• Builds a relationship and a partnership with each child’s caregiving family to support their participation in their child’s intervention and learning.
• Support families in their caregiving role of their child.
• Uses effective communication (listening, speaking, writing) skills with all families across cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Includes the family in all components of the early childhood intervention service delivery process.
• Provides information, guidance, and education to families about child development and their child’s health and safety needs.
• Provides information, guidance, and education to families about regulations, policies, and procedures for eligibility, intervention, and transition under IDEA and other early childhood programs.
• Provides information, guidance, and education to families about early childhood intervention and service delivery models.
• Collaborates with the family to identify the family’s strengths, needs, concerns, and priorities.
• Refers families to resources and services to help them meet the needs of their child, their family, and themselves.
• Provides information to the family about parental rights and safeguards and how to advocate for themselves, their family, and their child.

Case studies illustrate the cross-disciplinary competencies and are for use by Higher Education faculty and Professional development staff.