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Washburn Center for Children The Washburn Center highlights its mission to help families and children at risk, suffering from mental health issues related to chemical dependencies and independent. Publications, articles, feedback from families, insurance info, and lots of relevant links and location information. Five Minneapolis locations and lots of volunteer opportunities. Website
Washington Sensory Disabilities Services (WSDS) Washington Sensory Disabilities Services (WSDS) is here to assist children who are deaf or hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired, or deaf-blind, by providing training and other support to families and service providers. WSDS is funded by our state education agency? the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)?as a state needs special education project. We receive other federal and state grants to support our services as well, so we are able to offer them at little or no cost. Website
Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns This FREE, online training course, Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns, helps you fulfill this role by providing tools and best practices for monitoring the development of children in your care and talking about it with their parents. In this 1-hour, 4-module course, you will learn: - Why monitoring children?s development is important - Why you have a unique and important role in developmental monitoring - How to easily monitor each child?s developmental milestones - How to talk with parents about their child?s development Website
Ways to Use - Raising Young Children in a New Country The handbook was created for Early Head Start/Head Start programs, Refugee Resettlement, Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS), Early Care and Education Providers and other community agencies serving refugees and immigrants to ensure that families have the basic information they need for raising children birth through age five in this country. The Handbook emphasizes the following six themes: family well-being, safety and protection, guidance and discipline, healthy brain development, early learning and school readiness, and connecting to early care and education Document
Wearing Masks - A Social Story Need to talk with little ones about wearing masks? Here is a printable social story with full color photos from The National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI). Document
Weighted Objects and Deep Touch Input In this podcast, Cindy Croft and Priscilla Weigel talk with Gina Gibson, Occupational Therapist, Fraser, Minnesota, about guidelines for using weighted objects and other sensory interventions with young children. Podcast
Welcome to Early Childhood Education on Line This site acts as a broad based information server for development guidelines, diversified curriculum, advocacy, observation and assessment, professional development, and other general issues affecting early childhood educators. Health and safety and funding are also covered as well as relevant legislation and licensing issues. Mostly serves as a base for finding resources links. Website
Welcoming Babies! Partnering with Parents to Ease the Transition to Child Care How do we welcome babies and their families into our childcare programs? Join Beth Menninga, RBPD Manager at CICC, as she talks with Sheryl Warner, Family Child Care Provider, as Sheryl describes her walk with parents and babies who are coming to her childcare program for the first time. Attending to parenting approaches; ongoing conversation and coordination; helping children adapt to new routines; self-awareness and tenderness are all discussed as a part of establishing the relationship with families as a key element to welcoming babies. Podcast
Wellness Garden Activities From the Head Start National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety: You will find one wellness activity in this packet for each of the eight petals of the Cultivating Wellness flower: emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, environmental, financial, social, and occupational. Each activity guides participants a little further in their wellness journey. Whether the activities are useful on a personal level or something you can use to support others, we hope these ideas serve as “seeds” to help further cultivate wellness! Use the activities as is or adapt them to make them work best for you. Document
What Are the Signs of Measles? Measles is a serious illness caused by a virus. The virus can last for one to two weeks. It is rare today because most children are immunized against it. However, the number of diagnosed cases has grown across the country. This increase is related to children not being vaccinated. Here is a resource from the ECLKC. Website
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