provider resources Hub
Welcome to the Provider Resource Hub, a dedicated space designed to equip professionals with the tools and information needed to better support parents and caregivers in our community. Our goal is to provide a centralized collection of professional resources, ensuring that you have easy access to the latest research, best practices, and practical tools to enhance your work with families.
Why Use the Provider Resource Hub?
Why Use the Provider Resource Hub?
- Stay Informed: Access the latest research and evidence-based practices in child development, mental health, and family support.
- Enhance Your Skills: Find professional development opportunities, including workshops, webinars, and training materials tailored to your needs.
- Support Families Effectively: Utilize practical tools and resources to better assist parents and caregivers, addressing their unique challenges and needs.
- Collaborate and Share: Connect with other professionals in the field to share insights, strategies, and experiences that can enrich your practice. Get in touch with our Professional Development workgroup to suggest new resources.
developmental Screening
CDC Resources and Information
Online Video Training
Healthy Outcomes for Positive Experiences (HOPE) Resources
- About the Program Overview of the program, research, and evaluation
- Milestones for children 2 months to 5 years of age
- If You’re Concerned, What to do if concerned about your child’s development
- Families: Track your child’s developmental milestones
- Healthcare Providers: Free tools to support developmental surveillance
- Early Childhood Educators: Free tools to track milestones and engage families
- Home Visitors: Free tools to track child development
Online Video Training
Healthy Outcomes for Positive Experiences (HOPE) Resources
Pyramid model resources
- National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations
- The Pyramid Model Consortium - Supporting Early Childhood ...
- CSEFEL: Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations of Early Learning
- Pyramid Model Training Videos (certificates are available)
Concious Discipline
Child development activities and newsletters
- Zero to Three: ZERO TO THREE offers a comprehensive range of resources for early childhood professionals. Their materials include best practices, policy frameworks, and educational tools to enhance early development and family support. Information on brain development, trauma impacts, and strategies for culturally responsive practices is designed to help professionals support families and improve outcomes for infants and toddlers.
- Talking is Teaching: "Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing" is an impactful campaign designed to help parents boost their children’s early brain and vocabulary development through everyday activities like talking, reading, and singing. This initiative provides books, videos, text messaging tips, and expert information to empower parents with practical, fun ways to enhance their children's learning.
- PBS Kids: A wealth of resources designed to support early childhood professionals and parents. The site includes educational activities, expert advice on child development, and tips for fostering learning at home. Providers can access tools to help parents engage their children in meaningful, educational play and developmentally appropriate activities.
- Vroom Variety of free tools and resources designed to help parents and caregivers boost early brain development through simple, everyday interactions. Professionals can access Vroom’s engaging videos, tip collections, and newsletters, which provide practical, research-based activities for children from birth through age 5. These resources are ideal for sharing with parents to support brain-building moments during daily routines.
Family well-being
- Sesame Street in Communities: The Sesame Workshop offers a variety of resources for professionals to support children’s emotional and developmental needs. These resources include engaging games, storybooks, and videos that help children learn about social-emotional skills, health and hygiene, and how to handle tough topics like divorce and grief. Additionally, they offer professional development through courses and webinars to equip adults with strategies for managing children's behavior and supporting their emotional well-being.
- New Mom Health: Comprehensive resources for postpartum health and self-care. The site includes expert-written articles, practical tools, and guides on topics such as healing, mental health, breastfeeding, and pelvic health. Providers can share these resources with new mothers to support their physical and emotional recovery during the postpartum period.
- Child Mind Institute: Provides comprehensive resources for providers. Additionally, they provide extensive directories and support through professional organizations such as the American Psychological Association and Autism Speaks (CMI Training Portal)(CMI Training Portal) (Child Mind Institute) (Child Mind Institute). For more information, visit Child Mind Institute's resources.
