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The new AFIRM for Toddlers modules were developed in collaboration with the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center for early interventionists working with toddlers, families, and early care and education providers. Modules include an Introduction, Behavior Supports for Toddlers, Naturalistic Interventions in the Child Care Setting, Parent-Implemented Interventions in the Home Setting, Reinforcement, Prompting, and Visual Supports.About
This video is the second of a two‐part series. The first video, “Family Engagement with TS GOLD,” features a teacher and a parent describing family communication features and benefits in TS GOLD. This video begins with brief interviews with the teacher and parent discussing the importance of parent teacher conferences. The video then shows about ten minutes of an actual parent‐teacher conference. The conference highlights how the teacher uses several features of TS GOLD during the conference and illustrates how the teacher describes the ways that families can participate in TS GOLD.About
This 2017, free e-book provides guidance for enhancing family engagement in schools from pre-Kindergarten through high school. It includes information on the foundations of family engagement (FE), a review of FE in the context of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Multitiered Systems of Support (MTSS), and strategies for applying ideas in local sites and across systems. It addresses the unique needs of children at risk and emphasizes the critical issue of cultural competence.About
Child Trends has produced this rich, nuanced statistical portrait of Hispanic children in the U.S., drawn from nationally-representative data. The report intentionally uses a lens that highlights evidence of strengths and assets, while also acknowledging the challenges that some children and families face.Publication Date
2014About
This checklist from the National Program for Playground Safety provides a mechanism for evaluating play areas in four categories: supervision, age-appropriate design, fall surfacing, and equipment maintenance.About
This guide provides support and information for parents and advocates to understand what educational opportunity is for students with disabilities. The useful examples, interviews, and profiles are intended to empower advocates improve their education system to best meet the needs of students with disabilities. About
This February 2022 Child Trends brief explains the importance of developing an applied research agenda on Black children and families and offers a three-step process to carry out this vision. An applied research agenda (i.e., an agenda that establishes research priorities to solve real-world problems, inform decision making, and improve the lives of people across diverse settings) can fuel efforts to address the challenges that Black children and families face and advance their well-being.About
The purpose of this resource collection is to self-empower individuals to investigate, unlearn, and relearn and use new information or knowledge to address anti-Asian bias.About
This book provides practical tips to addressing prejudice and bias, and providing an anti-bias learning environment with regards to various areas such as culture and language, racial identity, gender, economic class, diverse families, and different abilities. It also provides a checklist for assessing the visual material environment.Publication Date
2010About
This is a brief article that highlights the diversity among Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.About
This article discusses elements that make up continuous assessment, including ways teachers can collect, document, organize, and maintain information. It also emphasizes the importance of reflecting on this information in collaboration with colleagues and families and how to use this information for setting goals and planning for individual children and groups.About
This article discusses elements that make up continuous assessment, including ways teachers can collect, document, organize, and maintain information; the importance of reflecting on this information in collaboration with colleagues and families; and how to use this information for setting goals and planning for individual children and groups. Publication Date
2013About
Teaching for Change, the project that produced this list, carefully selects the best multicultural and social justice books for early childhood families and educators.About
This collection of resources from the American Federation of Teachers offers examples that are suitable for both young and older children.About
This summary of an informal survey highlights issues of intersectionality among race, disability, and other aspects of identity, with many insights provided in the words of the survey participants.About
This online article explains how professionals can conduct ethnographic interviews. Charts with examples of descriptive questions, structural questions, and social dimensions are provided.Publication Date
2003About
In this webinar, learn how staff can monitor individual children and classrooms or programs to ensure that children are making adequate progress toward school readiness. Listen as presenters discuss the benefits and liabilities of two different types of approaches to monitoring progress: observational curriculum approaches and direct general outcomes approaches. Additional resources are also available at this site.Publication Date
2018About
Effective assignments need to provide learners with opportunities to both acquire and apply new knowledge and practices. This webinar will share new examples of tools for examining your assignments for these important dimensions and will feature multiple examples of assignment makeovers. Emphasis will be placed on preparing learners to support children of diverse cultures, languages, and abilities and their families AND to using evidence-based practices.Publication Date
April 2019