Tools & Frameworks
Tools & Frameworks
Relevant actions
Action 5-6
Use it to…
This guidebook provides a practical, adaptable model for professionals and policymakers across Europe to help families recognise their own strengths, actively participate in decision-making, and improve their child's community inclusion via Early Childhood Intervention programming.
Where to look in this resource
- Case study of Portugal's SNIPI ECI approach including its history and development (pgs. 53- 64), legislation (pg. 57; 63-64), goals (pgs. 58-59), ministerial and local structures (pgs. 59-63)
Description
Published by Eurlyaid (The European Association on Early Childhood Intervention), the guidebook establishes a framework of evidence-based practices that promote high-quality care across early intervention systems. It details a paradigm shift away from traditional, child-centred clinical deficits towards an ecological, inclusive, and family-centred approach that prioritises relationship-building and transdisciplinary teamwork.
Brief description
A comprehensive European resource designed to build and strengthen the capacity of practitioners working with infants and young children with developmental delays or disabilities and their families via Early Childhood Intervention.
Keywords
family-centred practice; transdisciplinary teams; inclusion; referral processes; outcome evaluation
Resource Title
Recommended Practices in Early Childhood Intervention. A Guidebook for professionals
