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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 |
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| Help Me Connect: Resources for Families | Minnesota Help Me Connect is an online service navigator that connects expectant and parenting families with young children to services in their local communities that support healthy child development and family well-being. Listen as our guest, Shawn Holmes of the Minnesota Department of Health and the Help Me Connect Coordinator, shares an overview of the amazing resources this website provides. | Podcast |
| Help Me Grow Minnesota | Help Me Grow provides resources for families to understand developmental milestones and learn if there are concerns. This helps families take the lead in seeking additional support or referring their child for a comprehensive, confidential screening or evaluation at no cost. Help Me Grow is an interagency initiative of the State of Minnesota (Department of Education, Department of Health and Department of Human Services) partnering with all local service agencies. | Website |
| Help Me Grow MN : Helping Families and Helping Early Childhood Professionals | In this episode, we host Anna Paulson, from Region 11 Help Me Grow as she shares the many ways Help Me Grow MN (HMGMN) supports the healthy development of young children. She highlights the way HMGMN enables parents, caregivers, professionals, and others to know when there are child development concerns and who to contact when these concerns arise. An early start can change long-term outcomes for children. Early services can mean fewer or no services later in life. That is the goal. Listen and learn more about the ways Help Me Grow MN meets that goal and supports those caring for young children along the path to success. | Podcast |
| Help Me Grow Part 1-- What is it and when should I refer a child? | Join Cindy Croft and Priscilla Weigel as they talk with special guest Jayne Cox-Lindsey, Early Childhood Referral In-Take Specialist. Jayne shares information of the roll of Help Me Grow in our state, the referral process, who should be referred, and why child care providers are a critical piece of the early intervention process. | Podcast |
| Help Me Grow Part 2-- When I make a referral, what happens next? | Join Cindy Croft and Priscilla Weigel as they continue their discussion with Jayne Cox-Lindsey, Early Childhood Referral In-Take Specialist. Jayne shares with our listeners the next steps that occur once a child enters the Help Me Grow referral process. An example of a referral success story is shared by Jayne which points out the collaborative process that create success for a child and a family. | Podcast |
| High Quality Child Care Promotes Healthy Development, School Readiness, and School Success | Decades of research has documented what is referred to as the “summer slide" – the impact of summer vacation’s learning loss on the educational achievement of children, particularly low-income children. The achievement gap is not really a result of “summer slide” alone but the cumulative effect that begins with school readiness. View this fact sheet for research and statistics on the importance of high-quality care and summer learning. | Document |
| How to Talk about Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health | Zero to Three, developed an infographic on Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH), that can help professionals talk about social and emotional development. | Document |
| How Toddlers Learn Self-Control from 12 to 24 Months | Developing self-control begins at birth and continues throughout childhood. Learn what you can do to help your toddler develop and practice self-control.'" Learn more in this article from Zero to Three. | Website |
| IDEA | This site was created to provide a "one-stop shop" for resources related to IDEA and its implementing regulations, released on August 3, 2006. | Website |
| IDEA Fact Sheet | A federal education law originally passed in 1975. IDEA requires schools to give special education and related services to kids with disabilities who need them. It covers kids from birth through high school. | Document |
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