Guides & campaigns relevant to early support

56 Parent Leadership reimagined
Family and Parent Leadership is a set of intentional practices, values, and steps that systems, agencies, and organizations adopt to build the structures that allow parents to influence systemic decisions about early childhood services and programs they use or need.
https://www.parentleadership.org/

55 2026 Global Education Monitoring Report now out
It is the first in the three-part Countdown to 2030 series, which takes stock of progress across access and equity (2026), quality and learning (2027), and the relevance of education (2028/9). Together, they aim to inform and frame the debate on the post-2030 education agenda.
https://view.gem-report.unesco.org/?vawpToken=LQE3ZBH3MKZUDHIFQNOROW2PVQ.510005

54 BASEI
We are a team of change-makers who believe that every helping hand can raise a child and create a better future for them.
https://basei.org/about-2/

53 National Collaboration for Infants and Toddlers - US
https://ncit.org/

52 From Resources to Routines: The Importance of Stability in the Developmental Environment
Designing policies and programs that create, maintain, and restore stability can help strengthen the foundations for healthy development.
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/working-paper/importance-of-stability-in-developmental-environment/

51 A community-designed play intervention to enhance early child development in rural Zimbabwe
Queen Mary University of London. Two-thirds of children in sub-Saharan Africa do not reach their full cognitive potential. A network of underlying factors rooted in poverty and vulnerability lead to suboptimal early childhood development, which traps entire populations into reduced human capital, with impacts across the lifespan and into the next generation... transforming the immediate environment in which a child grows up could fundamentally shape their development by providing the resources and skills to embed play, early learning and responsive caregiving into households.
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FY503290%2F1

50 Disability Rights International
The leading international human rights organization dedicated to protecting the rights of people with disabilities.
Documents abuses against children and adults with disabilities, trains activists, and collaborates with advocacy groups working to bring about sustainable reforms in their own countries.
https://www.driadvocacy.org/what-we-do

49 Place Matters: Communicating the Relationship Between Place, Racism, and Early Childhood Development
Rebecca Hansen et al. In this brief, we identify an effective strategy for talking about the connections between place, racism, and early childhood development and provide a set of recommendations for advancing this strategy in your own work.
https://www.frameworksinstitute.org/resources/place-matters-communicating-the-relationship-between-place-racism-and-early-childhood-development/

48 COFACE Families Europe Strategic Framework 2021-2030
Families play an essential role in our societies. In so many fields the solution starts at home. Policy-makers should capture the breadth of the relationship between family and society as a whole, including the economy, and recognise families as a “natural social safety net” and the “core” economy.
https://coface-eu.org/coface-strategic-framework-2021-2030/

47 Independent Review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (AUS)
Relevant to chilhood disability
https://www.ndisreview.gov.au/sites/default/files/resource/download/working-together-ndis-review-final-report.pdf

46 Co-development of the ENVISAGE-Families programme for parents of children with disabilities: Reflections on a parent–researcher partnership
Kinga Pozniak et al. Patient and family engagement in research is a rapidly growing area of scholarship with new knowledge and tools added every year. As our team embarks on new collaborative studies, we incorporate this knowledge as well as the practical experience we gain from working together.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1440-1630.12811

45 Tashkent Declaration and Commitments to Action for Transforming Early Childhood Care and Education
Inequalities and disparities in development and learning start early and often persist throughout life. Access to inclusive and quality ECCE is an important enabler of well-being and holistic development, foundational and lifelong learning, gender equality and social equity, and sustainable development where all children can have the opportunity to reach their full potential.
https://www.unesco.org/sites/default/files/medias/fichiers/2022/11/tashkent-declaration-ecce-2022.pdf

44 OPINION – Preventing child–family separation: support before it’s too late
Families are often judged before they are supported. When difficulties arise, the question is rarely what does this family need? but rather what went wrong? Child–family separation is still too often treated as an inevitable solution, when in many cases it is the outcome of poverty, isolation, migration or lack of accessible support. Loving a child is not always enough when families are left to face hardship alone...
https://coface-eu.org/opinion-preventing-child-family-separation-support-before-its-too-late/

43 Learning is for Everyone: Paving the pathway for disability-inclusive education in Mozambique
Children with disabilities continue to represent a disproportionate share of out-of-school children, funding gaps persist, and data on children with disabilities remains inconsistent.
https://www.unicef.org/innocenti/reports/learning-everyone-mozambique

42 Storytelling for Systems Change
This website is for story-tellers, story-holders, story-listeners and for the story-curious. It is the culmination of years of exploration and research into the power of stories to change systems.
https://dusseldorp.org.au/storytelling-for-systems-change/

41 Brainwave therapies UK
Our assessments are typically carried out by two therapists and these are allocated based on each child’s needs. At the end of the assessment day, families are taught and provided with: A multidisciplinary programme of exercises, activities, and strategies to develop their child’s abilities: Video clips of the therapists demonstrating exercises to follow at home; Information sheets and equipment to help families get started as soon as they return home.
https://brainwave.org.uk/our-therapies/

40 From Resources to Routines: The Importance of Stability in the Developmental Environment
Explore how stability shapes children's health and development, as well as strategies to create stability where children live, grow, play, and learn.
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/working-paper/importance-of-stability-in-developmental-environment/

39 Nurturing care for children with developmental delays and disabilities: thematic brief
Recognizing that these children have diverse needs requiring different levels of coordinated and family-centred support, it recommends a set of actions to strengthen policies, services, communities and caregiver capabilities so that these children receive nurturing care.
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/B09617

38 CanDo
Founded in 2011 to support mothers with complex needs in the West Midlands (UK). We work with qualified Doulas to provide support and care for mothers who are often frightened, vulnerable and unable to depend upon partners or family. With the help of CanDo Doulas, they receive practical and emotional support throughout their pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.
https://www.candodoula.org/

37 Building a strong foundation through early childhood care and education - report
Inclusive and quality early childhood care and education (ECCE) are vital for promoting school readiness, foundational learning, and lifelong well-being. Yet almost 60% of children in low-income countries do not have access to early care and learning opportunities. To meet national targets of providing at least one year of organized learning before primary school, low-income and lower-middle-income countries must fill an annual financial gap of USD 21 billion and recruit at least six million more educators before 2030.
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/right-strong-foundation-global-report-early-childhood-care-and-education

36 Childcare gap in the Eurpean Union
This remains one of the most pressing challenges facing new parents across Europe today. This gap arises following the birth of a child, when well-paid parental leave has been exhausted, but access to state-supported full-time Early Childhood Education and Care is not yet available.
https://coface-eu.org/factsheet-on-childcare-gap-in-the-european-union/

35 Child Compass 2030
Shaping a healthy society, environment and economy fit for children
https://coface-eu.org/child-compass-2030-shaping-a-healthy-society-environment-and-economy-fit-for-children/

34 Key concepts in child development
The concepts outlined below reflect over 20 years of collaborative work between the Center and the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child to advance public understanding of early childhood development.
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/key-concepts/

33 What is the Behaviour Checklist?
Cerebra: The Behaviour Checklist is a list of the things that are important to assess when thinking about the behaviour and wellbeing of children and adults with severe learning disability and complex needs. Using the list ensures that these things are not missed or forgotten.
https://cerebra.org.uk/get-advice-support/emotional-mental-health/behaviour-checklist/#:~:text=The%20Behaviour%20Checklist%20is%20a,are%20not%20missed%20or%20forgotten.

32 What is Fragile X?
https://media.wix.com/ugd/038e80_ba0a50287b614dff9d4b35db7d31a190.pdf

31 Early Start Africa
- continues to transform the lives of young children by expanding access to quality early childhood care, education, and essential support. Across communities, we are enabling children to thrive through play, nutrition, safety, and early learning opportunities.
https://earlystartafrica.org/

30 Healthy Trajectories
By building a strong network of research partners across the Melbourne Children’s Campus and the University of Melbourne we will be able to learn more, faster, to improve the lives of those with child-onset disability and their families. We want to help change the way our society views and includes those with disability.
https://healthy-trajectories.com.au/

29 Zero to Three about babies
https://www.zerotothree.org/babies/

28 Parents with disabilities: Interview with the European Network for Independent Living
Parents with a disability are often missing from policy discussions because disability policy is frequently framed around individuals being a recipient of care, and not as someone who is also a caregiver, a worker, and a parent....
https://coface-eu.org/discussion-with-the-european-network-for-independent-living-on-parents-with-disabilities/

27 The Case for Investing in Young Children and Their Families
Kaufmann K et al. Strong, nurturing relationships with trusted adults are fundamental not only to healthy brain architecture during this time, but also to the regulation of stress and the development of executive function—the “air traffic control” system for learning and behavior regulation...
https://www.bridgespan.org/getmedia/49baa8e0-aadc-4b3f-a1f6-6560e210a0c9/Investing-in-Our-Future-Critical-Ways-Philanthropy-Can-Help-Every-Young-Child-and-Family-Thrive.pdf

26 Inclusive education is changing the future for children with disabilities across Uganda.
A unique project, focused on teacher training, has helped to create sustainable change and support children with disabilities to realise their potential. This forms part of the Ugandan government’s ambition to ensure that all children with disabilities are taught by teachers who are trained in inclusive education.
https://www.sightsavers.org/programmes/uganda-inclusive-education-project/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=c9e85fcf-0dec-401d-bc7f-0a0fdd5780d1

25 How States Can Help Young Children Thrive (US)
There’s increasing recognition of the need to extend beyond traditional “children’s issues” to include a wide range of policy domains that shape children’s environments, from economic security to housing.
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/policy-insights/policy-qa-how-states-can-help-young-children-thrive/

24 National Collaborative for Infants and Toddlers (US)
Information and tools you need to take action and advance policies and programs that support infants, toddlers, and their families in your community or state. Resources include case studies that showcase what’s working, steps for getting started, the latest research, information on using data to track success...
https://ncit.org/

23 The right to a strong foundation. Global Report on early childhood care and education
The report, which is a key response to the commitments outlined in the Tashkent Declaration, synthesizes scientific evidence on ECCE’s importance, and exposes persistence gaps in policy and investment.
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/right-strong-foundation-global-report-early-childhood-care-and-education

22 Training manual for establishing child development and disability services in Bangladesh
This manual is a comprehensive document which provides information and training materials for setting up child development centres within hospitals and similar facilities.
https://www.bpfbd.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/10-page-1.pdf

21 Transition from Special Education to Inclusive Education Systems
A collection of 16 case studies from 11 European countries, ranging from day-to-day knowledge-sharing initiatives within school communities to nationwide reforms of the formal education system, holding the potential for wider adaptation in different countries and local contexts.
https://easpd.eu/publications-detail/transition-from-special-education-to-inclusive-education-systems/?mc_cid=408787bcb7&mc_eid=3e9c6fc78e

20 Developing Holistic Integrated Early Learning Services for Young Children and Families Experiencing Socio-economic Vulnerability
Moore T G. National and international examples of holistic, integrated early learning programs for young children and their families experiencing socio-economic vulnerability.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353506255_Developing_Holistic_Integrated_Early_Learning_Services_for_Young_Children_and_Families_Experiencing_Socio-economic_Vulnerability

19 Ubuntu-Hub - about families under enormous strain
Across the world, over 50 million children live with developmental disabilities, such as congenital zika syndrome and cerebral palsy. Usually, the main carers for children with disabilities is the family, who often have access to very few services able to provide family and clinical support...
https://www.ubuntu-hub.org/

18 Use of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory - Computer Adaptive Test in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway
Hansen T N et al. To investigate whether the items of the Danish, Dutch, and Norwegian versions of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory - Computer Adaptive Test (PEDI-CAT) align with the location-order used in the original algorithm and to assess their structural validity.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dmcn.16324?af=R

17 Protecting Infant Health: Closing Early Intervention Service Gaps
Gilliland S et al. Early intervention helps strengthen cognitive, motor, and language skills; reduces the likelihood of childhood maltreatment; and can lower education costs through reduced need for special education.
https://www.newamerica.org/new-practice-lab/reports/protecting-infant-health/

16 Education Sector Analysis (ESA) and Education Sector Plan (ESP) development tools
These are the essential foundations for all other planning and implementation. The toolkit is a “living” toolkit that will be added to over time. In the future, additional tools across the other stages of the Education Sector Planning (ESP) cycle will be developed.
https://www.ece-accelerator.org/about/about-the-toolkit

15 Removing barriers to learning for children with disabilities
Children with disabilities face disproportionate barriers when it comes to accessing education and reaching foundational learning milestones.
https://www.globalpartnership.org/content/factsheet-removing-barriers-learning-children-disabilities

14 Families of children with disabilities: Exploring perspectives from South Asia in the Focus Project
Families with a member who has intellectual and developmental disabilities face many challenges These challenges are often worse in countries like India and Sri Lanka, and for South Asian families living in other countries.
https://www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-centres/projects/focus-project

13 The Countdown to 2030 country profiles on early childhood development (ECD)
Helping establish a global monitoring and accountability system for ECD. The initiative is affiliated with the Countdown to 2030 for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health.
https://data.unicef.org/resources/countdown-to-2030-ecd-country-profiles/

12 Changing The Way We Care (CTWWC)
To promote safe, nurturing family care for children: those reunifying from residential care facilities or those at risk of child-family separation. This includes strengthening families and reforming national systems of care for children.
https://bettercarenetwork.org/about-bcn/what-we-do/organizations-working-on-childrens-care/changing-the-way-we-care

11 IAACD's Vision (International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability)
A world where all those with child onset disability and their families attain optimal health and wellbeing and live in inclusive societies which allow them to reach their full potential for independence, societal participation and happiness.
https://iaacd.net/about-iaacd/mission-values/

10 ‘About My Child’ - a caregiver report tool
It can be used to collect narrative descriptions of a child and family's strengths and to document concerns related to 20 areas of child development.
https://canchild.ca/en/shop/58-about-my-child

9 Definition for Early Childhood Intervention from PRECI in Australia
Early childhood intervention refers to specialist services and supports provided to young children with developmental concerns, delay or disability and their families...
https://mailchi.mp/278a6e16a12f/preci-connect-newsletter-november-8335482?e=3a564d64b5

8 Contrasting a therapy approach with an educational approach to the early skill of moving on the floor
Limbrick P. Building the case for moving early child and family support out of hospitals into education settings

7 Assessing the home environment to promote infant-toddler learning within everyday family routines
Research has demonstrated the importance of assessment and intervention that focuses on the social interactions, physical features, and temporal environments of everyday family routines that make up the child’s learning environment.
https://www.preci.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Article-Summary_Keilty_No4_2022.pdf

6 Pre-school education in Ethiopia
Despite these achievements, true integration of pre-school education remains a complex challenge in Ethiopia’s diverse and multicultural context. Integration means more than including children with disabilities...
https://earlysupportimprovement.com/good-practice-in-special-needs-education#ethiopia-2025

5 Nepal: Partnership for Sustainable Development (PSD) bridges the gap
PSD builds capacity in the poorest and most vulnerable communities in Nepal, notably amongst children, women, orphans, those with disabilities, and in rural communities.
https://www.psdnepal.org/

4 National Best Practice Framework for Early Childhood Intervention released
The endorsed National Best Practice Framework for Early Childhood Intervention has now been released by the Australian Government. This Framework is the official Framework endorsed by Minister Mark Butler and available on the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/national-best-practice-framework-for-early-childhood-intervention

3 Mattering in early childhood
Our sense of mattering—the feeling that we are valued and have value to add to the world—is a key ingredient for lifelong well-being, and it begins in the earliest days of infancy.
https://us4.campaign-archive.com/?e=04c910e11f&u=641f78fe500d565329121ffc9&id=b7c6fcb19b

2 Guide to Communicating About Early Childhood Development
When we communicate this information to various audiences, it’s important to remember that it’s not as simple as deciding what to say—we can also make strategic choices about how we say it, what we emphasize, and what we leave unsaid.
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resource-guides/guide-to-communicating-about-early-childhood-development/

1 Stimulating inclusive outdoor play: breaking the vicious circle between physical segregation and lack of social acceptance
Visser K et al. Inclusive play is a critical catalyst for social inclusion and has developmental benefits for all children. This research explores barriers that adult stakeholders perceive towards inclusion of children with disabilities in ‘playing together’ with peers with and without disabilities.
https://experts.mcmaster.ca/scholarly-works/3782527