Suggested Reading

Books | Online Articles | Websites

Books

The Early Childhood Coaching Handbook Rush, D. D., & Shelden, M. L. (2011)
This guidebook walks professionals step by step through the coaching process and shows them explicitly what best practices look like. Developed by the foremost authorities on coaching and informed by the authors’ staff development and technical assistance activities with other professionals, this book directly addresses the real-world challenges of coaching and gives readers concrete guidance on successful strategies and interactions.

The Early Intervention Guidebook for Families and Professionals: Partnering for Success Bonnie Keilty (2010)
The Early Intervention Guidebook shows what early intervention looks like when it is based on current research, policies, and best practices. It focuses on how families and professionals can collaborate effectively so that young children learn, grow, and thrive. Chapters addresses important concepts of early intervention, including child learning and development, family functioning and priorities, early intervention as a support not a substitute, and thinking about whats next after early intervention

The Early Intervention Team Handbook Rush, D. D., & Shelden, M. L. (2013)
The perfect complement to the authors’ bestselling Early Childhood Coaching Handbook, this practical, reader-friendly guide is a blueprint for better, more responsive care and services—and better outcomes for young children and families.

Routines-Based Early Intervention R.A. McWilliam (2010)
Robin McWilliam gives professionals a detailed framework for early intervention that addresses families’ individual needs and helps children participate in daily routines. With the step-by-step guidance on each part of the routines-based intervention model, professionals in Part C programs will reach their key goals during visits to homes and child care settings.

Working with Families of Young Children with Special Needs R. A. McWilliam (2010)
This user-friendly book presents research-based best practices for serving families of children with special needs from birth to age 6. Expert contributors demonstrate how early intervention and early childhood special education can effectively address a wide range of family concerns, which in turn optimizes children’s development and learning. Tools are offered for assessing families; identifying and capitalizing on their strengths; providing information, support, and coaching; collaborating with parents and teachers to address children’s functional needs in the context of everyday routines; and coordinating care. Over a dozen reproducible checklists and forms help professionals immediately implement the techniques and strategies described.

Online Articles

• 8 Concepts form Adult Learning You Can Use to Support Caregivers
• Early Intervention in Natural Environments:  A Five-Component Model
• American Academy of Pediatrics – Early Intervention, IDEA Part C Services, and the Medical Home: Collaboration for Best Practices and Best Outcomes
• BriefCASE – Script for Explaining an Evidence-Based Early Intervention Model
• Coaching Quick Reference Guide
• Evidence-Based Definition of Coaching Practices
• Family-Guided SS-OO-PP-RR Home Visiting
• Infant Mental Health Approaches and IDEA Part C Position Paper
• “Let Me Just Tell You What I Do All Day. . .” The Family Story at the Center of Intervention Research and Practice
• Position Statement – Promoting the Health, Safety and Well-Being of Young Children with Disabilities and Developmental Delays – The Division of Early Childhood (DEC)
• Principles & Strategies for Family-Centered Home-Based Services
• Seven Key Principles:  Looks Like / Doesn’t Look Like – Developed by the Workgroup on Principles and Practices in Natural Environments, OSEP TA Community of Practice-Part C Settings
• Using Routines-Based Early Interventions in Early Childhood Special Education
• Voices From the Field – Young Exceptional Journal Article by Bonnie Keilty that describes the complexities of early Intervention work

Recommended Practices

• DEC Recommended Practices in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education – The Division of Early Childhood of The Council for Exceptional Children.

Assistive Technology

• EZ AT 2 – Simple Assistive Technology Ideas for Children Ages Birth to Three
• Using Assistive Technology with Infants and Toddlers

Speech-Language Pathology

• From Couching to Coaching – The ASHA Leader
• Providing Early Intervention Services in Natural Environments – The ASHA Leader
• Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologist in Early Intervention: Position Statement American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Roles and Responsibilities of Speech-Language Pathologist in Early Intervention: Guidelines American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

Occupational Therapy

• Coaching Model in Early Intervention: An Introduction American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
• Key Principles in Early Intervention Practices in Natural Environments: A Crosswalk with Occupational Therapy Literature
• Supporting Children to Participate Successfully in Everyday Life by Using Sensory Processing Knowledge Winnie Dunn, PhD, OTR, FAOTA

Physical Therapy

• Early Intervention Physical Therapy: IDEA Part C American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
• Team-based Service Delivery Approaches in Pediatric Practice American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
• Natural Environments in Early Intervention Services American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

        Early Childhood Inclusion

• Research Synthesis Points on Practices that Support Inclusion National Professional Development Center on Inclusion

Recommended Websites

• ASHA – American Speech Language Hearing Association
  [ASHA documents related to Early Intervention]
• Center for Everday Child Language Learning (CECLL)
• Coaching In Early Intervention
• Disability is Natural – An interesting and thought-provoking parent perspective
• Early Intervention Strategies for Success
• ECTA Center – The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
• FACETS – Family-guided Approaches to Collaborative Early Intervention Training and Services
• Family Guided Routines Based Intervention and Caregiver Coaching
• Family, Infant and Preschool Program
• North Carolina Infant Mental Health Association
• TaCTICS – Therapists as Collaborative Team members for Infant/Toddler Community Services
• Technical Assistance Center for Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI)
• Virginia Early Intervention Professional Development Center
• Zero to Three
• Center for Evidence Based Practices
• Center on the Developing Child – Harvard University
• The Division for Early Childhood
• Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute