These resources include professional development opportunities (e.g., trainings, technical assistance, webinars), library materials and information resources (e.g.,technical reports, tip sheets), and early childhood and demographic data from state and federal sources. Funded by federal and state grants and contracts, this collective group of projects offers knowledge and expertise in the areas of research,
policy, and practice.
Illinois Early Intervention Clearinghouse
- Early Intervention During Coronavirus: https://eiclearinghouse.org/resources/trying-times/
- Tipsheets on Live Video Visits, Everyday Early Intervention using resources from home, Having Safe In Person visits. Specifically:
- Introduction to live video visits: https://eiclearinghouse.org/einotes/telehealth-intro/
- Technology for live video visits: https://eiclearinghouse.org/einotes/telehealth-technology/
- Description of live video visits: https://eiclearinghouse.org/einotes/telehealth-description/
- Ways to Implement Early Intervention During COVID-19: https://eiclearinghouse.org/einotes/telehealth-implement/
- Having safe, in-person early intervention visits: https://eiclearinghouse.org/einotes/safe-visits/
- Telehealth resources: https://eiclearinghouse.org/guides/telehealth/
- Frequently Asked Questions about Phase 4 of the Illinois Re-opening Plan: https://eiclearinghouse.org/everyday/faq-inperson-visits/
- List of resources of social-emotional supports for families of children in early intervention: https://eiclearinghouse.org/everyday/se-for-children/
- Regular updates for families and providers regarding on on-going changes to Illinois Early Intervention system
- Tipsheets on Live Video Visits, Everyday Early Intervention using resources from home, Having Safe In Person visits. Specifically:
- Arc of Illinois COVID-19 grant for Technology Devices for Families using Live Video Visits to receive Early Intervention services: https://eiclearinghouse.org/resources/techloan/
- Webinar about early intervention and the return to school services during the Coronavirus (webinar was co-sponsored by Family Matters): https://www.fmptic.org/recordings/family-matters-recordings/4494
Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map
- Hot Topic article: Key Early Care and Education Resources for Parents and Providers During the COVID-19 Crisis
- Hot Topic article: COVID-19 Information & Resources from the Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development
- Interactive map: Early Care and Education Services Map for Illinois
- Blog post: Early Care and Education in the Age of COVID-19
- Listing of recent news articles pertaining to COVID-19 and child care
- Blog post: The State of Child Care in Central Illinois in the Wake of COVID-19
Illinois Early Learning Project
All Covid-19 content can be found at https://illinoisearlylearning.org/group/covid-19/
All these resources are also available in Spanish, and some are available in French and Polish.
- Graphic Tip Sheet: Keeping Healthy and Safe: Play Time https://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/play-time/
- Graphic Tip Sheet: Keeping Healthy and Safe: Fighting Germs https://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/fighting-germs/
- Graphic Tip Sheet: Keeping Healthy and Safe: Smaller Group Sizes https://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/smaller-group/
- Graphic Tip Sheet: Keeping Healthy and Safe: Arriving at School or Childcare https://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/arriving-school/
- Graphic Tip Sheet: Keeping Healthy and Safe: Face Coverings https://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/face-coverings/
- Graphic Tip Sheet: Keeping Healthy and Safe: Physical Distancing https://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/physical-distancing/
- Blog: Getting Your Child Ready to Return to Childcare https://illinoisearlylearning.org/blogs/growing/return-cc/
- Learning at Home Activities https://illinoisearlylearning.org/resources/athome/
- Graphic Tip Sheet: Returning to Childcare During Covid-19 https://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/returning-cc/
- Blog: Covid-19 Parenting Pep Talk: Be With Your Child’s Big Feelings https://illinoisearlylearning.org/blogs/growing/peptalk-bigfeelings/
- Toolkit: Returning to Early Childhood Programs During Covid-19 https://illinoisearlylearning.org/toolkits/returning-ecprog/
- Blog: Covid-19 Parenting Pep Talk: Make Time for Connection https://illinoisearlylearning.org/blogs/growing/peptalk-connection/
- Blog: Perspectives on the Project Approach: Doing Projects with Families from a Distance https://illinoisearlylearning.org/blogs/perspectives/projects-distance/
- Blog: Covid-19 Parenting Pep Talk: (Re)Focus on Positive Guidance https://illinoisearlylearning.org/blogs/growing/peptalk-focus/
- Blog: Helping Young Children with Disabilities During a Trying Time: Adding Structure and Routine https://illinoisearlylearning.org/blogs/disabilities/structure-routine/
- Blog: Keep Young Children Learning at Home During Trying Times https://illinoisearlylearning.org/blogs/growing/in-trying-times/
- Resource List: Learning at Home During Trying Times https://illinoisearlylearning.org/reslists/trying-times/
Illinois Early Intervention Training Program
- Early Intervention COVID Safety Resource Page: https://go.Illinois.edu/EICOVIDSafety
- Re-Entry Reminders Infographic (pdf)
- In-Person Early Intervention Checklists during COVID-19 Pandemic (pdf) includes the following:
- How to Be Safe
- Preparing Families for the Visit
- Daily Health Checklist
- Family Screening Risk Checklist
- Early Intervention & Child Care…Natural Partners in Natural Environments Video: https://go.illinois.edu/EIandChildCare
- Supplements to this video:
- Booklet (pdf) – Natural Partners in Natural Environments: Childcare and EI – A Guide to Early Intervention Services in Illinois or Colaboradores naturales en ambientes naturales: cuidado infantil e intervención temprana
- Child Care Provider Handout (pdf) – Working with Early Intervention as a Child Care Provider or La colaboración del proveedor de cuidado infantil con la intervención temprana
- EI Provider Handout (pdf) – Working in Child Care as an EI Provider
- Supplements to this video:
OneOp (formerly Military Families Learning Network)
- In-Person Learning for Young Children During a Pandemic
- Sesame Street and You: Caring for Each Other During COVID-19 and Other Emergencies
- A New Initiative: Families Tackling Tough Times Together
- This is a podcast interview that another area of the MFLN did. They spoke to Shelley M. MacDermid Wadsworth (HDFS professor at Purdue) about Purdue’s Families Tackling Tough Times Together program to support families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Resources for Constructive Conversations with Your Child About Coronavirus
- Planning for Your Child with Special Needs – Managing Social Distancing