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Our Resource Library contains materials and assistance for early childhood educators and those they serve. Explore our selection of podcasts, tip sheets, websites, documents, and self-study courses.
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| Resource Name | Description | Resource Type |
|---|---|---|
| Council for Exceptional Children | The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) website offers extensive information about advocating for appropriate governmental policies, setting professional standards, providing continuing professional development, by advocating for newly and historically undeserved individuals with exceptionalities and helping professionals achieve the conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice. Links to ERIC database on related articles and an online magazine available. | Website |
| COVID-19: Caring For Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs | Here are some ways parents and caregivers can help themselves, their families, and their children with special health care needs meet their safety, growth and health care needs during the COVID-19 outbreak: | Website |
| Cómo utilizar los apoyos visuales (How to use visual supports) | Las siguientes son algunas de las formas en que se pueden utilizar los apoyos visuales para beneficiar a todos los niños pequeños, independientemente de sus capacidades.The following are some of the ways in which visual supports can be used to benefit all young children, regardless of ability. | Tipsheet |
| Creación de un entorno de cuidado infantil inclusivo (Creating an Inclusive Child Care Environment) | Debemos tratar a todos los niños por igual, hablar positivamente de todos los niños y ayudarlos a desarrollar sentimientos imparciales. La forma más eficaz de ayudar a los niños a aceptar a un niño con discapacidad es crear una atmósfera positiva de aceptación de todos los niños. Esta hoja de consejos ofrece estrategias para ayudar.We must treat all children equally, talk positively about all children, and help them develop non-biased feelings. The most effective way to help children accept a child with a disability is to create a positive atmosphere of acceptance of all children. This Tip Sheet offers strategies to help. | Tipsheet |
| Creating a Rich Play Environment | This tip sheet offers strategies and ideas for creating a rich play environment for young children. | Tipsheet |
| Creating an Inclusive Child Care Environment | Strategies to help childcare providers create a positive atmosphere of acceptance for all children. | Tipsheet |
| Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Environments for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Families in Early Childhood Settings | This article offers practical strategies for supporting young children whose family members are LGBT. | Document |
| Cuatro Principios Claves de Desarrollo Apropiado de Cuidados Inclusivo Para Todos los Niños Pequeños (Four Key Principles of Developmentally Appropriate Inclusive Care) | Esta hoja de consejos cubre los cuatro principios clave del desarrollo del cuidado infantil inclusivo para niños pequeños. The four key principles necessary to provide developmentally appropriate care for all children. | Tipsheet |
| Culturally Responsive Partnerships with Immigrant Children And Families | Reflect on levels of culture and care within immigrant communities, with examples from West African culture. Explore strategies to build strong partnerships with families and identify ways to advocate for equitable, culturally responsive early childhood programs that support the success of all children in care. This self-study was written by Jamesetta Ross Diggs, founder of Beyond Early Initiatives, an agency dedicated to improving early childhood program quality and trauma-informed care. With a background in Early Childhood Development and extensive experience with diverse families, she supports caregivers and professionals in fostering young children’s healthy development. She created the Early Connections Parent-Child Interaction Cards and is a 2024–2026 Zero to Three Fellow and 2023 Child Care Advocate.Knowledge and Competency Framework Area -III: Relationships with Families (10 Hours)CDA Content Area -IV: Strategies to establish productive relationships with families (10 Hours)Level 1 - ExploresNavigation Tools:This self-study does not have audio available at this time.For optimal performance, please access this course from a computer or tablet.For ten clock hours on your Learning Record, please register and pay online at Develop. Then, complete a 500 word reflection paper and submit this document with your reflection. Please note: You have access to this document as view only. To enable editing, download the document. Click "file" then "download as" in the upper left-hand corner of this screen. This will give you the option to open the document as a Word doc on your own computer. Then, you can complete the information and email it to: credit@inclusivechildcare.org. | Course |
| Culturally Sensitive Care: Six Essential Program Practices | High-quality relationship-based care is central to children’s early brain development, emotional regulation, and learning (Center on the Developing Child, 2012). One of the Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC) six essential program practices for promoting these goals is the use of culturally sensitive care (PITC, n.d.). | Document |
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