In early 2015, ZERO TO THREE conducted a review of evidence-based and evidence-informed practices, programs, and interventions for infants, toddlers, and families in the child welfare system.
The goal of this research is to help child welfare systems and agencies to increase their capacity to incorporate evidence-based practices to strengthen parenting and promote healthy development for very young children and families involved in child welfare. This review of evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions represents only those programs that included children from birth to 3 years old in the target population.
The point-in-time educational tool and other resources below provide information to support stakeholders in identifying evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions to be implemented in their communities and for infant-toddler court team replication in the future. Accompanying the tool is a resource providing a detailed description of how the review was conducted as well as a decision-making framework comprised of important elements to consider when assessing an intervention’s relevance for the infant and toddler population in child welfare in a community.
A Review of Evidence-Based Interventions for Families Served by Infant-Toddler Court Teams
This point-in-time tool provides information to support stakeholders in identifying evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions to be implemented in their communities and for infant-toddler court team replication in the future. The document presents a printable, PDF version of the spreadsheet above.
A Review of Evidence-Based Interventions for Families Served by Infant-Toddler Court Teams: A Supplementary Resource
This supplement to the tool of evidence-based and informed interventions includes:
- a detailed description of how the review was conducted;
- a decision-making framework comprised of important elements to consider when assessing an intervention’s relevance for the infant and toddler population in child welfare in a community; and
- the diversity-informed tenets from The Irving Harris Foundation that encourage the infant mental health field to engage in standards of practice that promote and strive for a just and equitable society.
Decision-Making Framework for Assessing an Intervention
This framework lays out questions that stakeholders should discuss when assessing an intervention’s appropriateness for use with infants, toddlers, and families in the child welfare system in their community.
