Fostering Healthy Social & Emotional Development in Young Children: Tips for Families
Social and emotional development focuses on “the relationships we share with others”; “our ability to recognize and understand our own … Read more
New (FREE) Toolkit for Parents and EI Providers
In collaboration with the nonprofit group Read Aloud 15 MINUTES, the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) released its newest … Read more
Fostering Healthy Social & Emotional Development in Young Children: Tips for Early Childhood Teachers and Providers
This useful handout, posted below for your convenience, provides tips for creating “predictable, nurturing environment(s),” supporting the development of social … Read more
Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns
Developed by our friends at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Learn the Signs. Act Early. program, a new … Read more
Developing Social-Emotional Skills
We’ve discovered yet another set of highly informative resources from our colleagues at Zero to Three to help you “learn what … Read more
Help Me Grow California (Updated 9-15-17)
First 5 Association has identified Help Me Grow (HMG) as the transformative solution to improve California’s early identification and intervention system. … Read more
Vroom: A Site to Help Build Your Baby’s Brain
Today’s blog post highlights Vroom an interactive website that provides parents and caregivers with ways to boost early learning. Vroom says, … Read more
Tips for Promoting Social-Emotional Development
“Tips for Promoting Social-Emotional Development” (2010) from Zero-to-Three explores a handful of important and very simple strategies parents can use … Read more
Child Social-Emotional Competence Checklist
Interaction Practice 3: Practitioners promote the child’s communication development by observing, interpreting, responding contingently, and providing natural consequences for the … Read more
Depression in Mothers: More than the Blues
Many mothers of young children experience depression and don’t even realize it. Early Start personnel who visit homes on a regular basis … Read more
California Home Visiting Program (CHVP)
The California Home Visiting Program or CHVP is “a preventive intervention focused on promoting positive parenting and child development.” Their services … Read more