Resources to Help During COVID-19
You’re rising to the occasion. We’re here to help.
We know you’re facing unprecedented disruptions to your important work with families due to the spread of COVID-19. In our new reality, how can you stay connected with families, continue providing essential services, and keep promoting the healthy development of young children?
We’ve compiled a growing list of free resources to help you through these uncertain times. From blog posts to webinars, these expert resources will help you continue to support young children and families.
Using ASQ with Families in a Virtual Environment
Learn how to support families and continue administering screening with ASQ during the current health crisis.
Recommended Reading
A roundup of articles packed with helpful tips and guidance from trusted experts.
Brookes articles:
- Tips and Resources for Virtual ASQ Screenings
- Addressing Social-Emotional Needs During COVID
- 24 At-Home Learning Activities to Share with Parents of Young Children
- How to Provide Assessment Remotely
- Teaching and Parenting in Troubled Times: 6 Brookes Authors Share Their Best Advice
- 6 Musts for Effective Tele-Intervention with Families of Young Children
- Tomlin Q&A – Q: What are some ways that professionals can remotely support the families and children they serve during these challenging times?
- Reassuring Connections: 4 Brookes Authors Share Tips for Supporting Stressed-Out Students
- Roggman Q&A – Q: What are some ways that professionals can remotely support developmental parenting with families in their program?
- 10 Essentials for Promoting Young Children’s Social-Emotional Development
- 16 Shared Reading Tips to Share with Parents
- Top 9 ASQ Website Resources
- 7 Screening Questions with Dr. Jane Squires
Screen with ASQ—even when you can’t see families. ASQ Online can help you keep vital screening services afloat. Explore your options
Articles from other sources:
- ZERO TO THREE: What Comes Next: Back to Child Care Following Shelter-in-Place
- Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child: A Guide to COVID-19 and Early Childhood Development
- Child Mind Institute: Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus
- The Atlantic: How Parents Can Keep Kids Busy (and Learning) in Quarantine
- ZERO TO THREE: At-Home Activity Guide
- First Things First: Parenting in the time of coronavirus and social distancing
- Early Intervention in Natural Environments: Tele-Intervention and the Routines-Based Model
Free Downloads
Helpful resources you can download, print out, or forward to colleagues and families.
Brookes downloads:
- ASQ-3 and ASQ:SE-2 Learning Activities
- 14 Stress-Busting Strategies to Help You Avoid Burnout
- 29 Things Parents Do That Predict School Readiness (English & Spanish)
- How Parents of Preschoolers Can Support Social-Emotional Development
- 8 Tips for Book Reading with Young Children
- Strategies to Promote 5 Key Thinking Skills in Preschoolers
Downloads from other organizations:
- Rapid Response Virtual Home Visiting: Virtual Home Visits Screening Resource Guide
- Exchange Press: From Surviving to Thriving video series
- Head Start Early Learning & Knowledge Center: Supporting Families in Uncertain Times: Social Media Messages (for sharing with parents)
- Family Infant and Preschool Program: Early Childhood Intervention Tele-Practice (infographics + video)
- ZERO TO THREE handout: Supporting Young Children Isolated Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- ZERO TO THREE toolkit: Getting Started with Mindfulness
- Illinois Early Learning Project tip sheets: Learning at Home During Trying Times
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What ASQ Users are Saying
“What I love about the ASQ is that it allows our staff to catch delays quickly and allows us to get our clients the early intervention programs that they sometimes need. In many cases [ASQ] helps us catch children up before they start kindergarten, therefore providing children with the start that they deserve.”
Sharon Gee, Supervisor, Healthy Families Niagara