Family Engagement
Head Start: Birth to Five Father Engagement Guide
Explore this practical guide to learn how program staff build strong, meaningful, and authentic relationships with fathers in Head Start and Early Head Start programs. These relationships are the foundation…
Head Start ECLKC: Family Engagement
Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC) Family Engagement is a collaborative and strengths-based process through which early childhood professionals, families, and children build positive and goal-oriented relationships.…
Head Start ECLKC: Supporting Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness (Training Series)
Enhance your knowledge around family homelessness and the McKinney-Vento Homelessness Assistance Act’s definition of “homeless” as it refers to children and youth. Review other relevant federal regulations for Head Start,…
Head Start: Strengthening Partnerships to Support Babies with Special Needs
View this short animated video to find out about a family’s experience when they learn that their child has a special need. Explore how staff can support and partner with…
Home visiting and early childhood education can benefit families by broadening their strategies for family engagement
Feb 2019 Both fields are beginning to recognize that family engagement occurs along a continuum, which distinguishes between more and less meaningful ways to engage families. Extending this continuum can…
How Parents Widen or Shrink Academic Gaps
This article takes a look how those differences in parent involvement can create hidden disparities that are easy for schools to overlook but hard for poor families to overcome. If you…
How to Make Your IEP Process Better with Parent Participation
For educators. When you’re creating an IEP, getting parents involved isn’t just important, it’s the law. So reviewing strategies to increase parent engagement in the process should be part of…
Identifying Students Experiencing Homelessness During School Building Closures
With many school buildings completely or largely closed this fall, identifying students experiencing homelessness will require revisions to typical techniques. The anticipated increase in homelessness due to increased unemployment, family…
The IEP Team Process: Chapter 5
In Chapter 5 of this 5 part series, watch an IEP Team meeting in Progress. Meet the team members and go through the IEP process step by step. Created and…
Inclusion Facilitators: Please take a look at the MAP Newsletter on Family Engagement
Read more about Family Engagement from the Winter 2023 MAP Newsletter focused on resources that may help you become more aware of what’s needed to work effectively with families, and…
Involving Families in Intervention and Assessment (PDF)
A young child’s healthy development depends on many factors, including early assessment and intervention for children who have delays or disabilities. When parents and other caregivers are involved as active…
Karen Mapp on Parent and Family Engagement
Introduced by Dr Lisa O’Brien, CEO of the Smith Family, this conference keynote address is from the wonderful Dr Karen Mapp, Senior Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School…