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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 |
|---|---|---|
| National Organization of Parents of Blind Children | The National Organization of Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC) is a proud division of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB). As stated on their website, The Purpose of the NOPBC is to: create a climate of opportunity for blind children in home and society. provide information and support to parents of blind children. facilitate the sharing of experience and concerns among parents of blind children. develop and expand resources available to parents and their children. help parents of blind children gain understanding and perspective through partnership and contact with blind adults. function as an integral part of the National Federation of the Blind in its ongoing effort to achieve equality and opportunity for all blind persons. | Website |
| Navigating Sibling Dynamics | Longtime CICC partner and colleague Cory Woosley of Minneapolis College joins us for an important conversation about navigating the relationships of siblings when one has a diagnosis of a special need. Cory shares her perspective as a parent of a child with a disability and how her family traversed this path. We discuss the idea of Glass Children, Parentification, and ways to support healthy overall development of the sibling who may have some unique needs and behaviors that get overlooked. *Coming Soon! A CICC Self-Study on this important topic! | Podcast |
| Overcoming Play Challenges Through Play Partners | How to support the development of play and social interaction skills using a play partnering approach. | Tipsheet |
| Parenting Children with Special Needs During COVID-19 | Parenting a child with special needs or chronic conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic requires drawing on your strengths and returning to the basics. | Website |
| Pautas para el uso de elementos de presión profunda y ponderados en programas para la primera infancia (Guidelines for Use of Deep Pressure and Weighted Items in Early Childhood Programs) | Qué es la presión profunda, cómo afecta a los niños con ansiedad o necesidades sensoriales y cómo implementar el uso de presión profunda y elementos pesados en un entorno de cuidado infantil. What deep pressure is, how it affects children with anxiety or sensory needs, and how to implement the use of deep pressure and heavy items in a childcare setting. | Tipsheet |
| Percepciones y lenguaje sobre la discapacidad (Disability Perceptions and Language) | El lenguaje utilizado para hablar de las personas con discapacidad ha tenido una poderosa influencia en la configuración de las percepciones y actitudes de la sociedad. Cada uno tiene sus propias preferencias a la hora de hablar de su discapacidad. Esta hoja de consejos analiza las percepciones y los estereotipos de las discapacidades, así como el lenguaje que prioriza a la persona y la identidad. The language used to talk about people with disabilities has had a powerful influence in shaping society’s perceptions and attitudes. Everyone has their own preference in how they talk about their disability. This tip sheet discusses the perceptions and stereotypes of disabilities as well as person-first and indentity-first language. | Tipsheet |
| Play in Early Childhood: The Role of Play in Any Setting | In this video from the Center of the Developing Child at Harvard University, "learn more about how play can foster children’s resilience to hardship, and how the complex interactions involved when children play help build their brains." | |
| Play--Helping Children Who are Ignored or Rejected by Peers: Part Four | In this concluding podcast on play concerns, we will look at some of the reasons a child might be ‘forgotten’ by his peers or even rebuffed when trying to join in play. Inclusion consultant Priscilla Weigel will share tools for the early educator to help the group include one another and build an atmosphere of acceptance. | Podcast |
| Play--Helping Children Who Won’t Stay or Won’t Leave: Part Two | Building on the foundation of play skills from Part One, this podcast will examine children who can’t seem to settle into play activities or, conversely, the child who doesn’t want to leave a center or a particular toy. How can the early educator intervene to ensure that a child feels safe and secure but also is building important peer relationships? Inclusion consultant Priscilla Weigel will share some strategies that can help children settle into play. | Podcast |
| Policy Statement: Quality Early Education and Child Care from Birth to Kindergarten | High-quality early education and child care for all young children improves abstract physical and cognitive outcomes for the children and can result in enhanced school readiness. Preschool education can be viewed as an investment (especially for at-risk children), and studies show a positive return on that investment. | Document |
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