Family Resources

• Parent Education Series

• Schedule

• Basic Training

• Handouts

• Benefits of Family Meals – Dairy Council

• Better Breakfasts

• Division of Responsibility

• Eat Right – 25 Healthy Snacks for Kids

• End Mealtime Battles with Five Words

• Family Meals – II

• Farmers’ Markets

• Grocery Store List

• Healthy Breakfast Ideas

• Healthy Eating for Your Preschooler

• Healthy Lunch Ideas

• Healthy Snack Ideas

• Kids Around the World Recipes

• Pennywhistle Recipes

• Phrases that Help and Hinder

• Practical Tips for Controlling Weight

• Quality of Juice Graphic – LA Times

• Quick Facts for Parents

• Random Bits from The Family Dinner

• Real Simple – One Pot Meals

• Recipe Compilation Including The Family Dinner

• Recipes from Dinner – A Love Story

• Recipes from The Sneaky Chef

• Snack List for Preschoolers

• Tips from the Eating Right Website

• Facts About Colds

• How Colds Are Spread

• Treating the Common Cold

• Is it a Cold or the Flu?

• Your Child's Sleep Needs

• Center for Social Emotional Foundations of Early Learning (CSEFEL)

• Children and Families Commission of Orange County

• City of Irvine Community Resources

• Discovery Science Center

• First Five Commission

• Free/Low-cost Fun Activities

• Hand washing

• Parents Helping Parents (PHP) Library

• Pretend City

• Regional Center of Orange County (RCOC)

• Scholastic

• United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)

ECLC is committed to providing linkages to resources and appropriate referrals to agencies/services to ensure that family/child needs are met.  Access to a variety of resources can be found through the:

Parent Coordinator: provides resources for parents and coordinates Ages & Stages Questionnaires, Third Edition (ASQ-3) and Ages & Stages Questionnaires®: Social Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ:SE-2™) for review with parents.

ECLC Website

IUSD Special Education website

ECLC Teacher Initiated Problem Solving:

To provide current preschool children and families with the resources needed for a successful early childhood educational experience

Mental Health/Wellness Services and Resources:

The District provides school-based mental health/ wellness services and resources (www.iusd.org/WeCare or https://iusd.org/department/mental-health-wellness to students and families. These services include short-term individual or group counseling for students at the school site; short-term, solution-focused therapy for students and families through the Irvine Family Resource Center; and resource linkages to community-based mental health or social services for students and families. Services are provided by counselors or licensed mental health professionals

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255