ECDiE Programming Library

The importance of parenting for infants and young children in this age group cannot be overstated. This leaflet brings together our understanding of playful experiences that lead to deeper learning, with the international conversation around high quality parenting. 

The Washington Group/UNICEF Module on Child Functioning covers children between 2 and 17 years of age and assesses functional difficulties in different domains including hearing, vision, communication/comprehension, learning, mobility and emotions.

This quick guide offers tips, practical tools and rationale for promoting early childhood development in Nutrition in Emergencies response, noting that ECD is already a part of NiE programmes but can be strengthened to more effectively support children's nutrition and development.

The purpose of this note is to support child protection in emergencies personnel to programme appropriately for 0 to 8-year-old children.

This module sets out the key actions for coordination teams to ensure that the needs and priorities of persons with disabilities are addressed through humanitarian coordination. It will equip learners with the knowledge to identify the needs and priorities of persons with disabilities and to design and monitor a response that addresses these.

This resource provides an introduction to ECD in crisis contexts-what it is and why it's important-and presents two case studies of ECD programs in crisis contexts.

Stories of children and families in life’s harshest settings who’ve played together through it all – and gone on to be happier, healthier and closer to each other.

Key facts on mental health in emergencies, and how nearly all people affected by emergencies will experience some form of psychological distress, which for most people will improve over time.

Practical advice on making humanitarian action accessible and inclusive for persons with disabilities. Once downloaded, HHoT works without an internet connection.

This guidance aims to help evaluators and others to better understand those criteria, and improve their use. It starts by describing what they are, and how they are meant to be used. Then the definitions and concepts underpinning each criterion are explained. Finally, examples provide the reader with concrete ideas for using them.

Baytna delivers psychosocial support and early years education to children age 0-6 and their caregivers. The overarching aim is to facilitate a safe environment to support the development of the youngest refugees and strengthen families by helping to build secure, positive relationships.

The CST consists of nine group sessions and three individual home visits, and focuses on training the caregiver on how to use everyday play and home activities and routines as opportunities for enhanced interaction and participation, development and learning.

The Coordination Handbook is providing CPiE actors with guidance on how to coordinate child protection responses in humanitarian contexts in order to ensure more predictable, accountable and effective child protection responses in emergencies around the world.

This curriculum guide provides support for a 6-step parenting education programme for low income families that can be adapted to the local culture and that reflects parents’ goals for their children’s development.

This guide describes over 80 activities that support children’s development in their understanding of objects, other people, numbers and language.

The Alternative Care in Emergencies (ACE) Toolkit is designed to facilitate interagency planning and implementation of alternative care and related services for children separated from or unable to live with their families during and after an emergency.

This report is a first attempt to estimate current global funding levels towards early childhood development in crisis settings. To better understand the extent to which children and their caregivers in crisis-affected contexts are supported to survive and thrive, donors, decision-makers and advocates should push for increased transparency on, and traceability of, funding for ECDiE.

This page includes material and activity ideas for young children ages 0-8 that can help them recognize their big emotions, name them, and learn strategies to cope with them in a healthy manner. The resources are sorted by social-emotional topic area. 

All Under One Roof aims to bridge the gap between good intentions and practical implementation by offering technical guidance for disability-inclusive shelter and settlement support in emergencies. 

This package of materials incorporates the most recent scientific findings on early childhood development and identifies critical caregiving skills that are necessary to boost growth and integral development of young children.