Evidence-Based Practice
Evidence-based practice in the field of early childhood is the process that pulls together the best available research, knowledge from professional experts, and data and input from children and their caregivers, to identify and provide services, evaluated and proven to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.
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- Where do you find early childhood evidence-based practices?
- Multiple EI/ECSE Topics
- Autism
- Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- Early Child Identification
- Early Childhood Transition
- Early Literacy
- Home Visiting
- Inclusion
- Professional Development
- School Readiness
- Screening, Assessment, Evaluation Instruments
- Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children
Where do you find early childhood evidence-based practices?
The resources below provide information on evidence-based practices in areas specific to early childhood care and education, professional development, early intervention and early childhood special education (EI/ECSE).
See also: Specific Disability Populations and Children At-Risk
Multiple EI/ECSE Topics
- Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
- Child Trends
- Division for Early Childhood (DEC) Position Statements (and DEC Recommended Practices)
- Practice Improvement Tools: using the DEC Recommended Practices
- Institute of Education Sciences
Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- Moeller, M.P., Carr, G., Seaver, L., Stredler-Brown, A., & Holzinger, D. (2013). Best Practices in Family-Centered Early Intervention for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: An International Consensus Statement, The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 18(4), 429–445, https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/ent034
Early Literacy
- Best Evidence Encyclopedia (BEE): John Hopkins University, School of Education
- Literacy and Language Outcomes of Comprehensive and Developmental-Constructivist Approaches to Early Childhood Education: A Systematic Review (2016)
- Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel, A Scientific Synthesis of Early Literacy Development and Implications for Intervention (2008) and accompanying Executive Summary
- Early Beginnings: Early Literacy Knowledge and Instruction (2009)
- Learning to Talk and Listen: An Oral Language Resource for Early Childhood Caregivers (2010)
- Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers
Home Visiting
- Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) Project identifies home visiting models that meet the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' criteria for models eligible for Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) funding (75 percent of grant funding must be spent on program models proven to be effective).
Inclusion
Professional Development
- Characteristics and Consequences of Adult Learning Strategies. Trivette, C., Dunst, C., Hamby, D., & O'Herin, C. (2009). Research Brief 3(1), Tots 'n Tech Research Institute.
- CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge (2008–2014)
- IRIS Center and Evidence-Based Practice Summaries
School Readiness
- RAND Corporation: Programs That Work, from the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities (2014)
- Moeller, M.P., Carr, G., Seaver, L., Stredler-Brown, A., & Holzinger, D. (2013). Best Practices in Family-Centered Early Intervention for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: An International Consensus Statement, The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 18(4), 429–445, https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/ent034
Early Literacy
- Best Evidence Encyclopedia (BEE): John Hopkins University, School of Education
- Literacy and Language Outcomes of Comprehensive and Developmental-Constructivist Approaches to Early Childhood Education: A Systematic Review (2016)
- Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel, A Scientific Synthesis of Early Literacy Development and Implications for Intervention (2008) and accompanying Executive Summary
- Early Beginnings: Early Literacy Knowledge and Instruction (2009)
- Learning to Talk and Listen: An Oral Language Resource for Early Childhood Caregivers (2010)
- Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers
Home Visiting
- Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) Project identifies home visiting models that meet the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' criteria for models eligible for Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) funding (75 percent of grant funding must be spent on program models proven to be effective).
Inclusion
Professional Development
- Characteristics and Consequences of Adult Learning Strategies. Trivette, C., Dunst, C., Hamby, D., & O'Herin, C. (2009). Research Brief 3(1), Tots 'n Tech Research Institute.
- CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge (2008–2014)
- IRIS Center and Evidence-Based Practice Summaries
School Readiness
- RAND Corporation: Programs That Work, from the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities (2014)
- Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) Project identifies home visiting models that meet the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' criteria for models eligible for Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) funding (75 percent of grant funding must be spent on program models proven to be effective).
Inclusion
Professional Development
- Characteristics and Consequences of Adult Learning Strategies. Trivette, C., Dunst, C., Hamby, D., & O'Herin, C. (2009). Research Brief 3(1), Tots 'n Tech Research Institute.
- CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge (2008–2014)
- IRIS Center and Evidence-Based Practice Summaries
School Readiness
- RAND Corporation: Programs That Work, from the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities (2014)
- Characteristics and Consequences of Adult Learning Strategies. Trivette, C., Dunst, C., Hamby, D., & O'Herin, C. (2009). Research Brief 3(1), Tots 'n Tech Research Institute.
- CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge (2008–2014)
- IRIS Center and Evidence-Based Practice Summaries
School Readiness
- RAND Corporation: Programs That Work, from the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities (2014)
See also: Multiple Early Childhood Topics
Screening, Assessment, Evaluation Instruments
- Early Childhood Developmental Screening: A Compendium of Measures for Children Ages Birth to Five (2014)
- Macy, M. (2012). The Evidence Behind Developmental Screening Instruments. Infants & Young Children 25(1), 19–61. https://doi.org/10.1097/IYC.0b013e31823d37dd
Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children
- National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI)
- Self-Regulation and Toxic Stress Report 3: A Comprehensive Review of Self-Regulation Interventions from Birth Through Young Adulthood (OPRE, 2016)
- National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI)
- Self-Regulation and Toxic Stress Report 3: A Comprehensive Review of Self-Regulation Interventions from Birth Through Young Adulthood (OPRE, 2016)