Topic: Family-Centered Practice

Beach Center Family and Professional Self-Assessment Form
Self-Assessment Tool
https://beachcenter.lsi.ku.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/4.%20Beach%20Center%20Family%20and%20Professional%20Self%20Assessment%20form.pdf
The purpose of this self-assessment is to assist professionals to look at their practice and identify possible barriers and facilitators to their ability to have positive family-professional partnerships.

Topic: Cultural Competence

Getting Off to a Good Start: Positive Interactions with Diverse Families
Tip Sheet
https://www.pacer.org/ec/training-material/
For a parent from a diverse community, the typical challenges are often compounded by differences in language, culture, and traditions. The first contacts provide the opportunity for the family to view the school experience as positive and responsive. The following tips are designed to help you create and maintain effective partnerships with families, leading to increased parent involvement, and ultimately better outcomes for children.

Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence
Self-Assessment Checklist
In English: https://nccc.georgetown.edu/documents/ChecklistEIEC.pdf
In Spanish: https://nccc.georgetown.edu/documents/LLL_Checklist_EIEC.pdf
The mission of the NCCC is to increase the capacity of health care and mental health care programs to design, implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems to address growing diversity, persistent disparities, and to promote health and mental health equity.

Tips for Working with Interpreters
Tip Sheet
https://veipd.org/earlyintervention/2014/02/04/tips-for-working-with-interpreters/ 
Comprehensive list of tips for working with interpreters during an early intervention session.

Topic: Teaming and Collaboration

Helping Families Be Full Team Members
Tip Sheet
https://ectacenter.org/~pdfs/decrp/PGP_TC1_helpingfamilies_2018.pdf
Families are full team members when they participate in all aspects of assessment, evaluation, IFSP/IEP planning, and implementation of the plan. This is important because families are the most knowledgeable about child and family life and have much to contribute to child and family interventions. It is important to value and incorporate family input throughout the entire assessment and intervention process. This practice guide includes different things practitioners can do to involve family members meaningfully and actively in assessment, planning, and intervention practices.

Topic: Parent Support and Training

Parent to Parent Of NYS
Website
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/pdf/parents_pdfs/tipstalkingparents.pdf
Parent to Parent of New York State builds a supportive network of families to reduce isolation and empower those who care for people with developmental disabilities or special healthcare needs to navigate and influence service systems and make informed decisions. 

Topic: Shared Decision Making

Supporting Family Members with Informed Decision Making
Tip Sheet
https://ectacenter.org/~pdfs/decrp/PGP_FAM2_decisionmaking_2018.pdf
Involving family members in informed decision-making increases the likelihood that child and parent intervention practices are responsive to family concerns and priorities. This can best be accomplished by working with parents and other family members in ways that are sensitive and responsive to each family’s unique circumstances in order to develop and implement interventions to achieve desired outcomes and goals.

Topic: Communication

Tips for Talking to Parents about Developmental Concerns
Tip Sheet
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/pdf/parents_pdfs/tipstalkingparents.pdf
Provides tips and examples for talking with parents about developmental concerns.

Topic: Parental Rights

Your Rights as a Parent
Tip Sheet
https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/0532/your_rights_as_a_parent.htm
Provides resources for parents on their rights in the Early Intervention Program.