Handout 4.5: Policy Advisory: The Law Governing Family-Professional Partnerships Resource Type: Handout This handout is a summary of the laws related to family-professional partnerships, specifically policies within the Head Start Program Performance Standards and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Handout-4.5.pdf
Handout 4.4: Research Summary on Family-Centered Helpgiving Practices Resource Type: Handout This handout summarizes a research synthesis of studies on family-centered helpgiving practices. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Handout-4.4.pdf
Handout 4.3: Partnership-Oriented Practices: Observation Checklist- Answer Key Resource Type: Handout This handout provides answers to which learners can compare their responses, based on the examples of partnership-oriented practices observed in the video clips. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Handout-4.3.pdf
Handout 4.2: Partnership-Oriented Practices: Observation Checklist Resource Type: Handout This handout is for learners to use to check off examples of partnership-oriented practices observed in the video clips. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Handout-4.2.pdf
Handout 4.1: Partnership-Oriented Practices: Examples and Applications Resource Type: Handout This handout is a tool learners can use when working with families. It provides definitions of partnership-oriented practices as well as examples and applications for each phase of establishing trust (beginning, middle and firm ground). Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Handout-4.1.pdf
Handout 1.6: Parents Speak Out – Partnering with Families on Embedded Interventions Resource Type: Handout In a conversation with Christine, a mother of a child with developmental delays, family leaders from across the nation provide their views on embedded interventions and building partnerships. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Handout-1-6.pdf
Activity 4.13a: Create an implementation plan to develop a trusting partnership with Aaron Resource Type: Activity In this activity, learners complete the implementation plan to show how a teacher can use specific partnership-oriented practices to develop a trusting partnership with a parent. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Activity-4-13a.pdf
Activity 4.12a: Use evidence-based practice decision-making Resource Type: Activity In this activity, learners are introduced to an evidence-based practice decision-making framework they can use to make a recommendation about partnership-oriented practices. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Activity-4-12a.pdf
Activity 4.11a: Consider the unique contexts Resource Type: Activity In this activity, learners listen to or read China’s and Aaron’s perspectives and consider the unique context of the dilemma from these perspectives. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Activity-4-11a.pdf
Activity 4.10a: Consider experience-based knowledge Resource Type: Activity In this activity, learners listen to clips of phone interviews of family and professional leaders in early childhood, and identify important considerations about family-professional partnerships. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Activity-4-10a.pdf