Resources
Explore our curated selection of resources dedicated to supporting the well-being of Oklahoma’s infants, toddlers, their families and communities. Whether you’re a medical provider or child care professional seeking tools to nurture healthy development, a community leader striving to make a positive impact or a parent or caregiver in need of guidance, our handpicked selection of resources provide information to nurture positive relationships and resilient communities.
What is Early Relational Health
Early Relational Health
(American Academy of Pediatrics)
Early Relational Health: A Review of Research, Principles, and Perspectives
(The Burke Foundation)
How to Communicate Effectively About Early Relational Health: What It Is and Why It Matters
(Nurture Connection/Center for the Study of Social Policy)
Community Capacity Building
Action Guide for Building Socially Connected Communities
(Foundation for Social Connection)
Early Learning Nation Community Action Guide: Helping communities achieve equitable results for children and families
(Center for the Study of Social Policy)
Early Relational Health Community Mapping Tool Kit
(Nurture Connection/Center for the Study of Social Policy)
Self-Healing Communities: A comprehensive model of building community capacity
(Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Family Support
For Parents and Caregivers
Oklahoma Federally Qualified Health Centers: List of current Federally Qualified Health Centers in Oklahoma
(Office of Primary Care and Rural Health Development)
OK Warmline: Free consultation and support for families, child care providers and caregivers caring for and nurturing infants, toddlers and school-aged children
(Oklahoma State Dept. of Health/Oklahoma Human Services)
ParentPro: Free services that connects families to parenting programs that take place in your home
(Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness/Potts Family Foundation)
SoonerStart: Oklahoma’s early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays
(Oklahoma State Department of Health)
Vroom: Science-based tips and tools to help give children a great start in life
(Bezos Family Foundation)
We All Have a Number Story: Your Child’s First Chapters
Understanding, Preventing, and Healing from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) & Promoting the Positive Parenting of Children Ages 0 to 5
(ACE Resource Network/American Society for the Positive Care of Children)
Additional Resources
Building Relationships: Framing Early Relational Health
(FrameWorks/Center for the Study of Social Policy)
CDC Developmental Milestones for Infants and Toddlers
(Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Centering Parent Voice and Leadership to Support Early Relational Health
(Collective Impact Forum)
Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body: Early Childhood Development and Lifelong Health Are Deeply Intertwined
(Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University)
Developmental Milestones Resources for Early Childhood Educators
(Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Reframing Childhood Adversity
(Frameworks/Prevent Child Abuse America)
Talking About Early Childhood Development: A FrameWorks Communications Toolkit
(FrameWorks/A.L. Mailman Family Foundation)
Thinking Beyond Neurons and Neighborhoods: New Science for Early Childhood Policy
(Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University)