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HELP 0-3 (Hawaii Early Learning Profile)
Inside HELP - Administration
HELP Family-Centered Interview (0-3)
HELP Strands (0-3)
HELP at Home (0-3)
HELP Charts (0-3)
HELP Checklist (0-3)
HELP Activity Guide (0-3)
HELP When the Parent has Disabilities (0-2)
Using Help Effectively (DVD)--See also: Free Resources Tab

 HELP 3-6 (2nd Edition!)
What's New: HELP 3-6 (2nd Edition) is the long-awaited update to our best-selling and formerly entitled "HELP for Preschoolers" family of curriculum-based materials. The 2nd Edition includes three new Strands (Self Regulation, Dramatic Play, Time), along with 12 new behaviors/skills, and improved age-ranges, wording, and definitions on over 100 of the behaviors/skills, the removal of some items to better align with HELP 0-3, and updating of many of the assessment procedures, adaptations, and instructional activities. For continuity between editions, the behavior/skill ID numbers remain unchanged from "HELP for Preschoolers."
HELP 3-6 Assessment Manual (2nd Edition)
HELP 3-6 Assessment Strands (2nd Edition)
HELP 3-6 Curriculum Guide (2nd Edition)
HELP 3-6 Activities at Home (2nd Edition)
HELP 3-6 Charts (2nd Edition)
HELP 3-6 Checklist (2nd Edition)

All HELP materials are linked by unique behavior/skill ID numbers to make cross-referencing easy and fast!

HELP is an extremely popular, widely-used, family-centered, curriculum-based assessment for use by professionals working with infants, toddlers, young children, and their families: As a curriculum-based assessment, HELP is not standardized; it is used for identifying needs, tracking growth and development, and determining "next steps" (target objectives). It offers play-based activities and intervention strategies for each behavior/skill.

HELP is comprehensive and developmentally sequenced -- covers 685 skills (birth-3 years) and 622 skills (3-6 years) in the six domains: Cognitive, Language, Gross Motor, Fine Motor, Social, and Self-Help.

HELP promotes a cross-disciplinary, integrated approach - used by physical, speech, and occupational therapists, early childhood educators, infant specialists, psychologists, social workers, and nurses.

HELP focuses on the whole child -- the importance of supportive environments and interactions, building on strengths and providing activities for working on specific needs.

Each skill has a unique ID number for easy cross-reference across all the HELP products.

Quotes from Users:

"If you like HELP 0-3, you will love the new HELP 3-6."
-Assessment Training Specialist

"We've been using HELP 0-3 and are very pleased with HELP 3-6."
-Coordinator, Head Start

". . . HELP is a remarkable set of resources...complete and comprehensive...The most widely used of these [curriculum-based assessments] is the HELP Curriculum:"
-LINKing Assessment and Early Intervention

". . . (one) of the most typically used instruments (is) the Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP)."
-Meeting Early Intervention Challenges

"The HELP (Hawaii) system has no equals when it comes to comprehensive assessment and intervention."
-Coordinator, ECH Program



Inside HELP - Administration

Stephanie Parks, M.A.

Comprehensive assessment administration guidelines and resource for using HELP (0-3). Necessary for proper use of HELP.

HELP Family-Centered Interview (0-3)

Stephanie Parks, M.A.

Facilitates communication with families. Help families assess their concerns, priorities, and resources

HELP Strands (0-3)

Stephanie Parks, M.A.

Developmental assessment record/booklet of 685 skills grouped into 58 strands for easier planning of "next steps"/objectives

HELP at Home--2nd Edition (0-3)

Stephanie Parks, M.A., Setsu Furuno, Ph.D., et al.

540 pages of unique, reproducible, ready-to-use parent handouts to help you make parent involvement easy and effective!

HELP Charts (0-3)

Based on the original HELP Charts by Furuno, et al.

Complete visual tracking of progress with staff and family

HELP Checklist (0-3)

Setsu Furuno, Ph.D., et al.

Assessment skills by domain & age sequence

HELP Activity Guide

Setsu Furuno, Ph.D., et al.

Effective curriculum and in-program activities for each HELP skill (0-3 years)

HELP When the Parent has Disabilities

Stephanie Parks, M.A., et al.

Adapted at-home activities for each HELP skill (0-2 years) for helping parents with disabilities

Using HELP Effectively

VORT Corporation

DVD overview on how to use HELP products

HELP 3-6 Assessment Manual (2nd Edition)

VORT/Teaford, et al.

Comprehensive assessment procedures, definitions, materials lists in one easy-to-use tool.

HELP 3-6 Assessment Strands (2nd Edition)

VORT/Teaford, et al.

Assessment/record booklet with the 585 skills grouped into "concept-based" strands for easier and better developmental assessment.

HELP 3-6 Curriculum Guide (2nd Edition)

VORT/Teaford, et al.

Instructional Activities, Definitions, Materials linked directly to the assessment behaviors/skills.

HELP 3-6 Activities at Home (2nd Edition)

VORT/Teaford, et al.

Binder of 300 pages of parent handouts -- ready to copy -- indexed by behavior/skill.

HELP 3-6 Charts (2nd Edition)

VORT/Teaford, et al.

Effective visual tracking of progress with staff and parents.

HELP 3-6 Checklist (2nd Edition)

VORT/Teaford, et al.

Assessment list of skills grouped by domain and age sequence.

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