Coordinated Approach
These resources support the integrated efforts of Head Start staff, other professionals, and families to support the learning and development of children with disabilities.
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Family Engagement
Family engagement is a collaborative and strengths-based process through which early childhood professionals, families, and children build positive and goal-oriented relationships. It is a shared responsibility of families and staff at all levels that requires mutual respect for the roles and strengths each has to offer. Family engagement focuses on culturally and linguistically responsive relationship-building with key family members in a child’s life. These people include pregnant women and expectant families, mothers, fathers, grandparents, and other adult caregivers. It requires making a commitment to creating and sustaining an ongoing partnership that supports family well-being. It also honors and supports the parent-child relationships that are central to a child’s healthy development, school readiness, and well-being. The Office of Head Start Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework is a guide to learning how family engagement promotes positive, enduring change for children, families, and communities.
Developmental Concerns
These resources support family service providers, home visitors, and other Head Start staff in engaging families when there are developmental concerns about their child.
Family Advocacy
These resources support family services staff in helping families learn about their rights and their child’s rights, communicate concerns, ask questions, and serve as their child’s advocate throughout the special education journey.
Transitions
These resources support early childhood professionals in partnering with families of children with disabilities to manage changes, such as starting a new program or moving locations.
