Child Development and Early Learning
Challenging Behaviors
- Biting – A Fact Sheet for Families
- Digging Deeper: Looking Beyond Behavior to Discover Meaning ES
- EHS TA Paper No. 10: Strategies for Understanding and Managing Challenging Behavior in Young Children: What Is Developmentally Appropriate - and What Is a Concern?
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 27: What Are Behavioral Skills in Infants and Toddlers? How Do We Screen Them? ES
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 36: What Are “Challenging Behaviors” When Working With Infants and Toddlers? ES
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 37: How Do You Know If Infants or Toddlers With Challenging Behavior Need an Individualized Support Plan? What is the Process of Developing a Plan? What If It Doesn’t Work? ES
- Studies in “Challenging Behavior”: Keys to Understanding
Curriculum
- Curriculum in Early Head Start
- Curriculum in Head Start
- Dual Language Learning: What Does It Take? ES
- EHS TA Paper No. 5: Linguistic Diversity and Early Literacy ES
- EHS TA Paper No. 6: The Foundations for School Readiness: Fostering Developmental Competence in the Earliest Years
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 10: How Can an EHS Program Have a Written Curriculum With Lesson Plans and Still Follow the Baby's Lead as He/She Creates His/Her Own Curriculum? ES
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 13: Infant, Toddler Staff Development ES
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 29: Does Early Head Start Support Math and Science Development With Infants and Toddlers? ES
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 32: What Types of Play Materials Can be Used From the Home to Create Purposeful Learning Experiences for Infants or Toddlers During a Home Visit? ES
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 41: What is "Tummy Time" and Why is It Important? ES
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 48: Why Does Time Outside Matter for Very Young Children? ES
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 9: How Do Programs Plan and Implement Developmentally Appropriate Environments that Meet the Intent of the Head Start Program Performance Standards for Infants and Toddlers? ES
- Exploring Nature with Your Baby: Flowers, plants, and animals provide your little one with rich learning experiences
- Healthy Start, Grow Smart: Prepare My Child for School ES
- Infants and Toddlers Meet the Natural World
- Infants Have Their Own Curriculum: A Responsive Approach to Curriculum Planning for Infants and Toddlers
- Literacy Starts with the Family . . . And that Means Dads Too
- News You Can Use: Approaches Toward Learning—Foundations of School Readiness Part 1
- News You Can Use: Approaches Toward Learning—Foundations of School Readiness Part 2
- News You Can Use: Approaches Toward Learning—Foundations of School Readiness Part 3
- News You Can Use: Developmentally Appropriate Practice
- News You Can Use: Environment as Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers
- News You Can Use: Learning At Home and Homelike Environments
- News You Can Use: Music Part 1
- News You Can Use: Outdoor Spaces
- News You Can Use: Play
- News You Can Use: Take It Outside
- News You Can Use: Transitions
- Relationship as Curriculum
- School Readiness Action Steps for Infants and Toddlers
- School Readiness Goals for Infants and Toddlers in Head Start and Early Head Start Programs: Examples from the Early Head Start National Resource Center
- Sharing Knowledge with Infant-Toddler Teachers and Home Visitors Series
- The Curriculum: A Written Plan for Action
Disabilities
- Assuring the Family's Role on the Early Intervention Team: Explaining Rights and Safeguards
- A Thinking Guide to Inclusive Childcare
- Child Development and Public Health
- Delivering on the Promise of Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
- Early Intervention as Experienced by Families with Limited Resources
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 19: How Do the Requirements Regarding Enrolling at Least 10% of Children With Disabilities Apply for an Agency That Has Both a Head Start and an Early Head Start Program With One Grant Award? ES
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 6: What is the Difference Between Screening and Assessment? ES
- How to Write a Services Plan
- Inclusion Planning Checklist: Home Visiting Programs ES
- News You Can Use: Getting an Early Start on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Research to Practice: Children with Disabilities in Early Head Start
- State and Jurisdictional Eligibility Definitions for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Under IDEA
- Strategies for Including Children with Disabilities in Classroom Activities
Mental Health
- Early Childhood Mental Health in Early Head Start and Head Start - Webcast
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 22: What Does Infant Mental Health (IMH) Mean? And, How Do EHS Programs Implement Quality IMH Services? ES
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 47: What is National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day? How might Head Start programs serving infants and toddlers participate and use this day to support the mental health of infants, toddlers, and families year-round? ES
- Family Connections Materials: A Comprehensive Approach in Dealing with Parental Depression and Related Adversities ES
- Home-based Early Head Start "Kitchen Therapy"
- More than Just the Blues: Identifying and Supporting Parents with Depression
- More than Just the Blues: Identifying and Supporting Parents with Depression [Audioconference]
- News You Can Use: Supporting Families and Staff: Mental Health Services in Early Head Start and Migrant and Seasonal Head Start
- 'Steps That Programs Can Take To Promote The Mental Health of New Mothers and Fathers' [in] The Psychological Work of Pregnancy
- The Head Start Mental Health Research Consortium
- The Infant Mental Health Approach
- The Infant Mental Health Forum
Responsive Caregiving
- Daily Separations and Reunions
- EHS - NRC Building Blocks: The Essentials of Early Head Start Webcasts Series Introduction Page
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 21: What Do We Mean by Continuity of Care in Out-of-Home Settings? ES
- First Connections: Attachment and Its Lasting Importance Audio Conference
- Heart to Heart: The strength of the relationship between an adult caregiver and a young child is affected by the adult’s responsiveness
- Maintaining Relationships: Continuity in Early Head Start, and Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Programs Audio Cast
- News You Can Use: Mirroring the Early Parent Child Bond for Infants and Toddlers
- Relationship as Curriculum
- Transition Strategies: Continuity and Change in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers
- Understanding the Unique Needs of Infants and Toddlers
Screening and Assessment
- Autism Spectrum Disorders in Very Young Children: Providing Screening and Support
- Child Development and Public Health
- EHS TA Paper No. 4: Developmental Screening, Assessment, and Evaluation: Key Elements for Individualizing Curricula in Early Head Start Programs ES
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 1: How Do We Screen Premature Infants When There is No Developmental Screening Tool That Allows for Negative Age? ES
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 27: What Are Behavioral Skills in Infants and Toddlers? How Do We Screen Them? ES
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 30: Do Infant and Toddler Screenings Need to be Standardized? ES
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 6: What is the Difference Between Screening and Assessment? ES
- Exploring the Essentials of Infant and Toddler Ongoing Assessment - Webcast
- Family-Centered Assessment
- Readiness and Relationships: Issues in Assessing Young Children, Families, and Caregivers
- Research to Practice: Children with Disabilities in Early Head Start
- Using Assessment to Help Us Work with Families
Social and Emotional Development
- EHS Tip Sheet No. 35: What is CSEFEL? Can EHS Programs Use the Infant and Toddler Materials? ES
- Guiding Principles [: A Comprehensive Approach To the Emotional Health of Infants and Their Families]
- 'How Head Start Can Help' [in] Stress and the Developing Brain
- It's Good for Them! Promoting Physical and Social-Emotional Development at Snacks and Mealtimes
- Laying Foundations: Social and Emotional Development in the Earliest Years
- Little Listeners in an Uncertain World: Providing Safety and Support through Community Trauma
- News You Can Use: Disaster Readiness and Response for Families with Young Children
