Routines and Activities
Use this resource with families to make decisions about how intervention can be embedded into daily routines and activities.
Friendship Skills
Use this tool to support families or teachers with strategies about peer and friendship skill development.
Informed Clinical Opinion Checklist
Use this checklist to make sure you have included all of the required documentation for informed clinical opinion.
ECO Decision Tree
Use this interactive resource to walk through the decision tree to get an ECO rating for each of the 3 outcome indicators.
How do you engage families during the Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO) process?
Families have unique information about their child. This information along with observations by additional team members helps create a whole picture of the child. When you involve families in the ECO process, it supports high quality data reporting as well as many aspects of family engagement. Did you know the Office of Child Development and … Continued
Why Does S/he Do That!?
While childhood is a time of growth and exploration, growing up isn’t easy. Nor is it always easy supporting a child in that process. There is so much to learn and to teach in order for a child to develop the skills needed to successfully manage himself/herself across the myriad of circumstances of daily living. … Continued
The Value of Family Culture: From Conflict to Shared Understanding
In the course of your everyday work you are bound to interact with families whose beliefs or values about child rearing, communication, and everyday activities such as feeding, sleeping, toileting, discipline, and play are different from your own. It is important to recognize that these attitudes and beliefs are often bound by culture. Families, including … Continued
15 Minutes a Day to School Success!
Time is precious to families and just 15 minutes can seem like a lot of time with everything they need to get done in a day. But what if they knew that reading aloud to their child for just 15 minutes a day could be the single greatest contribution to their child’s school success? How … Continued
Talking to Families about Challenging Behavior
Discussing a child’s challenging behavior can be less stressful and more productive when you invest in relationships, stick to facts, and focus on solutions. Talking to families can be intimidating. It can be made easier when it’s the child that constantly makes you laugh or you have a cute anecdote to share with the family member … Continued
Soothe with Singing: The Power of Lullabies
Can you remember a lullaby that was sung to you? Perhaps it was a traditional lullaby, like Hush, Little Baby or Itsy-Bitsy Spider, or a favorite song such as A Bushel and a Peck or Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Lullabies are a wonderful way to soothe and calm little ones and serve a greater purpose … Continued