Resource for Parents: “Teaching Your Child to Cooperate with Requests”

Teaching Your Child to: Cooperate with Requests explains in family-friendly language why young children may be having trouble following rules and listening to requests, and offers tips to help parents support this important social-emotional skill in their children. Access the full resource on the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) website here: http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/documents/teaching_cooperate.pdf.

The ICC-Recommended Early Start Personnel Manual (ESPM) describes core knowledge and role-specific competencies needed for early intervention service provision, incorporating current research and evidence in the field of early intervention. To access the ESPM, CLICK HERE.

This resource is related to the following ESPM knowledge-level competencies:

Core Knowledge (CK):
- CK2: The role of primary social and emotional relationships as the foundation for early learning.
- CK5: The importance of play as context, method and outcome of learning.
Individualized Family Service Plan Development and Review (IFSP-DR):
- IFSP-DR2 (EIA): Is aware of the importance of parents as team members in the IFSP process.
- IFSP-DR5 (EIA): Has basic knowledge of intervention strategies used in everyday routines, relationships, activities, places and partnerships.
Individualized Family Service Plan Implementation (IFSP-i)
- IFSP-i3 (EIA): Is familiar with generic and specific evidence-based early intervention strategies to support all areas of development.