# How Our Early Childhood Products help strengthen Program Quality & School Readiness

With these high-quality, research-based books and assessment tools from Brookes Publishing, you’ll strengthen the quality of your Head Start program and address key domains of school readiness in The Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework.

## Strengthen Program Quality

These research-based books and reliable screening and assessment tools are all aligned with the goals mapped out by the Head Start Program Performance Standards.

## ➤ IMPROVE DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING

Head Start program standards require age appropriate, culturally sensitive screening for developmental, sensory, and behavioral concerns. Improve your program and catch delays early with our trusted ASQ developmental screener and helpful guide to successful screening.

## ➤ CONDUCT REGULAR DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT

Follow screenings with in-depth assessment to determine a child’s functioning in key developmental areas—and use that information to plan activities and supports.

Complete assessment, intervention & programming for birth-6

Play-based assessment & intervention

## The Carolina Curriculum

## ➤ SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH

Monitor social-emotional progress in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers—screen with the parent-completed social-emotional screener ASQ:SE, and follow up on concerns with the SEAM assessment.

These books can help you fully include children with disabilities and build better IEPs so children and families can meet their goals.

## ➤ BUILD FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS

Develop strong, trusting partnerships with parents and help them identify their goals, strengths, and required supports. These reliable tools can help!

Assess & monitor the quality of parent–child interactions

Determine family functioning in 7 key categories

## ➤ STRENGTHEN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Need proven, research-based resources that help monitor and boost literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional development? We’ve got you covered.

## BOOST EARLY LITERACY:

## GIVE KIDS A GREAT START IN MATH:

## NURTURE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

## ➤ PROVIDE THE BEST STAFF TRAINING

Give your staff the knowledge and skills they need to deliver the services required by Head Start policies.

## Improve School Readiness

Use these practical research-based resources to address the key domains of school readiness in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework

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| Bringing ABA to Home, School, and Play for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Disabilities | Use the proven ABA approach to support children from birth-5 with autism spectrum disorders and other disabilities. This practical book gives you complete guidance on weaving ABA into everyday routines. 25 sample teaching plans included! | | |
| Addressing Challenging Behaviors in Early Childhood Settings | Understand young children's challenging behaviors and get solutions that work. This book-and-CD set is a complete professional development package filled with practical tools, worksheets, and strategies. |  |  |
| An Activity-Based Approach to Developing Young Children's Social Emotional Competence | From the creators of ASQ, this practical book walks readers through a ready-to-use, start-to-finish linked system for identifying concerns and improving children's social and emotional health. |  |  |
| Little Kids, Big Worries | Packed with fast, innovative, and clinically validated stress-busters, this empowering book gives early childhood professionals the tools they need to recognize and help conquer stress in young children—and improve development, learning, and behavior. |  |  |
| Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Young Children | Resolve persistent behavior challenges in early childhood settings with this practical guide to the popular Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Young Children (PTR-YC) model, ideal for strengthening social-emotional development in preschool children. |  |  |
| Strong Start Pre-K | Teach social-emotional skills to preschoolers the fun and easy way with this kid-friendly, field-tested social and emotional learning curriculum. Help kids manage anger, deal with anxiety, resolve conflicts, and more. |  |  |

## Communication & Language

| Dual Language Development & Disorders | Updated with the latest research, this second edition of the bestselling textbook fully prepares SLPs and educators to support young children who are dual language learners—and make informed decisions about assessment and intervention when a disorder is present. | Toddlers, preschoolers | Language and Communication |
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| One Child, Two Languages | Ideal for professional development, this book is the best tool an early childhood educator can have to support the language and literacy development and school success of second language learners while honoring their home languages and cultures. | Preschoolers | Language and Communication |
| Assessing Spanish-English Bilingual Preschoolers | Get detailed reviews and analyses of 37 developmental assessments for Spanish-English bilingual preschoolers. Compare English and Spanish versions of each tool, evaluate strengths and weaknesses, and get snapshots of key characteristics and technical data. | Preschoolers | Language and Communication |
| Supporting Cultural & Linguistic Diversity in Early Intervention & Early Childhood Special Education | Enhance the cross-cultural competence of early interventionists and special educators with this complete professional development resource. This single convenient DVD covers 4 essential topics and includes 15 printable forms, activities, and discussion questions. | Infant, toddlers, preschoolers | Language and Communication |
| The New Voices ~ Nuevas Voces Guide to Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Early Childhood | Improve your work with culturally and linguistically diverse young children and families with this comprehensive, field-tested professional development course, including a handbook and a CD-ROM of materials for course instructors. | Preschoolers | Language and Communication |

| Engagement of Every Child in the Preschool Classroom | Increase children's active engagement and prevent behavior problems by making key adjustments to your early learning environment. This book shows how, with evidence-based strategies for promoting engagement in preschoolers with or without special needs. | Toddlers, preschoolers | Approaches to Learning |
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| Read, Play, and Learn! | Boost preschool and kindergarten children's cognitive, sensorimotor, social, communication and language, and emerging literacy skills with this exciting storybook-based curriculum. Includes a whole year of activities that encourage play with spoken language. | Preschoolers, kindergarteners | Approaches to Learning, Social and Emotional Development, Language and Communication, Literacy, Mathematics Development, Scientific Reasoning, Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development |

## Early Intervention

| CARA's Kit Every Day! | Create adaptations that help all toddlers in your program participate and learn! This quick-guide and CD-ROM are brimming with step-by-step ideas for adapting environments, routines, and materials for children 18 to 36 months. | Toddlers | Approaches to Learning, Social & Emotional Development, Cognition, Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development |
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| Early Intervention Every Day! | Targeting 80 skills in 6 key developmental domains for children birth to three, this reader-friendly guide gives professionals dozens of ready-to-use ideas for helping caregivers embed learning opportunities in everyday routines. | Toddlers | Approaches to Learning, Social & Emotional Development, Cognition, Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development, Language and Communication |
| Feeding Challenges in Young Children | Specific, practical, research-based guidance on resolving diverse feeding issues in children birth-5: that what readers will get in this comprehensive, accessible resource. Includes 50 pages of helpful tools and forms on CD-ROM. | Infant, toddlers, preschoolers | Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development |
| Talk to Me, Baby! | Warm, wise, and easy to read, this practical guidebook reveals how to talk to and play with young children in ways that support their emerging language skills. The second edition includes critical new research and updates, plus an invaluable toolbox of downloadable resources that help you put the strategies into practice. | Infants, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners | Language and Communication |
| Family-Centered Early Intervention | A must for current and future early interventionists, this introductory text prepares professionals to support infants and toddlers with special needs and their families—and address the three OSEP Child Outcome Indicators. | Infants, toddlers | Approaches to Learning, Social & Emotional Development, Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development, Language and Communication, Cognition |
| Beautiful Beginnings | More than 350 easy, fun, and research-supported activities help professionals and parents build on young children's natural strengths and interests, recognize emerging developments, and encourage progress in areas of concern. | Infants, toddlers | Approaches to Learning, Social & Emotional Development, Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development, Language and Communication, Cognition |
| Extending the Dance in Infant and Toddler Caregiving | Promote early attachment by welcoming child care professionals into the nurturing relationship “dance” begun by children and parents. A warm and practical guide every infant-toddler program needs. | Infants, toddlers | Approaches to Learning, Social & Emotional Development, Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development, Language and Communication, Cognition |

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## Screening & Assessment

## ASQ-3 Learning Activities

Enhance the development of infants and young children with more than 400 fun, fast, and developmentally appropriate learning activities, now in a new edition specially developed to complement ASQ-3™.

Infant/Toddler & Preschooler Domains: Approaches to Learning, Social & Emotional Development, Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development, Language and Communication

Infant/Toddler: Cognition

Preschooler: Mathematics Development, Scientific Reasoning

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