Training relevant to the early support workforce

29 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/

28 Home and school: a powerful duo to develop children’s basic skills
Strengthening basic skills – literacy, mathematics, science, digital competencies and citizenship – is key to preparing pupils for their future. These five basic skills support individuals in developing critical thinking, engaging with their communities, staying healthy, adapting to a rapidly changing job market, and navigating today’s complexities, including digital tools and artificial intelligence (AI)
https://coface-eu.org/opinion-home-and-school-a-powerful-duo-to-develop-childrens-basic-skills/

27 Lessons learned while exploring the impact of movement-tracking feedback on the experiences of children with neuromotor disorders taking part in interactive home exercise programs: a multi-case mixed methods study
Marina Petrevska et al. While children had varied perspectives on how fun and helpful feedback was, it was valued by all parents. All children experienced some frustration due to sporadic technical issues. All children/parents preferred Bootle Boot Camp over conventional home programs, and suggested game refinements to enhance this ICP-HEP experience.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12984-025-01819-1

26 Coaching and Empowering Caregivers of Children with Hearing Loss, an approach to foster well-being
Joanne N Travers shares her experience serving low and middle income countries with the intention to scale up essential ways practitioners can effectively coach and empower caregivers.
https://www.greatervoice.com/publications/coaching-and-empowering-caregivers-of-children-with-hearing-loss/

25 Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems (ECDHS): Evidence to Impact Center
Supports states and communities to build early childhood systems that work to secure the health and well-being of young children and their families. Explore our resources, events, stories, and news to help with your systems work.
https://earlychildhoodimpact.org/

24 Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body: Early Childhood Development and Lifelong Health Are Deeply Intertwined
This Working Paper examines how developing biological systems in the body interact with each other and adapt to the contexts in which a child is developing—for better or for worse—with lifelong consequences for physical and mental health. It explains in clear language how these systems are affected by adversity early in life, and shows how those adaptations can result in costly, common chronic illnesses.
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/working-paper/connecting-the-brain-to-the-rest-of-the-body-early-childhood-development-and-lifelong-health-are-deeply-intertwined/

23 What Is the Knowledge of Pediatric Nursing Staff About Palliative Care? A Cross-Sectional Greek Study
Georgia Kafantaridou et a. The knowledge of the pediatric nursing staff concerning palliative care is inadequate. Training programs concerning palliative care could improve health professional’s level of knowledge as well as the quality of the provided care.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-03402-1_21

22 Effect of Reminiscence Training on Professional Communication Skills in Pediatric Nursing Staff
Halimeh Zareii et al. Training based on reminiscence effectively improves nurses’ professional communication. So we suggest that this training be included in nurses’ educational programs.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357503261_Effect_of_Reminiscence_Training_on_Professional_Communication_Skills_in_Pediatric_Nursing_Staff

21 Supporting parent carers
Joanna Griffin. By sharing an overview of the spectrum of parental emotional responses, I hope to raise awareness of the needs of parent carers. I also consider how the socio-political landscape affects parent wellbeing, and finish by illustrating different types of support.
https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/supporting-parent-carers

20 Teaching interprofessional collaboration among future healthcare professionals
Mathias Kauff et al. To ensure successful communication and cooperation in interprofessional teams, it is important to establish interprofessional education in health-related study programs...we argue that students in health-related programs need to develop interprofessional competencies and a common language, experience interprofessional contact...
https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1158385753

19 Dost Education
Turns the neuroscience of early learning into easy-to-follow, actionable caregiving tips that support parents in creating strong foundations for early learning. These positive experiences encourage the child to explore and make connections, expanding cognitive ability, language development and problem-solving skills.
https://www.dosteducation.com/our-story

18 Creating Family-Centred Support for Children with Developmental Disabilities in Africa. Examples of Local Community Interventions
Roy McConkey et al. Preschoolers with disabilities and their family caregivers are missed out in many public health initiatives especially in low-income countries. Yet they can benefit from early intervention to promote their development from soon after birth and to provide a better quality of life for their families.
https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202405.0454

17 The Power of Play for Addressing Trauma in the Early Years
Play can be a powerful tool for helping children cope with and heal from trauma. Adults can tap into the power of play within trauma-informed environments to help children build resilience, and support their coping and healing.
https://ceinternational1892.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/TraumaPowerPlayBrief.pdf

16 Assessing the home environment to promote infant-toddler learning within everyday family routines.
Keilty, B. The importance of social, physical, and temporal environments to child learning in home routines and how early childhood intervention practitioners can partner with each family to create adaptations that uniquely fit their child and their family. The paper proposes ways to assess environmental strengths and needs, whilst being respectful of individual family strengths, priorities, and culture.
https://www.preci.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Article-Summary_Keilty_No4_2022.pdf

15 The Burnout Free ECI project
Aims to craft a roadmap to better outcomes and lead to innovative, mutually empowering techniques and solutions to some of the most complex challenges parents with children with disabilities (CwD), professionals in the disability field and organizations face, hindering the prospects of early childhood.
https://www.burnoutfree.eu/THE-PROJECT

14 Abilio
'Over 30 years of commitment to the personal and professional development of practitioners who work with children.'
https://centreabilio.ca/en/

13 Evaluation of interprofessional clinical training in pediatric rehabilitation: A scoping review
Pegah Firouzeh et al. This scoping review aimed to identify outcomes and associated methods for evaluating interprofessional collaboration or interdisciplinary clinical training in pediatric rehabilitation. Arksey and O'Malley's five-stage framework was used to conduct this scoping review. MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, Web of Science, EMCARE, and ERIC were searched for studies evaluating interprofessional collaboration and training in pediatric rehabilitation. Descriptive information was extracted, and outcomes and relevant assessment tools were categorized based on the evaluation type.

12 Paving the pathway for disability-inclusive education in Mozambique
...Despite these efforts, significant barriers remain. 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-1

11 Theory of Change for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
A theory of change is a starting point for unpacking the processes by which an intervention leads to the desired outcomes. Using words, visuals, or both, a theory of change explains the hypothesized relationships between where you start, what you do, and what you see as a result.
https://www.iecmhc.org/resources/how-mental-health-consultation-works-a-theory-of-change-for-research-and-evaluation/

10 A Common Language for the First 1000 Days
Tool for increasing communication among different professionals related to the child’s first 1000 days of life and promoting early detection of disabilities. For midwives, nurses, nursery school teachers, specialists in early intervention and early support, parents and pediatricians
https://thefirst1000days.net/

9 Young Children with Disabilities Deserve a Strong Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education Workforce
Hsu N. A quick Google search of the workforce crisis in early care and education (ECE) results in hundreds of news articles. There are daily headlines about families struggling to find care for their children and programs closing down due to staffing shortages.
https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/young-children-with-disabilities-deserve-a-strong-early-intervention-and-early-childhood-special-education-workforce/

8 Mindsets for Preschool Inclusion: Preschool Teachers’ Perspectives on Disability in Early Childhood Education
Then D et al. In a narrow understanding of inclusion, the focus is on the joint participation of children with and without disabilities in general educational settings. How preschool teachers perceive and facilitate the inclusion of children with disabilities depemds on their understanding of disability.
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15/9/1261

7 Community Health Worker (CHW) Resource Package
Can be used to integrate CHWs within the broader health workforce and to promote their professionalization.
https://hrh2030program.org/flagship-chw-resource-package/

6 The IDEAS Impact Framework
To achieve breakthrough outcomes for young children and families facing adversity, we need a structured but flexible approach that facilitates program development, evaluation, and fast-cycle iteration. This Framework provides that approach
https://ideas.developingchild.harvard.edu/

5 Community Health Workers at the Dawn of a New Era
Perry H. Were first trained in China as barefoot doctors almost a century ago. Since then, they have been trained in many countries throughout the world with varying degrees of success. A new supplement examines the role and importance of community health workers.
https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-health/2021/10/12/community-health-workers-at-the-dawn-of-a-new-era/

4 Supporting People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People in Health and Social Care - Book
Finlayson J. Complements and supports those undertaking mandatory training, as well as anyone seeking a deeper understanding of autism and learning disability within health and social care.
https://www.classprofessional.co.uk/books-ebooks/supporting-people-with-a-learning-disability-and-autistic-people-in-health-and-social-care/

3 In developmental disability, parenting is a dance led by the child
Rosenbaum P et al. Parenting involves attention to myriad broad elements of the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and educational development of children from birth... How, and how well, do we share and promote this broader perception with parents of children with disabilities?
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dmcn.16457

2 Disability-inclusive MAMI Training for Frontline Workers
Makhoul Z et al. Provides resources for facilitators to train frontline workers on understanding, counselling, and managing disabilities in infants and their mothers, focusing on inclusion, feeding strategies, and effective communication.
https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/disability-inclusive-mami-training-for-frontline-workers

1 Innovative Approaches to Teacher Preparation for Improving Use of Evidence-Based Practices in EI/ECSE
Szocik et al. Making connections between macro and micro-level practices help teacher candidates to better understand the interdisciplinary nature of the system in which they work.
https://openjournals.bsu.edu/JOSEP/article/view/4652/2889