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7 Super Things Parents & Caregivers Can Do Bookmark. Seven activities that are proven to help children succeed are listed on this attractive bookmark.
A Healthy Mouth for Your Baby. The five steps to protect a young childs teeth are identified. Parents and care providers can use this easy to read booklet to gain basic information.
A Holistic Approach to Health and Safety (Technical Assistance Paper No. 7). A comprehensive view of health and wellness recognizes that environment and all areas of development -- physical, emotional, social, cognitive -- interact to either support or impede good health. Head Start staff and Program Managers will learn here how health status contributes to the everyday practices of staff and families and what systems support good health practices. This item covers special issues such as pregnant women, oral health for infants and toddlers, screening for developmental and behavioral disorders, rural communities, etc.. It also contains appendices with forms, worksheets and iventories, plus illustrations.
Afirmemos nuestro Futuro (Multimedia Kit). Este video de dieciocho minutos de duración y la guía adjunta ofrecen una vista general del abanico de los servicios de salud en Head Start y Early Head Start.
Alternative Dispute Resolution/Conflict Management Resource Guide. This resource guide, developed by HSIPC, provides the user with a tool to locate resources on conflict management, alternative dispute resolution, and peer mediation.
Appreciative Inquiry Resource Guide. Appreciative Inquiry contains selected journal articles, books and journal titles, and organizations and associations related to organization development, that may include resources on Appreciative Inquiry.
Building Blocks for Father Involvement. These five booklets and videos outline the steps to develop a strong father involvement program.
Building on Success. Head Start staff work in partnership with parents on self-sufficiency goals.
Building Supportive Communities. The mounting issues and concerns of todays families require both new and renewed community building efforts.
Building Teacher Skills in Child Assessment. The research institute, sponsored by Regions V, VII, VIII in April 2002, focused on the structures, strategies and techniques to enhance the skills and practices of teachers.
Bulletin #61: Conflict Management. This issue contains insights, resources, information and expert opinions on how to manage conflict, how to pursue mediation and how to improve communication among staff.
Bulletin #65: Family Involvement. This issue of the Bulletin focuses on some of the many ways parents participate in Head Start.
Bulletin #67: Curriculum in Head Start. This issue provides a comprehensive overview of curriculum in Head Start.
Bulletin #68: Conflict Management. This issue of the Head Start Bulletin reviews conflict management skills and illustrates how they can be used effectively in those situations where conflict can be prevented or resolved in a mutually satisfying way.
Bulletin #69: Early Head Start. This issue of the Head Start Bulletin focuses on the current best practices essential to quality programs: child development, family development, community building, and staff development, all embedded in the Head Start Performance Standards.
Bulletin #70: Screening and Assessment in Head Start. 16 articles provide "a wide variety of ideas and strategies
Bulletin #71: Head Start and Partners Forum on Oral Health. Presentations made at the forum are summarized and projected activities to be undertaken in the area of oral health are described.
Bulletin #73: Child Mental Health. Children's school experience is more positive and productive when they have a sense of personal well-being and when they are grounded in stable caring relationships in their early lives.
Bulletin #74: Why Research?. Research on Head Start participants has added substantially to understanding of the development of children from disadvantaged backgrounds and their families.
Bulletin #75: Adult Health. Windy M. Hill, Associate Commissioner of the Head Start Bureau, leads off this issue by noting, "In order to care for, nurture, and teach our children, we must first take care of ourselves."
Bulletin #76: Head Start Child Outcomes. The National Reporting System (NRS) has been developed in order to determine "how well Head Start children across the country are being prepared for academic success once they enter school, " (Dr. Wade F. Horn).
Bulletin #77: Father Involvement. Fathers make critical contributions to the "...educational achievement and physical and emotional health" of their children. Sections of this issue address diverse aspects of starting and/or enhancing a Father Involvement program.
Bulletin #78: English Language Learners. Head Start has strong programmatic requirements that specifically refer to the home language, the learning of English, or the cultural background of families and children.
Caring for Children With Chronic Conditions. What ifs dominate staff and family members concerns about children who live with medical conditions that require regular attention.
Catálogo de Productos y Servicios de Head Start. La publicaciones, cintas de video y servicios que aparecen en este catálogo están diseñados con el fin de entregar un rica y amplia variedad de recursos para los concesionarios y agencias delegadas de Head Start puedan utilizar en su trabajo de planificación, administración y operación de sus programas.
Certificado de reconocimiento para padres y tutores. Use these certificates to acknowledge the participation and valuable contributions of your Head Start children, families, volunteers and staff.
Certificado de reconocimiento para voluntarios. Use these certificates to acknowledge the participation and valuable contributions of your Head Start children, families, volunteers and staff.
Certificado para niños que han completado dos años. Use these certificates to acknowledge the participation and valuable contributions of your Head Start children, families, volunteers and staff.
Certificado para niños que han completado un año. Use these certificates to acknowledge the participation and valuable contributions of your Head Start children, families, volunteers and staff.
Certificate for 25 Years of Service. Use these certificates to acknowledge the participation and valuable contributions of your Head Start children, families, volunteers and staff.
Certificate for Long-Term Service. Use these certificates to acknowledge the participation and valuable contributions of your Head Start children, families, volunteers and staff.
Certificate for Parents and Guardians. Use these certificates to acknowledge the participation and valuable contributions of your Head Start children, families, volunteers and staff.
Certificate of Appreciation for Volunteers. Use this certificate to acknowledge the participation and valuable contributions of your Head Start volunteers.
Certificate of Completion for Children (One Year). Use this certificate to acknowledge the participation and valuable contributions of your Head Start children.
Certificate of Completion for Children (Two Years). Use these certificates to acknowledge the participation and valuable contributions of your Head Start children, families, volunteers and staff.
Chapter XIII - Office of Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Subchapter B - The Administration for Children, Youth and Families, Head Start Program. Chapter XIII (45 Code of Federal Regulations)Parts 1301 -- 1311 includes the full legal requirements for Head Start programs.
Child Care Collaboration: An Internet Resource Pathfinder. This resource was developed by the HSIPC to provide the user with a tool to locate virtual sites on Child Care Collaboration.
Child Development Services During Home Visits and Socializations in the EHS Home-Based Programs Option. Clarifies how Head Start Program Performance Standards and the home-based program option requirements apply to Early Head Start programs.
Child Development: An Internet Pathfinder. Identifies and links to agencies, organizations, publications and other information resources on web sites.
Child Health Record. This record documents a child's complete health history including medical, dental, dietary and developmental information.
Child Health Record - Spanish. This record documents a child's complete health history including medical, dental, dietary and developmental information.
Child Support Services for Families in Head Start Programs. This child support brochure assists parents in establishing the legal paternity of their son or daughter.
Child Support Services for Families in Head Start Programs - Spanish. This child support brochure assists parents in establishing the legal paternity of their son or daughter.
Communicating with Parents. The value of effective communications by program staff in building partnerships with Parents is the primary focus of this training guide.
Community Partnerships: Working Together. Community Partnerships: Working Together is part of a series of training guides developed to build the family support capacity of Head Start staff.
Cómo facilitar la transición de los niños del preescolar al kindergarten: Una guía para maestros y administradores de programas de la primera infancia. Este folleto brinda una variedad de ideas para los maestros del preescolar y de kindergarten así como a los administradores en establecer vínculos y facilitar la transición de los niños pequeños de un entorno educativo a otro. Se esbozan asimismo las ventajas de facilitar dichas transiciones para los niños y sus padres.
Creative Adventure Media Kit: Contains Video, Wall Chart, Guide. This multimedia kit contains a media guide and a poster, and is intended for use in conjunction with the videotape, A Creative Adventure, to encourage and assist adults to support children's creative expression.
Creative Adventure: Supporting Development and Learning Through Art, Music, Movement, and Dialogue. Art, music, and drama activities are important endeavors in a childs development.
Creative Adventure: Supporting Development and Learning Through Art, Music, Movement, and Dialogue: A Guide for Parents and Professionals - Multimedia Kit. The purpose of this multimedia kit is to encourage and assist adults to support children's creative expression through art, music, drama, dance, creative movement, and dialogue.
Creative Adventure: Supporting Development and Learning Through Art, Music, Movement, and Dialogue: A Guide for Parents and Professionals - Multimedia Kit, - Spanish. The purpose of this multimedia kit is to encourage and assist adults to support children's creative expression through art, music, drama, dance, creative movement, and dialogue.
Cultivating Successful Management Teams. Productive management teams develop team processes, apply strategies, and strengthen relationships. This training guide, created for directors and program managers, looks at internal systems in an effort to offer quality services.
Curriculum in Head Start/Individualizing in Head Start (Videotape). This videotape contains two segments that explain the requirements in the Program Performance Standards and demonstrate their implementation in Head Start programs.
Curriculum in Head Start/Individualizing in Head Start (User's Guide). This user's guide was developed to facilitate the effective use of the videotape.
Dele a su hijo la ventaja educativa inicial de Head Start. This brochure is aimed at families who might be eligible to participate in Head Start programs.
Design for Family Support. Develop the essential partnership-building skills enabling families to achieve goals for a better life.
Design for Family Support (Videotape). This videotape supports the national training guide, A design for Family Support.
Designing Parenting Education Programs. Developing comprehensive family learning opportunities is the focus of this technical training guide.
Destination Internet: Resources to Empower Head Start Parents (Videotape). Provides Heads Start parents information on: why to use the Internet; how to get connected; what resources are available on the Web; and ways to search for these resources.
Developing a Head Start Training Plan. This handbook provides a step-by-step guide for developing a successful training development plan.
Developing a Head Start Training Plan - Worksheets. This handbook provides a step-by-step guide for developing a successful training development plan.
Developmental Screening, Assessment, and Evaluation: Key Elements for Individualizing Curricula in Early Head Start Programs. Provides guidelines for each element of the developmental process and offers appropriate principles for screening, assessment and evaluation.
Distance Learning - Resource Guide. Distance Learning contains selected resources on issues in Distance Learning.
DIVERSIÓN Y EDUCACIÓN PARA PADRES E HIJOS: Libro de actividades. Este manual contiene actividades educativas que entretienen, tanto a los padres como a los niños. Es una colección de actividades cotidianas que son sencillas y se pueden realizar fácilmente en el hogar familiar, el patio e incluso lejos de casa. Este libro incluye, además, una lista de preguntas para inspirar a los padres a crear actividades adicionales. Esta publicación es apropiada también para otras familias, guarderías infantiles y equipos en las aulas. (Se puede reproducir según se necesite).
Early Head Start Almanac. The history, statistics, funding, training and technical assistance, research, and special initiatives of the program that supports pregnant women and infants and toddlers are detailed.
Early Head Start and Head Start Partnerships: Building a Birth-to-Five Head Start Program. (Technical Assistance Paper No.8). Birth-to-five programming is the concept of providing continuous and coordinated care for children and families participating in Head Start throughout pregnancy and for as long as Head Start remains an appropriate setting for a child during the first 5 years of life.
Early Head Start Home-Based Program Option: Recruiting, Training and Retaining Qualified Staff (Technical Assistance Paper No. 2). Outlines the unique aspects of home visiting as an approach for delivering Early Head Start services to expectant parents and families with infants and toddlers.
Early Head Start Information Kit: Research to Practice Addendum Multimedia Kit. 2 PowerPoint presentations on CD, a research brief and special topic information in two areas Depression and Child Care combine to provide an overview of the basic impact findings from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project.
Early Head Start para Ninos Desde la mas Temprana Edad: Como Desorrollar una Estrategia Individualizada de Servicios de Alta Calidad para Mujeres Embarazadas. Documento de Asistencia Tecnica num.3. Se ofrecen pautas para cada elemento del proceso de desarrollo, así como los principios correspondientes, para hacer una evaluación inicial, elección y evaluación continua. Esta guía también sugiere al personal del programa, prácticas que han de evitarse e identificar las estrategias que tienen mayor probabilidad de conducir al máximo potencial del niño. Igualmente, se recalca la importancia de determinar la idoneidad de los métodos de las evaluaciones informales y formales.
Early Head Start Program Implementation: Start-up Planning (Technical Assistance Paper No. 1). Details the program start-up process from community needs assessment to the development of a written plan based on the Head Start Performance Standards.
Early Head Start Resources (Specialty Catalog). Assists in finding specific Early Head Start information in the quickest way possible.
Easing the Transition from Preschool to Kindergarten: A Guide for Early Childhood Teachers and Administrators. This booklet provides a variety of ideas for preschool and kindergarten teachers and administrators to establish linkages and ease the transition between educational settings for young children and their families.
Effective Transition Practices: Facilitating Continuity. Identifying elements of effective transition is the first step in assisting children to learn to accept change openly and with enthusiasm.
Elementos fundamentales para la participación del padre. Estos cinco folletos esbozan los pasos que han de tomarse para establecer un programa bien asentado para la participación del padre.
Embracing Our Future (Multimedia Kit). Four children in Head Start/Early Head Start benefit from the programs health services.
Emerging Literacy: Linking Social Competence to Learning. Literacy is a gradual process involving both oral and written communications skills.
English Language Learners Focus Group Report. Children and families within Head Start and Early Head Start are increasingly linguistically diverse.
Enhancing Children's Growth and Development. Families, neighborhoods, communities and cultures affect children.
Enhancing Health in the Head Start Workplace. This technical guide will help to increase the understanding and skills of Head Start staff to identify the various ways in which employee health affects the effectiveness of the organization.
Evaluating Head Start: a Recommended Framework for Studying the Impact of the Head Start Program. Summarizes the first phase of research conducted by the Advisory Committee on Head Start Research and Evaluation.
Faces Finding 2000. The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), launched in Spring 1997, is an integral part of Head Start's system of Program Performance Measures, an outcome-oriented accountability system.
Family Partnerships: A Continuous Process. Creating and maintaining family partnerships is a continuous process, one which requires continuous careful monitoring.
Fatherhood Initiative Resource Guide. This resource guide was developed by HSIPC to assist the Head Start community in its effort to support the Fatherhood Initiative.
Federal Register Alert. Each day - Monday through Friday -- an HSIPC Information Specialist reviews the Federal Register table of contents for items of interest to the Head Start community.
Fiscal Assistant. The Head Start Act, Office of Management and Budget circulars, Department of Health and Human Services regulations, Information Memorandums, Program Instructions, Departmental Appeals Board Decisions, Narratives, and fillable Standard Forms are intended to help program directors and fiscal staff.
Fostering Program Governance. Fostering Program Governance helps orient Head Start Directors, managers, parents and volunteers to the duties and responsibilities of Policy Councils and boards.
Friendly Faces - Faces Findings: New Research on Head Start Outcomes and Program Quality.. Children enrolled in Head Start during the 2003-2004 program year showed significant skills growth. Parents and staff alike will find this "friendly" version of the report presents childrens progress clearly.
Fun and Learning for Parents and Children: An Activities Handbook. A handbook containing entertaining educational activities for parents and children. It is a collection of everyday things to do that can easily be done in a family's home, backyard or even away from home.
Give Your Child A Head Start. This colorful brochure is aimed at families who might be eligible to participate in Head Start Programs.
Giving Children the Earliest Head Start: Developing an Individualized Approach to High-Quality Services for Pregnant Women (Technical Assistance Paper No. 3). Through profiles of individual programs, ideas are provided on how best to implement Program Performance Standards mandates.
Handbook for Volunteer Coordinators in Head Start. This handbook provides a model for the development of a volunteer program.
Head Start 101 Toolkit. Three key elements: a leadership training program that explores Head Starts core values, the Head Start Act and the regulations and Program Performance Standards that govern Head Start programs are grouped here.
Head Start Act As Amended October 27, 1998. The Act extends legislative authority for the appropriation of funds to promote school readiness through development of childrens social and cognitive skills.
Head Start Bureau Evaluation Handbook. This companion handbook to the Program Manager's Guide to Evaluation answers program managers' questions about evaluation and how to make evaluation benefit programs, staff and families.
Head Start Catalog of Products and Services. The publications, videotapes and services in this catalog are designed to provide a full and rich variety of resources for Head Start grantees and delegates to use in the planning, management and operation of their programs.
Head Start Center Design Guide -- Second Edition. Planning and designing new Head Start centers and/or expanding or renovating existing centers are challenging tasks requiring considerable guidance. Head Start center design teams, grantees, architects, and engineers are among those who will find these benchmarks for best practice helpful. The recommendations are intended to establish optimal design.
Head Start Certificates (CD-ROM). Print out the certificates in English and Spanish on this CD-ROM to acknowledge the valuable participation and contributions of Head Start children, families, volunteers and staff.
Head Start Faces 2000: A Whole Child Perspective on Program Performance. Fourth Progress Report.. Children entered Head Start at a great disadvantage to other children. Policy makers and program administrators will appreciate that the findings from FACES show that the gap between Head Start children and the general population of preschool age children narrows during the Head Start year. Areas for greater improvement are identified.
Head Start FACES: Longitudinal Findings on Program Performance Third Progress Report. New findings from a study of 3,200 children and families show that Head Start narrows the gap between disadvantaged students and all other children in key components of school readiness.
Head Start Folder. These attractive folders are printed in three colors with the Head Start blocks logo on the cover. The brightly colored, glossy, 2-pocket folders neatly organize your handouts and are useful for presentations to parents and community partners or meetings with staff. $1.00 each for 25 or more folders.
Head Start Handbook of the Parent Involvement Vision and Strategies. Assists in creating a parent involvement strategy that meets the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
Head Start Logo - (Pantone 286 uncoated - Blue; Pantone 185 uncoated - Red). Various electronic formats of the Head Start logo can be downloaded. Included with the logo are instructions for use as indicated in the Federal Register.
Head Start Logo: Instructions for Use. Instructions for the use of the Head Start Logo.
Head Start Moving Ahead. The competency-based training experience is designed to support skill areas critical to Head Start program success.
Head Start Path to Positive Child Outcomes. The context for discussing Head Start Child, Family, and Program Accomplishments and Outcomes is reviewed.
Head Start Program Performance Standards and Other Regulations (45CFR Parts 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1308, 1309,1310, and 1311 and Guidance). The mandatory regulations governing Head Start and the standards for program objectives and quality are included. Major changes are published in the Federal Register. The complete regulations and program performance standards are updated and published annually.
Head Start Program Performance Standards, Part 1304 (Federal Register Version). This document contains the Head Start Program Performance Standards requirements as published in the Federal Register, November 5, 1996.
Head Start Self-Assessment Guide. The Self-Assessment process, mandated to be done annually, involves the collection of information from a variety of sources to determine if systems and services have been implemented and are working effectively.
Head Start Statistical Fact Sheet. This tri-fold fact sheet contains a compilation of statistics and data on Head Start programs gathered from the annual Program Information Report (PIR).
Head Start, Medicaid, and CHIP: A Guide for Head Start Programs. Offers an overview of federal, state, and regional programs designed to ensure the health of low-income children.
Head Start: Para su niño para nuestro futuro. Head Start es un programa que comenzó el gobierno de los Estados Unidos.
Health Data Tracking Instrument. This document provides guidance for the health coordinator.
Health Data Tracking Instrument: User Instructions. This document provides guidance for health coordinators and other Head Start personnel using the Health Data Tracking Instrument.
Health Services Resources (Specialty Catalog). Legislation and regulations, issues of the Head Start Bulletin, training guides, and other print, audiovisual and on-line publications that will help implement the Health Services objectives are identified here.
Healthy Start, Grow Smart / Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro. Thirteen pamphlets, in both English and Spanish, describe key developmental steps on a monthly basis through a child's first year of life.
Home-Based Supervisors Manual. The information, materials, and strategies to support supervisors work with home visitors.
Home-Visitors Handbook for the Head Start Home-Based Program Option. The effectiveness of home visiting as a service delivery method; frequently asked questions of home visitors; relationship-building process with families; and how to get support are detailed.
HSIPC Digest Alert. Tracking down all the news and information you need to know is a distinct challenge these days. Simplify your life by subscribing to HSIPC Digest Alert.
IM/PI Alert. Subscribe to this Alert service to be notified each time an Information Memorandum (IM) and/or a Program Instruction (PI) is issued by the Head Start Bureau.
Implementación del Programa Early Head Start: Planificación Inicial Documento de Asistencia Técnica núm.1. This paper details the program start-up process, from the community needs assessment to the development of a written plan based on the Head Start Program Performance Standards to staff recruitment and facilities preparation.
Including Children With Significant Disabilities in Head Start. Enhances the skills of Head Start to meet the needs of children with more significant disabilities and their parents.
Individualizing: A Plan for Success. Individualizing activities based on the childs abilities; family, culture, and home language; health status; likes and dislikes; needs; preferred learning styles; special interests; strengths; and temperament is basic to the philosophy of Head Start.
Infant and Toddler Transitions. Infant and Toddler Transitions is designed to aid Early Head Start and Head Start families, managers, and staff in developing skills and practices that support the healthy development and transitions of infants and toddlers and their families.
La Autoevaluación en Head Start: Una base para forjar la excelencia en su programa.. Windy Hill, Subdirectora General del HSB, presenta en esta carta la Guía de la Autoevaluación en Head Start.
Leading Head Start into the Future. This technical guide focuses on building self-awareness; using tools to assess organizational needs; and identifying and modeling the characteristics of effective leaders.
Leading the Field Poster. This eye-catching poster provides an update for the Head Start community--teachers, administrators, parents, and community leaders--on the most recent projects and research findings being funded by the Office of Head Start. It is designed to familiarize people with the extensive resources available on the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center web site.
Leading the Way: Disabilities Services and the Management Team. This technical guide's essential message is that inclusion depends on the commitment and efforts of Head Start staff across all areas.
Library Museum Head Start Partnership (Resource Notebook). This resource notebook looks at practical ideas and provides information on how Head Start program staff can promote family literacy through collaborations with librarians and museum specialists.
Library/Head Start Partnership (Multi-Media Kit). This multimedia videotape and userguide package was developed to support the Library - Head Start Partnership.
Linguistic Diversity and Early Literacy: Serving Culturally Diverse Families in Early Head Start - Technical Assistance Paper No. 5. A culturally diverse environment can be a wonderful assistance to teachers and staff in developing childrens literacy.
Linking Our Voices Facilitators Manual: A Training Program for Head Start Policy Councils. This program explores the knowledge, skills, and behaviors, which create successful Policy Councils.
Links to Literacy. The electronic subscription service periodically guides the user to literacy-focused Internet sites.
Marcador de libros con 7 cosas geniales que los padres y cuidadores pueden hacer. Este atractivo marcador de libros contiene 7 actividades probadas para ayudar a los niños a tener éxito.
Meeting Techniques Resource Guide. Meeting Techniques contains selected resources on meeting planning and meeting strategies.
Mental Health in Head Start: A Partner for Families (Videotape). This videotape was developed to facilitate discussion about mental health.
Mental Health in Head Start: A Partner for Families (Discussion Guide). This guide was developed to facilitate the effective use of the videotape.
Mental Health in Head Start: It's Everybody's Business (Discussion Guide). This guide was developed to facilitate the effective use of the videotape.
Mental Health in Head Start: It's Everybody's Business (Discussion Guide) - Spanish. This guide was developed to facilitate the effective use of the videotape.
Mental Health in Head Start: It's Everybody's Business (Videotape). This videotape provides an overview of the Head Start Mental health program and discusses the development of positive activities for the mental well-being of staff, parents and children in the program.
Mental Health in Head Start: It's Everybody's Business (Videotape) - Spanish. This videotape provides an overview of the Head Start Mental health program and discusses the development of positive activities for the mental well-being of staff, parents and children in the program.
Multicultural Principles for Head Start Programs. Describes ten principles related to individualized services for both children and families.
Multicultural Principles for Head Start Programs - Spanish. This illustrated booklet describes ten principles related to individualized services for children and families.
National Head Start Child Development Institute Implementation Planner. A professional journal to be used in developing a vision and action plan for enhancing Early Head Start and Head Start Program Quality and Child Outcomes.
National Head Start Child Development Institute Implementation Planner - Spanish. A professional journal to be used in developing a vision and action plan for enhancing Early Head Start and Head Start Program Quality and Child Outcomes.
National Head Start Child Development Institute Tape 1: Curriculum and Assessment. School Readiness; Curriculum: Ongoing Assessment and Child Outcomes: Curriculum Birth to Five.
National Head Start Child Development Institute Tape 2: Curriculum and Assessment. Screening and Child Assessment; Assessment: Birth to Five
National Head Start Child Development Institute Tape 3: Language Development. Language Development: Including English Language Learners; Meeting the Needs of English Language; Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners and Preserving Native Languages
National Head Start Child Development Institute Tape 4: Literacy. Fostering Early Literacy in Classrooms and Homes; Approaches to Effective Family Literacy
National Head Start Child Development Institute Tape 5: Math and Science. Discoveries of Infancy: Cognitive Development and Learning; Mathematics for Young Children; Science in the Early Childhood Years
National Head Start Child Development Institute Tape 6: Social and Emotional Development. The Importance of Social and Emotional Attachment; Establishing Environments in Which Children Can Succeed and Develop Positive Behaviors
National Head Start Child Development Institute Training Materials (Complete Boxed Kit). Provides continuing learning opportunities about Curriculum & Assessment, Leadership, Language Development, Literacy, Math & Science, and Social & Emotional Development from the National Head Start Child Development Institute.
National Head Start Child Development Institute User's Guide. This User's Guide serves as a comprehensive overview of the content of the National Head Start Child Development, Literacy, Math and Science, and Social and Emotional Development.
National Head Start Child Development Institute Videotapes (Set of Six Tapes). Each of the six content areas is clearly identified on a videotape label that matches a corresponding segment in the User's Guide.
Nurturing the Promise (User's Guide). This is a set of training materials on the Head Start Program Performance Standards designed to help individuals use the Nurturing the Promise materials effectively.
Nurturing the Promise (Brochure). This brochure introduces Head Start to a general audience and gives an overview of the Program Performance Standards.
Nurturing the Promise (Training Transparencies). These paper master copies can be converted into training transparencies by use of the appropriate transparency film in a copy machine.
Nurturing the Promise (Training Transparencies) - Spanish. These paper master copies can be converted into training transparencies by use of the appropriate transparency film in a copy machine.
Nurturing the Promise (Videotape). This videotape features children, staff, and families in Head Start and Early Head Start programs at several locations across the country illustrating Head Start's comprehensive approach and key principles.
Nurturing the Promise (Videotape) - Spanish. This videotape features children, staff, and families in Head Start and Early Head Start programs at several locations across the country illustrating Head Start's comprehensive approach and key principles.
Nurturing the Promise (Wall Chart). Presents an overview of the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
Nurturing the Promise (Wall Chart) - Spanish. This wall chart is a four-page color foldout with black-and-white photographs of young children with families and Head Start staff.
Nutriendo la promesa. This is a set of training materials on the Head Start Program Performance Standards designed to help individuals use the Nurturing the Promise materials effectively.
Nutriendo la promesa. This brochure introduces Head Start to a general audience and gives an overview of the Program Performance Standards.
Observation and Recording: Tools for Decision Making. Assists programs in creating successful individualization goals.
Oral Health Certificate. Use this certificate to acknowledge the contribution Oral Health professionals have made to your program. The certificate has space for you to write in each recipients name. You may order this certificate in both English and Spanish.
Oral Health Certificate. Use this certificate to acknowledge the contribution Oral Health professionals have made to your program. The certificate has space for you to write in each recipients name. You may order this certificate in both English and Spanish.
Our Stories Keep Us Connected (Multimedia Kit). Learning is the building of new ideas from the stories we live, see, and hear all around us.
Our Stories Keep Us Connected (Multimedia Kit) - Spanish. This multimedia kit consists of a videotape, Parent Guide, and brochure.
Our Stories Keep Us Connected: Brochure. The brochure provides general information for staff and other interested individuals about the video and accompanying Parent Guide.
Our Stories Keep Us Connected: Brochure - Spanish. The brochure provides general information for staff and other interested individuals about the video and accompanying Parent Guide.
Parent Information Kit. Parents learn about the programs and services Head Start can offer their child and family through this folder full of resources. The information within the kit includes: brochures, fact sheets, program eligibility requirements and an activities handbook.
Parent Involvement Resource Guide. Parent Involvement provides information on resources that support families and build confidence in their knowledge, interest, and skills.
Parent Resources: An Internet Pathfinder. This Internet pathfinder was developed to assist Head Start programs, their partners, and the larger Head Start community in locating useful electronic resources for parents and those who work with them.
Parents Guide to the Home-Based Program Option. The three sections of the guide: describe the parts of the home-based program option; explore the ways you and the home worker can best support your childs development; offer ideas on how you can help your child learn.
Parent-Held Child Health Record. This pocket-sized record is intended specifically for use with migrant Head Start children.
Participating in the Management Process. This foundation guide introduces Head Start staff and parents to the concepts that management is a team process.
Partners in Decision Making. A technical training guide with an emphasis on creating a climate for decision making partners; building a trusting relationships among team members; and decision making strategies.
Pasos hacia el éxito: Diario del protegido. Se brinda orientación para prepararse y reflexionar sobre el trabajo con un Asesor-Mentor. El diario tiene como objetivo ayudar al protegido a ampliar sus pensamientos con nuevas ideas. Las tres secciones describen: los roles del Asesor-Mentor y del protegido y las destrezas y estrategias relacionadas; los procesos y actividades que son la base de la relación; y los recursos que promueven los resultados positivos en el lenguaje y la alfabetización de los niños.
Pasos hacia el éxito: Guía del personal directivo. Lea acerca de cómo crear sistemas de Asesores-Mentores sólidos y eficaces, La información, dirigida al personal directivo y los Consejos de Políticas, será un instrumento eficaz para desarrollar las destrezas y los conocimientos del personal nuevo y experimentado. Los temas que se incluyen son: Seleccionar un modelo; Cómo encontrar recursos económicos; Selección y compatibilidad de los Asesores-Mentores; Orientación y capacitación de los Asesores-Mentores; y cómo vincular a los Asesores-Mentores con los sistemas administrativos.
Pasos hacia el éxito: Plan de desarrollo profesional. Se explica cómo fortalecer y refinar las destrezas de los Asesores-Mentores. Se identifican las destrezas de los Asesores-Mentores y se incluye un cuadro para el desarrollo profesional.
Pathways to Prevention: A comprehensive guide for supporting infant and toddler mental health. Designed for programs with different structures and leadership styles, this publication will provide guidance to program leaders and staff members for planning, carrying out, and assessing their infant-toddler mental health services.
Pathways to Quality and Full Implementation in Early Head Start Programs (Early Head Start Research). Major findings, themes characterizing early stages of program development, selected accomplishments and important challenges are identified in the final report of the Early Head Start implementation study. Experienced and novice Early Head Start Directors, Coordinators and members of Policy Councils will find the guidance provided by these actual program examples particularly helpful.
Personal Safety for Children: A Guide for Parents. Ways parents can protect their children in advance are detailed in this easily readable, booklet.
Physically Healthy and Ready to Learn (Technical Assistance Paper No. 1). Head Starts overall mission is to help children from low-income families start school ready to learn to be ready to learn, young children need to be healthy.
Planning and Reviewing for Success. Planning and Reviewing for Success will prepare participants for developing strategic and operational plans and will emphasize the importance of program evaluation.
Planning for Transitions. As an investment with long- and short-term benefits, planning for early childhood transitions needs to involve parents, Head Start staff and other early childhood practitioners through out the transition process.
Póster de líder en el campo. Este llamativo póster provee información actualizada a la comunidad de Head Start maestros, administradores, padres y líderes comunitarios-- sobre los proyectos más recientes y los resultados de las investigaciones subvencionadas por la Oficina de Head Start. Está diseñado para que la gente se familiarice con los vastos recursos disponibles en el sitio web del Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center.
Preventing and Managing Communicable Diseases. This technical guide helps improve the skills of Head Start staff and families in dealing with communicable diseases.
Professional Development Initiatives - Resource Guide. This resource guide was developed by HSIPC to assist the Head Start community in its effort to support Professional Development Initiatives.
Program Administrators Checklist for the Head Start Home-Based Program Option.. A tool to help Early Head Start Program Directors assess whether the Head Start home-based program option is appropriate for the Community they serve.
Program Manager's Guide to Evaluation. This guide provides information and instructions to help get the most out of evaluation efforts.
Promoting Family Literacy through Head Start. An overview of intergenerational literacy and its relevance to Head Start programs.
Promoting Mental Health. This technical guide will help to encourage mental health promotion for all members of the Head Start community.
Promoting Social and Emotional Confidence (Training Modules). The training modules are designed to promote: Classroom Preventive Practices, Social-Emotional Teaching Strategies; Determining the Meaning of Challenging Behavior; Developing a Behavior Support Plan; Leadership Strategies for Supporting Childrens Social and Emotional Development.
Putting the Pro in Protege (Brochure). Information about the publication intended to bolster mentoring programs is provided in this promotion piece.
Putting the PRO in Protégé: A Guide to Mentoring in Head Start and Early Head Start. The guide, intended to help grantees and delegate agencies design/improve mentoring efforts as part of continuous program improvement, describes basic principles, key components and necessary supports for effective mentoring.
Resource Guide on Head Start Employee Assistance Programs. This pamphlet provides guidance on the development of Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs).
Resources for Head Start Directors (Specialty Catalog). Review the array of materials: legislation and regulations; Information Memorandums and Program Instructions; specific issues of the Head Start Bulletin; multimedia kits, and web-only publications preselected to assist in locating resources on management issues.
Resources for Professionals: A Community of Support for Infant/Toddler Mental Health. Information intended to support those involved in shaping community systems to meet the mental health needs of infants and toddlers is succinctly summarized. The concept of a coordinated, comprehensive, and holistic approach that spans national, state and local levels is discussed. An overview of infant mental health, a concept paper on the systematic coordination of policy, practice, training and public awareness is included.
Resources for STEP Early Literacy Mentor-Coaches (Specialty Catalog). Training guides, multimedia kits, and literacy reports are among the tools and resources required for implementing the Head Start Bureau's on-going Strategic Teacher Education Program (STEP).
Responding to Children Under Stress - A Skill-based Training Guide for Classroom Teams. Offers practical strategies for working with children and families from multi-stressed environments.
Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Infants, Toddlers and Families (Early Head Start Program Strategies). Highlights actual strategies employed by Early Head Start and Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs in addressing mental health issues. Useful for directors and program staff.
Risk and Reality: Teaching Preschool Children Affected by Substance Abuse (Discussion Guide). This guide was developed to facilitate the effective use of the videotape Risk and Reality: Teaching Pre-school Children Affected by Substance Abuse.
Risk and Reality: Teaching Preschool Children Affected by Substance Abuse (Videotape). This videotape describes classroom strategies that support children at risk and outlines methods that can be used to improve the learning of at-risk children.
Safety First: Preventing and Managing Childhood Injuries. Setting up safe environments and teaching safe behaviors can minimize the severity of childhood injuries.
Services to Expectant Families Participating in Early Head Start. Early Head Start strives to create a positive impact as early in a child's life cycle as possible.
Servicios de Desarrollo Infantil Durante las Visitas Domicilarias y Experiencias de Socialización de la Opción en el Hogar de Early Head Start. [Child Development Services During Home Visits and Socializations in the EHS Home-Based Programs Option - Spanish]. This program overview provides details about: the Frequency and Duration of Home Visits and Socializations; the Home Visitor Caseload; Curriculum; Materials; Purposes of Socialization.
Servicios para familias participantes en Early Head Start que esperan un bebé. [Services to Expectant Families Participating in Early Head Start -- Spanish] Early Head Start strives to create a positive impact as early in a child's life cycle as possible.
Serving Homeless Families: Descriptions, Effective Practices, and Lessons Learned. Reviews effect approaches to homeless families.
Setting The Stage: Including Children With Disabilities in Head Start. Helps to orient Head Start staff to the concept of inclusion and its implications for providing Head Start services to children with disabilities and their families; reinforces the program-wide effort necessary to include children with disabilities in the program; and strengthens staff skills in order to foster and sustain meaningful inclusion.
Socializations for Infants and Toddlers in the Early Head Start Home-Based Program Option (Early Head Start Strategies). Highlights the experiences of 12 Early Head Start programs as they plan and implement group socialization experiences for infants and toddlers.
Staff Development (Early Head Start Strategies). This paper is the first in a series that will describe how Early Head Start programs are meeting the challenge of providing high quality service.
Statement of the Advisory Committee on Services for Families with Infants and Toddlers. Reflects the comments made by the Advisory Committee for the design of Early Head Start Programs.
Steps to Success: Decision Maker Guide. Create strong, effective early literacy mentor-coaching systems . Head Start leaders, managers and Policy Councils will find the information effective in developing skills and knowledge of new and experienced staff. Topics include: Selecting a Model; Finding Financial Resources; Selecting and Matching Mentor-Coaches; Orienting and Training Mentor-Coaches; and Linking Mentor-Coaching to Management Systems.
Steps to Success: Facilitator Guide and Mentor-Coach Manual. Early Literacy Mentor-Coaches serve as guides, coaches, supporters, role models, and resources to less-experienced persons.
Steps to Success: Professional Development Plan. Strengthen and refine mentor-coaching skills. Mentor-coachess skills are identified. A form to guide improvement is included.
Steps to Success: Protégé Journal. Guidance to prepare for and reflect on work with a Mentor-Coach is provided. The journal is intended to help mentees extend their thinking about new ideas. The three sections describe: the roles of the mentor-coach and the protégé and associated skills and strategies; processes and activities that are the foundation of the relationship; and resources to promote positive language and literacy outcomes for children.
Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviors: Relationships Are Key. This technical guide is designed to provide teaching teams with a process for reflecting on their own practice, accessing difficult situations, and designing interventions.
Supporting Families in Crisis. When a familys pattern of functioning is upset, intervention can be needed.
Supporting Family Learning. This technical guide is designed for staff involved in creating educational activities to support parents as their child's first teacher.
Supporting Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System: The Hope of Early Head Start. (Technical Assistance Paper No. 9). Children enter the child welfare system when they are victims of abuse or neglect or when they lack parents or other legal guardians who can provide adequate care.
Sustaining a Healthy Environment. The benefits offered by the natural world can be diminished by human actions and in some instances become potential dangers.
The Family Partnership Agreement Process (Early Head Start Program Strategies). The seven models presented here, taken from actual programs, are intended to offer fresh perspectives and new ideas, provoke questions and to encourage staff to think about their programs approach to family partnerships.
The Foundation for School Readiness: Fostering Developmental Competence in the Earliest Years. (Technical Assistance paper No. 6). Research has documented that the social and emotional development of young children and, more specifically, the nature of early relationships plays a critical role in fostering cognitive development.
The Head Start Leaders Guide to Positive Child Outcomes: Strategies to Support Positive Child Outcomes. By offering a picture of what a high quality Head Start program looks like in action and in detail, this guide will help Head Start agencies improve the effectiveness of their services.
The Role of Early Head Start Programs in Addressing the Child Care Needs of Low-Income Families with Infants and Toddlers: Influences on Child Care Use and Quality. (Early Head Start Research). The quality provided directly and indirectly by Early Head Start suggests improved children's development.
Training Guide for Foodservice Personnel in Programs for Young Children. This guide provides information for the in-service training of food service staff in Head Start, day care and other child development programs.
Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community. Foundation and technical training guides for Head Start staff and parents are compiled on a single CD-ROM. Order a copy, view on-line, or download as many copies as needed. The resources support: Community Partnerships; Disabilities; Education; Family Partnerships; Health and Safety; Literacy; Management Systems and Procedures; Parent Involvement; Program Governance; Social Services; and Transitions.
Transition Strategies: Continuity and Change in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers (Early Head Start Program Strategies). The issue of transitions, whether they are big -- i.e. entering or leaving a program -- or small -- i.e. moving from one activity to another -- is a particularly sensitive one for infants and toddlers. Program staff and family members learn how to approach all transitions as opportunities for growth. Chapters address: Transitions into and out of Early Head Start; Transitions within an EHS program; The role of the Family.
Translating the IEP into Everyday Practice. Builds staff skills in individualizing for children with disabilities.
Transportation Toolkit. Part 1310 of the Head Start Program Performance Standards; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Information Memorandums are among the resources collated and linked.
Una boca saludable para su bebé. Hay cinco pasos que sirven para proteger los dientes de los niños pequeños. Los padres y los que cuidan a los niños pueden usar este librito que es fácil de leer para obtener información básica sobre este tema.
Una guía para los padres a la opción del programa en el hogar de Head Start. Las tres secciones de esta guía: describen las partes de la opción del programa basado en el hogar; exploran las formas en que usted y el visitador social pueden apoyar mejor el desarrollo de su hijo; ofrecen ideas de cómo puede ayudar a que su hijo aprenda. Esta publicación está diseñada para brindar información clara a los padres acerca del programa basado en el hogar.
Una guía para los padres sobre la seguridad personal para los niños.. Varios expertos en seguridad infantil han preparado este documento para ayudarles a prevenir el secuestro y explotación de niños. Como padres tenemos la gran responsabilidad de asegurarnos de que nuestros hijos estén seguros. Y, a medida que crecen, también ellos nos pueden ayudar a protegerlos, adquiriendo información y conocimientos sobre seguridad como los que encontrará en esta guía.
Unamos nuestras voces - manual para el facilitador: Un programa de entrenamiento para los consejos de políticas de Head Start (en español). Este programa está diseñado para preparar a los actuales y futuros padres, así como a los representantes comunitarios a ser integrantes más eficaces del Consejo de Políticas.
Weaving Connections (Multimedia Kit). The Health Services Advisory Committee (HSAC) is recognized as a key means in improving child and family outcomes.
Weaving Connections (Multimedia Kit) - Spanish. The Health Services Advisory Committee (HSAC) is recognized as a key means in improving child and family outcomes.
Web Sites for the Head Start Community. An extensive array of carefully evaluated sites are organized by: type of sponsor - Federal Agencies; National Organizations, etc.; types of information - Research; subjects: Early Childhood Development; and intended audience - Parents and Children.
Well Child Health Care. Teaches staff how to explain the importance of health care screenings to parents and develop partnerships with medical professionals.
What Makes Supervision Work: Recommendations from the Home Visiting Field.. The needs of supervisors and the needs of home visitors were identified by six focus group sessions sponsored by the Home Visiting Forum, a national task group.
What Works Briefs. The single page resources identify strategies that help: the Impact of Language Differences on Classroom Behavior; Children Understand Routines and Classroom Schedules; Support Peer Interaction; Promote Positive Social Interactions; Children Manage Their Own Behavior; Positive Peer Social Interactions.
Whats New Alert. Receive prompt notice of new Information Memorandums and Program Instructions, new Funding Opportunities, new publications, etc.
WIC and Head Start: Partners in Promoting Health and Nutrition for Young Children and Families (WIC Nutrition Series). Provides information on a variety of ways WIC and Head Start work together.
Single copies of most Head Start materials in this catalog are available free of charge to individuals and organizations outside of Head Start.
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