The Parent’s Role inDeveloping Children’s Comprehension
This chapter explores several aspects of parental support for comprehension in prereaders by intertwining child language and literacy development with research. Read More
Developmental Progression of Skills: Fine Motor Skills
Excerpted from Early Intervention Every Day!, this chapter presents milestones in the area of fine motor skills and ways for providers to coach caregivers to facilitate the skill’s development in daily routines and activities. Read More
Getting to Know the Family
This brief excerpt explains why it's useful for professionals to gather information on the families they serve, inculding details about family composition, culture/language, and customs. Read More
Intervention to Equalize Early Experience
This final chapter of Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children explores the authors' conclusions from their groundbreaking word gap study and proposes strategies for leveling the playing field. Read More
Home visitors: Try the “developmental parenting” approach
Home visiting approaches have been refined since practitioners moved from the clinic into the family home. Rather than provide services directly to the child or directly to the parent, practitioners can emphasize parent–child interaction so that services are provided through the parent to the child. See how you can use the developmental parenting approach to guide parents in reinforcing and supporting their child's development for long-lasting impact. Read More
10 Steps to Parenting Competence
The Pathways to Competence for Young Children parenting program is designed to help parent educators teach practices that will help parents enhance their children's social and emotional development. Take a glimpse at the 10 steps of the program, along with suggested tips for parents to try to help them accomplish each goal. Read More
Play skills checklist
View the sample play skills checklist, which can be used by parents to monitor their child's performance on basic play skills. The checklist includes three play categories: basic play skills, skills for playing alone, and skills for playing with others. Read More
Self-care assessment
Use this sample assessment to evaluate your child’s mastery and his or her motivation for the following skill sets: basic dressing. clothes selection and care, grooming and personal hygiene, and health care. Read More
The Special Needs Planning Timeline
In these first introductory pages to The Special Needs Planning Guide, read about financial planning as well as the key stages of special needs planning. Developed by two financial planning experts, this one-of-a-kind book is a must-have for parents and caregivers. Read More
The special needs planning timeline
This chapter introduces the concept of special needs planning and discusses considerations for various life stages from early childhood to adulthood. Read More
