Early Head Start Tip Sheets
Early Head Start Tip Sheets are not regulatory documents. Their intent is to provide a basis for dialogue, clarification, and problem solving among the Office of Head Start, Regional Offices, Technical Assistance consultants, and grantees. To obtain further clarification on Head Start Policies and regulations, please contact your Regional Program Specialist.
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- Child Development & Early Learning
- Social-Emotional Development
- Tip Sheet #35: Defining CSEFEL?
- Mental Health
- Tip Sheet #22: Infant Mental Health (IMH) Services?
- Challenging Behaviors
- Tip Sheet #36: Defining Challenging Behaviors
- Tip Sheet #37: Individualized Support Plans for Challenging Behaviors
- Screening & Assessment
- Tip Sheet #1: Screening Premature Infants
- Tip Sheet #27: Screening Infants'/Toddlers' Behavioral Skills
- Tip Sheet #30: Screening Process for Infants & Toddlers
- Tip Sheet #6: Defining "Screening" & Assessment"
- Curriculum
- Tip Sheet #29: Math and Science Development of Infants and Toddlers
- Tip Sheet #10: A Written Infant/Toddler Curriculum that is Responsive
- Tip Sheet #32: EHS Home Visiting Play Materials
- Tip Sheet #41: Tummy Time for Infants
- Responsive Caregiving
- Tip Sheet #21: Continuity of Care in Infant/Toddler Group-Settings
- Family Engagement & Relationships
- Families, Language and Culture
- Tip Sheet #42: Supporting Infant & Toddler Language Development
- Tip Sheet #43: Supporting Infants & Toddlers who are Dual Language Learners
- Working with Families
- Tip Sheet #34: Working with Teen Parents
- Tip Sheet #38: Including Grandparents in Home-based Activities
- Expectant Families and Pregnant Women
- Tip Sheet #15: Enrolling Pregnant Women/Expectant Families
- Tip Sheet #40: Enrollment of Pregnant Women (Not within program option)
- Program Options
- Program Design
- Tip Sheet #25: Supporting Infants/Toddlers in a Birth-to-Five Program
- Tip Sheet #14: Including Non-EHS Families in Socialization and Parent Activities
- Tip Sheet #23: Providing Flexibility within EHS Program Option(s)
- Tip Sheet #4: Full-Day/Full-Year EHS Services
- Center-Based Program Option
- Tip Sheet #17: Separate Learning Areas in EHS Classrooms
- Tip Sheet #44: Moving Cribs for Usable Indoor EHS Space
- Tip Sheet #16: Dividing a Large Space into Separate EHS Classrooms
- Tip Sheet #23: Providing Flexibility within EHS Program Option(s)
- Home-Based Program Option
- Tip Sheet #26: Effective Infant/Toddler Socialization Environments
- Tip Sheet #31: Home Visitor Caseload
- Health, Safety and Nutrition
- Health
- Tip Sheet #18: Oral Health Care for Infants and Young Children
- Tip Sheet #28: Secondhand Smoke and Early Head Start
- Nutrition
- Tip Sheet #7: Defining "Registered Dietician" and "Nutritionist"
- Tip Sheet #46: Purchasing Infant Formula
- Program Design & Management
- EHS 101
- Tip Sheet #24: EHS/Head Start Governance Structures
- Management
- Tip Sheet #11: EHS: Monthly Average Daily Attendance Rate
- Tip Sheet #13: Infant/Toddler Staff Development
- Tip Sheet #2: Teacher Qualifications
- Tip Sheet #20: EHS Group-Setting Sleeping Arrangements
- Tip Sheet #3: Providing Formula during Socializations
- Tip Sheet #5: EHS Three-Year-Olds Qualifying for Head Start Services
- Tip Sheet #8: EHS: Provision of Diapers and Formula
- Tip Sheet #9: Developmentally Appropriate EHS Environments
- Tip Sheet #39: Start-Up Planning
- Tip Sheet #39: Using Start-Up Planners
- Community Partnerships
- Tip Sheet #12: EHS/Child Care Partnerships