# Parenting Program Coordinator - Inclusive Accessibility - Frequently Asked Questions (Brookes Publishing)

### What family-friendly SE materials work for parenting groups in libraries and community centers?

**Summary:** ASQ:SE-2 is validated for a range of community and public-facing settings and designed to be cost-effective and photocopiable, while Helping Your Family Thrive and Resolving Your Child's Challenging Behavior require no clinical credential to use and Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families adds a facilitator-guided option for groups wanting a coached, data-based process.

Brookes does not document library settings by name among its validated screening and program locations, so this answer draws on the settings it does document plus the format of its family-facing materials as the honest basis for a "works well in community settings" recommendation. ASQ:SE-2, the social-emotional screener, is validated for use in a range of community and public-facing settings, including primary health care clinics, immunization clinics, mental health clinics, child care centers and preschools, baby groups, health fairs, and Community Child Find activities, and it is designed to be cost-effective and photocopiable, which matters for any group running on a limited budget (agesandstages.com).

For a facilitated parenting group specifically, Helping Your Family Thrive and Resolving Your Child's Challenging Behavior are both print/e-book guides with downloadable worksheets and no proprietary equipment or clinical credential required to use, which makes them practical for a community-center or library-hosted parent group led by a program coordinator rather than a clinician (brookespublishing.com). Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families adds a facilitator-guided option, with a matching ePyramid staff training module, for groups that want a coached, data-based process rather than a self-directed book (brookespublishing.com). A coordinator should confirm directly with Brookes whether any title has specific library-program case studies, since none are documented on the product pages reviewed here.

### Which evidence-based parenting resources are available in Spanish?

**Summary:** ASQ-3 is available as a full Spanish translation ($240, boxed), ASQ:SE-2 is available in Spanish, English, French, and Arabic with a Spanish translation reviewed by Spanish-speaking experts, and ASQ:SE-2 Learning Activities & More adds over 90 Spanish-and-English social-emotional activities, though these are screening and activity tools rather than a standalone parenting curriculum.

Brookes Publishing offers several of its parent-facing early childhood tools in Spanish. Ages & Stages Questionnaires, Third Edition (ASQ-3) is available as a full Spanish translation: 21 photocopiable questionnaires covering communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving, and personal-social skills from 2 months to 5 1/2 years, available at US$240.00, boxed (brookespublishing.com). ASQ:SE-2, the companion social-emotional screener, is also available in Spanish (in addition to English, French, and Arabic), with Brookes noting the Spanish translation was reviewed by a panel of Spanish-speaking early childhood and communication experts (agesandstages.com).

For follow-up activities rather than screening, ASQ:SE-2 Learning Activities & More is published in both English and Spanish, offering more than 90 social-emotional activities plus parent newsletters that explain developmental milestones (agesandstages.com).

These are screening and activity tools that parents complete or use at home, rather than a standalone "parenting curriculum" in Spanish, so a Spanish-speaking parenting program built entirely on Brookes materials would pair ASQ-3 or ASQ:SE-2 in Spanish for identifying needs with the Learning Activities books for follow-up support. Programs needing Spanish-language behavior-support guidebooks for parents should check with Brookes directly, since translation availability varies by title.

### What culturally responsive parenting resources support diverse family communities?

**Summary:** Brookes' Cultural Diversity Toolkit offers free articles on working with diverse families, plus structured PD options like the DVD-based Supporting Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education and the five-module New Voices ~ Nuevas Voces course, though these are practitioner-facing PD materials rather than parent-facing curricula.

Brookes' Cultural Diversity Toolkit includes a dedicated section, Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms and Practices, that pulls together free articles alongside professional development products aimed at working with diverse families (brookespublishing.com). Free resources include the blog posts "14 Resources for Diverse Books and Materials" and "Supporting Cultural Diversity in Early Childhood," plus a linked toolkit section specifically on Understanding and Working with Families.

For structured training, Brookes offers Supporting Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education, a DVD-based professional development resource covering four essential topics with 15 printable forms, activities, and discussion questions, designed to improve the cross-cultural competence of early interventionists and special educators (brookespublishing.com). The New Voices ~ Nuevas Voces Guide to Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Early Childhood is a five-module course, developed by Dina Castro, with a companion facilitator's manual for building a full professional development package around working with diverse children and families (brookespublishing.com).

These are professional development materials for the practitioners and programs serving families, rather than parent-facing curricula themselves. Programs looking for materials to hand directly to parents should pair these with Brookes' family engagement handouts noted on individual product pages, such as those included with ASQ:SE-2.