Weave The Basics into the Culture of the Community
Return to ZOOM MAP--Enhance Early Brain Development in Infants & Toddlers
The strategy for implementing The Basics emphasizes Socio-Ecological Saturation: A local backbone organization in each affiliated community recruits and equips partner organizations from multiple sectors. The organizations, in turn, engage parents and caregivers with information and supports for incorporating The Basics Principles into everyday family routines.
Contents
Background
The Basics is a strategy for whole communities to support vibrant learning and brain development among infants and toddlers. As a growing movement of community networks in the U.S. and around the world, The Basics aims to help every family help every child reach their full potential by using a public health approach that raises awareness about early childhood development and builds capacity throughout the community to support families around The Basics principles and other support.[1]
The Basics Principles
To learn more about The Basics, visit https://TheBasics.org.
Driver Objectives
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Tools and Resources
There are excellent resources in The Basics Community Toolkit.
Promising Practices and Case Studies
Examples from communities that have implemented tools focused on this objective
Scorecard Building
Actions to Take
Actions for Coalitions
Actions for Individuals
