Questions to Ask Families When Developing Teaching and Intervention Plans

Use this list of helpful questions to ask families when creating IFSP and IEP plans.

¿Que es el AEPS-3? Family Handout

Designed to be shared with Spanish-speaking families, this friendly handout provides a brief overview of AEPS-3.

What is AEPS-3? Family Handout

Designed to be shared with families, this friendly handout provides a brief overview of AEPS-3.

Helping Your Family Thrive: A Practical Guide to Parenting with Positive Behavior Support

Join Sarah Fefer, Shane Isley, & Missy Sieders, co-authors of the new Helping Your Family Thrive: A Practical Guide to Parenting with Positive Behavior Support, for an introduction to positive behavior support (PBS)—the ideal way to prevent challenging behaviors before they occur and improve overall quality of life for whole families.

Supporting Families to Resolve Challenging Behavior with Positive Behavior Support

Despite the discouragement that often develops when faced with ongoing challenging behavior, parents CAN positively impact their children’s behavior. Understanding and implementing the positive behavior support (PBS) process is a key part of resolving these challenging behaviors and building the skills to prevent them in the future.

Sample AEPS-3 Family Assessment of Child Skills

See a completed AEPS-3 Family Assessment of Child Skills, which collects detailed input about a child's developmental skills from a family member or familiar adult.

Sample AEPS-3 Family Report

See a completed AEPS-3 Family Report, which helps families share important, useful information about the child and family needs, as well as family concerns and priorities.

8 Ways Home Visitors Can Facilitate Family Empowerment

Adapted from Ruth Cook's and Shirley Sparks' new book, The Art and Practice of Home Visiting, Second Edition, here are eight ways to create a respectful relationship with families that will lead to facilitation of family empowerment.

6 Adult Learning Principles Every Early Interventionist Should Know

Join Dana Childress, Ph.D., for an introduction to the six early intervention adult learning principles that service providers can use to support caregiver learning during visits with families.

8 Strategies for Addressing Difficult Topics with Families

Adapted from the new practical guidebook Unpacking the Pyramid Model, these eight strategies will help you navigate potentially difficult conversations with families and build trust in the parent–teacher relationship as you work together to nurture social-emotional development.