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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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In Brief: The Science of Resilience | Reducing the effects of significant adversity on young children's healthy development is critical to the progress and prosperity of any society. Yet not all children experience lasting harm as a result of adverse early experiences. Some may demonstrate resilience, or an adaptive response to serious hardship. A better understanding of why some children do well despite early adversity is important because it can help us design policies and programs that help more children reach their full potential. | Website |
In Quotes: Addressing Misconceptions About the Brains of Bilingual Babies | From Alyssa Haywoode at Eye on Early Education: "During a recent BabyTalks webinar Beth Zack, PhD and Marley Jarvis, PhD shared research findings on infants’ and toddlers’ inherent capacity to learn multiple languages and identified strategies that educators and adults can use to support DLLs’ [dual language learners’] development. Through the course of the webinar, Zack and Jarvis also addressed several misconceptions about language learning in the first three years of life." | Website |
In the Rush to Improve Early Education, Don't Forget About Teachers | Parents know that a child's early experiences greatly influence their success later in school and in life. While parents are young children's first and best teachers, they rely on early educators as partners in preparing their children for success. And when that partnership is strong, we have the building blocks for prosperous communities, states, and nations. As a result, states and communities across our country have started to raise the qualifications and credentials for early educators. An excellent article by Michelle Miller-Cox. | Document |
Inclusion: Developmentally Appropriate Care for All Young Children | This tip sheet covers the importance of creating inclusive and developmentally appropriate early child care programs through creating access, participation, and supports for young children with special needs. | Tipsheet |
Inclusion: 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 this type of care is inclusion of infants and toddlers with special needs (PITC, n.d., a). | Document |
Inclusive Schools: Good for Kids, Families & Community | The Inclusive Schools website highlights the progress of our nation's schools in providing a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population, while offering educators, students, and parents an opportunity to discuss what else needs to be done to ensure that their schools continue to improve their ability to successfully educate all children. There is a downloadable Celebration Kit for the National Inclusive Schools Week. There is an online forum as well as several good articles on the positive affects of inclusion. | Website |
Individualized Care: Six Essential Program Practices | Document | |
Infant and Early Childhood Development and Mental Health Video Playlist | Playlist of videos that cover topics related to Infant and Early Childhood Development and mental health. | Website |
Infant and Toddler Communication Skills: Building Relationships | The importance of relationships in supporting infant and toddler development of communication skills. | Tipsheet |
Infant and Toddler Messaging Guide | ZERO TO THREE and Advocacy & Communication Solutions, LLC (ACS) have developed the Infant and Toddler Messaging Guide, which shares the results of a national scan of message trends in infant and toddler advocacy. It provides examples of messages used across the country to describe a wide range of infant and toddler issues and makes suggestions for improvement. The paper offers guidance on how to develop effective messages that make a strong case for investment in infants and toddlers. | Document |
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