< back to welcome page 1 Recruitment 2 Eligibility 3 Selection 4 Enrollment 5 Receiving (or Providing) Services

5.1Screening & Compliance Requirements

5.1.1Prior to Day 1 5.1.230/45/60/90 Day 5.1.32.5-Year-Old 5.1.4Education Staff Yearly Timelines 5.1.5Family Worker Yearly Timeline

5.2Center/Classroom Startup Planning

5.2.1Language Services 5.2.2Family Orientation

5.2.2.1Siblings and Non-Enrolled Children

5.2.3Child Files 5.2.4Center/Classroom Environment Set up 5.2.5Daily Schedules 5.2.6Curriculum Planning 5.2.7Environment Rating Scale

5.3Classroom Engagement

5.3.01Opening Checklist (EHS/HS) 5.3.02Set up Morning Environment 5.3.03Pedestrian Safety 5.3.04Drop-Off/Pick-Up Procedures 5.3.05Greeting Children & Families 5.3.06Daily Health Check 5.3.07Daily Logs (EHS) 5.3.08Child Supervision 5.3.09Handwashing Procedures 5.3.10Attendance Policy & Procedures 5.3.11Meals (EHS/HS)

5.3.11.1Special Dietary Needs

5.3.12Bottle Feeding/Introduction to Solid Foods (EHS) 5.3.13Bathroom Procedures 5.3.14Diapering 5.3.15Tooth Brushing 5.3.16Free Choice Time 5.3.17Small Group Time 5.3.18Large Group Time 5.3.19Outside Time 5.3.20Facilitating Lessons 5.3.21Napping Procedures (EHS/HS) 5.3.22Cleaning & Laundry 5.3.23Closing Checklist 5.3.24Challenging Behavior Tracking Packet

5.3.24.1Behavior Incidents

5.3.24.2Referral for Observation/Consultation 5.3.25Planning Activities

5.3.25.1Creative Curriculum Studies

5.3.26Unusual Incidents/Accidents (Ouch Report) 5.3.27Administering Medication 5.3.28Off-Floor Planning Time 5.3.29Center-based Program Year Shutdown Checklist

5.4Ongoing Assessment

5.4.1Observational Notes 5.4.2Desired Results Development Profile (DRDP) 5.4.3Individual Child Goals (ICG) 5.4.4Portfolio Collection

5.5Family Engagement

5.5.1Home Visits 5.5.2Family Conferences 5.5.3Parent Center Committee Meetings (PCCM)

5.5.3.1Web Planning Process

5.5.4Family Partnership Process

5.5.4.1Family Assessment 5.5.4.2Family Partnership Agreement (FPA) Family Goals

5.5.5Parent Cafes 5.5.6Positive Behavior Support and Child Success Team 5.5.7IEP/IFSP Meetings 5.5.8Inclusion Planning (Disabilities Plan of Action)

5.5.8.1Service Providers at Center

5.5.9Attendance Study Teams (AST) 5.5.10Raising a Reader 5.5.11Make Parenting a Pleasure – Parenting Groups 5.5.12Records Request and Enrollment Verification 5.5.13Policy Council 5.5.14Name and/or Family Change Procedure 5.5.15Registered Sex Offender Procedure

5.6Weekly Home Visits

5.6.1Home Visitor Timeline 5.6.2Preparing for Weekly Home Visits 5.6.3First 11 Weekly Home Visit Records 5.6.4Personal Visit Planning Guide and Record 5.6.5Home Visit Tracking Form 5.6.6Developmental Domains 5.6.7Home Visitor Curriculum Planning and Training 5.6.8Travel File 5.6.9Parent Binder 5.6.10Scheduling Home Visits in Outlook 5.6.11Home Visits in Child Plus

5.7Home-based Socials

5.7.1Socialization Site 5.7.2Group Socialization Plan 5.7.3Home-based Socials: Meals

5.9Reporting

5.9.1Family Worker and Home Visitor Monthly Summary Report

5.9.1.1Using Childplus To-Do Lists 5.9.1.2Supervising ChildPlus To-Do Lists 5.9.1.3Family Worker and Teacher/Caregiver Monthly Family Staffing

5.9.2Reporting Suspicion of Child Abuse 5.9.3Head Teacher/Site Supervisor End of Month Checklist

5.9.3.1Site Meetings

5.10Prenatal Services

5.10.1Prenatal Enrollment 5.10.2Prenatal Home Visits 5.10.3The Postpartum Visit

5.12Internal Monitoring

5.12.1Child File Monitor 5.12.2Teaching Pyramid Snapshot 5.12.3Monitoring Chronic Absenteeism 5.12.4Personal Visit Observation Tool and Home Visit Rating Scale (HOVRS)

5.13Food Service

5.13.1Kitchen Basics 5.13.2Menu and Menu Planning 5.13.3Foodservice Shopping 5.13.4Food Safety and Handling

6 Transition 7 Admin/Operations 8 ChildPlus 9 Learning Paths

5.1.3

2.5-Year-Old

Transition from Early Head Start to Head Start

To ensure the most appropriate placement and service following participation in Early Head Start, such programs must, at least six months prior to each child’s third birthday, implement transition planning for each child and family that:

Takes into account the child’s developmental level and health and disability status, progress made by the child and family while in Early Head Start, current and changing family circumstances and, the availability of Head Start, other public pre-kindergarten, and other early education and child development services in the community that will meet the needs of the child and family; and,
Transitions the child into Head Start or another program as soon as possible after the child’s third birthday but permits the child to remain in Early Head Start for a limited number of additional months following the child’s third birthday if necessary for an appropriate transition.

For detailed information on this transition, see EHS 2.5 Year Transition.

Important Notes:

For more information, refer to the EHS 2.5 (30 months) Year Old Transition section (pages 2-3) of the Comprehensive Procedures for Transitioning Children and Families form. The form includes a list of the tasks and activities which must occur along with the timeframe, staff responsible and applicable forms to be completed for each task/activity.
The Notification of Family Transition form is not completed for this type of transition (EHS to HS).

Additional Information

If child has a disability/IFSP, they’ll begin transitioning to an IEP (for preschool/elementary school) at the age of 2.5-years-old.
Use the EHS Required Forms Tracking Instrument form to track the 2.5-year-old/30-month due date/completion date. For more information, refer to 5.3.28 Off-Floor Planning Time
The Family worker or Home Visitor must track when items related to 2.5-year-old activities are due in Child Plus. The system auto populates the completion date based on the child’s birthday.