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This article highlights strategies for helping families and their children discover expectations, understand routines, and ask questions, all of which can ease everyone’s transition into a new program.About
Prepared by the NCICDP, this document identifies and corrects 12 myths about early child care and the education workforce based on research findings.Publication Date
2010About
Brainstorming ideas for what might be found in the café drama center and writing menus, helps students develop their vocabulary and provides an opportunity for meaningful talk in the classroom. See the lesson plan or tour this teacher’s classroom/About
The MAP Video Collection was created in response to the need for easy access to videos that promote inclusion and support the needs of children with disabilities and/or special needs and their families.About
This kit contains practical suggestions for the planning and implementation of adapting environments, activities, and materials to help toddlers participate actively in the early childhood program. Included in the kit is an instructional CD-ROM about adaptations.Publication Date
2012About
This kit offers guidance on making adaptations for daily activities and routines to enable children (aged 3-6) with disabilities to participate fully in the all classroom activities. The kit includes a CD with resources and a booklet on adaptations.Publication Date
2009About
This publication presents guidelines and standards on health and safety for early child care and education programs. The topics covered include staffing, program activities, health promotion and protection, nutrition and food services, facilities and environmental health, play areas, children with special needs, administration, as well as licensing and community action. The standards on the website are more current and frequently updated compared to the PDF version.Publication Date
2011About
This tip sheet summarizes the definition and causes of homelessness, then shifts to focus on strategies for supporting the health and wellbeing of children for whom that is an issue.About
A highlight of this collection of resources from ZERO TO THREE is video segments featuring early childhood professionals who share how their racial identities intersect with their work and interactions. There are also resources for family members and professionals.About
Children and families with multiple identities may experience increased discrimination and bias. Biases such as racism and ableism (i.e., discrimination against people with disabilities) can lead to prejudice and unfair treatment of children and families who have these intersecting identities. They can also impact who has — and importantly, who does not have — equitable access to high-quality, inclusive early learning experiences. This set of resources offers ways to read about, look at, and try out practices that promote and affirm individual differences.About
Children and families with multiple identities may experience increased discrimination and bias. Biases such as racism and ableism (i.e., discrimination against people with disabilities) can lead to prejudice and unfair treatment of children and families who have these intersecting identities. They can also impact who has — and importantly, who does not have — equitable access to high-quality, inclusive early learning experiences. This set of resources offers ways to read about, look at, and try out practices that promote and affirm individual differences.About
This document describes prewriting skills in preschoolers and offers useful strategies for incorporating writing in the classroom.Publication Date
2010About
After viewing this clip, satisfy your hunger for more information about serve-and-return interactions by viewing this article (https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191001-the-word-gap-that-affects-how-your-babys-brain-grows) or this website (https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/serve-and-return/).About
The focus of the center is to address challenges in conducting quality research and identify under-examined issues in the DLL population. The website contains links to related news and resources such as research reports and other web resources.Publication Date
1980About
Funded by Head Start, the Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (CECMHC) was formed to develop research-based strategies that can help Head Start programs build a strong mental health foundation for their children, families and staff. The website contains a variety of resources for families, staff, administrators, consultants and training and technical assistance providers.About
The CELL contains resources for early childhood practitioners and caregivers of children aged birth to five with disabilities or who are at risk. These resources include videos, user and training guides, self-guided learning modules, activities, checklists, and other useful materials.Publication Date
2013About
This site features resources, in English and Spanish, to support families who have children with or at risk for disabilities. Topics range from parental rights and dispute resolution to evidence-based practices and accommodations.About
The PreSchool Training Modules are designed with a focus on promoting the social and emotional competence of young children. The topics of the four modules are on how to build relationships and create supportive environments, social-emotional teaching strategies, individualized intensive interventions, and leadership strategies that support children’s social-motional development and address challenging behavior. Materials include handouts and video clips. This module is available in Spanish.Publication Date
2006About
The Center is designed to increase the capacity of families and providers to advocate for, acquire, and implement effective assistive and instructional technology (AT/IT) practices, devices, and services. Research-based technologies, used appropriately, have great potential to help infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities participate fully in daily routines; have increased access to the general educational curriculum; improve their functional outcomes and educational results; and meet college- and career-ready standards.Publication Date
2015About
CSEFEL provides various resources such as family tools, research syntheses, state planning, training kits and modules on various aspects of social and emotional development for infants and young children. Resources are organized by topic and audience, and are generally available in English and Spanish.