

Language development

Language counsellor

Child development

Health visitor

9

Child 7 months

The labor market and daycare enrolment

Pedagogue

Sleep during day and night- how to get better sleep

Health visitor

10

Child 8 months

The personality of your child and independence

Health visitor

The child’s first tooth

Dentist

11

Child 10 months

Family dynamics

Family counselor/pedagogue

The everyday life with your child

Health visitor

12

Child 15 months

Upbringing: the everyday life and challenges in the family Resilience

Health visitor

Goodbye