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This brief, developed under the Early Childhood Workforce Initiative, explores the integration of Psychological First Aid (PFA) and trauma-informed practices into early childhood systems to support children and caregivers facing adversity. It highlights the crucial role of early childhood professionals in mitigating the effects of trauma and toxic stress, particularly for refugee, migrant, and marginalized communities.
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This compendium, developed under the Engaging Men in Nurturing Care Initiative (EMiNC), provides an overview of programs that promote men’s and fathers’ engagement in nurturing care during early childhood, shared parenting, and child-rearing responsibilities. These programs aim to transform how professionals work with parents and young children while fostering responsive caregiving that encourages men’s involvement.
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The PIQET Handbook for Continuous Professional Development Educators highlights the crucial role of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) educators—trainers, mentors, and facilitators responsible for in-service training of early childhood and primary school educators.
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The Training Program for CPD Educators was developed under Erasmus + project Principles of Quality in Education of Teachers – PIQET. This project aimed to develop a set of resources for assuring the quality of CPD educator performance to assure the quality of CPD opportunities in general. Besides the training program, other resources developed are (can be found here):
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This guidebook was developed as part of the "Transition Is Our Mission" (TIM) project, aimed at ensuring a smooth transition for children from preschool to primary school. The document provides research-based insights and practical tools for educators and other stakeholders involved in this transition, focusing on developmental, pedagogical, and professional continuity. It includes guidelines and examples of good practices from Croatia, Latvia, and Slovenia, addressing challenges such as ensuring consistency in teaching approaches and providing support to families.
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Introducing the Playful Parenting Series: Insights, Tips, and Transformative Strategies
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“Immunization is one of the most cost-effective ways to save lives and promote good health and well-being. Every year, vaccines save 2-3 million lives, and millions more are protected from disease and disability. It routinely reaches more households than any other health service and brings communities into regular contact with the health system. This provides an effective platform to deliver other primary health care services and upon which to build universal health coverage”. (Gavi – The Vaccine Alliance, 2019)
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The Module “The care of small and/or sick newborns” is intended to support home visitors in providing advice and support to parents and families of small and/or sick newborns before and after the discharge from health facilities.
Part 1 provides information about supporting families while the baby is still in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Pediatric ward.
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The foundations of a healthy life style – healthy weight, an adequate amount of physical activity, and sufficient sleep – have their roots in the early years.
Levels of physical activity and quality of sleep significantly affect child health, development and wellbeing. Good quality information and behaviors, starting at (or even before) conception through the early years, can create the foundation for life long health and wellbeing.
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This module presents key information on what you can do as a service provider to help parents understand the importance of quality early childhood education and care (ECEC).
The information and guidance presented in this module is most applicable to parents and teachers of ECEC-aged children, and particularly those aged between 3-6 years.
The aim of this module is to enhance and update your knowledge regarding the value and importance of young children attending high-quality, inclusive preschool programmes and how you can support parents in this matter.
