Early Support materials
This section tells you about the wide range of resources developed by Early Support to help families and those who work with them. You can view or download all the programme materials here. Use the links to explore the whole collection and read about how to use the material.
| For families A section for parents and carers to explain what the materials are and how they can help. |  |
 | Family Pack The Early Support Family Pack contains a series of Background Information booklets on services for families, and a Family File to help with co-ordinating services and joint planning. |
| Information for Parents A series of booklets introducing a range of childhood disabilities and conditions – for families who are looking for information. |  |
 | Developmental Journals Four journals that describe typical development in young children. The Journals can be used to track development and support discussion about how to help a child in the early years. |
| Informed choice Booklets that encourage readers to think about what is involved in enabling families to make ‘informed choices’ for a child. |  |
 | Service Audit Tool Helps service providers to review their services for families and plan for better integrated delivery. It can be used to kick-start the use of Early Support in a local area. |
| Newsletters and general information Read the Early Support Newsletters and A to Z and HealthCheck guides. |  |
 | Using the materials How to use the Early Support materials to improve the information and services families receive. |
Watch a video about how the materials help families and practitioners.
Other Early Support literature
Read other Early Support material that supports the training programme.
How the materials were developed
Read about the people and processes behind Early Support publications.
Order form
If you live in England you can order paper copies of the Early Support materials using this online form. They are all available free of charge.
Video library
A list of all the Early Support videos available on this website for quick viewing.
All Early Support materials can be downloaded from this website, but they are Crown Copyright. These notes are for people who want to copy or adapt the materials.
