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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| People-First Language | "Everyone deserves dignity and respect. Yet historically, our words have contributed to negative attitudes and misrepresentations about the value of people with disabilities in our society. To end discrimination — at work, at school, and in our communities — it’s important to stop using language that denies a person's value, individuality, and capability. As its name implies, People-First Language puts the individual first and the disability second." This handout was created by the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities. For more information, visit https://tcdd.texas.gov/. | Document |
| 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 |
| Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities | This document from the United States Department of Education is a brief summary of Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities Program and application. | Document |
| PKD Foundation | The PKD Foundation site has research information, friends and groups chat forums and contacts, legislative action alerts, news, self-produced publications, conference information and very well categorized links related to Polycystic Kidney Disease and issues concerning it's treatment and diagnosis. Information in other languages is available, however it is not administered or monitored by PKD Foundation. | Website |
| 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 Seem Anxious or Distracted: Part Three | Do you have children in your program who are reluctant to join others in play, or perhaps aren’t invited to join in because they seem too aloof? All children need one another to learn social competencies and to graduate to more complex social skills. So what can be done? We will discuss some scenarios for why a child might have these play issues and some strategies for easing anxiety and helping children connect with one another. | Podcast |
| Pocket Full of Therapy | Pocket Full of Therapy offers select pediatric and school based therapy products and toys. The site organizers have found unique materials needed to provide effective, appropriate, motivating, and fun pediatric therapy and learning. The catalog is arranged into categories pertinent to child development. | Website |
| Positive Friendship Connections for Children with Special Needs | Cory Woosley from Minneapolis College joins us again to highlight key information about inclusion. Our focus during this conversation is on the ways we as those caring for and teaching young children can help them build positive friendships. We discuss the importance of friendships and the ways we can set up the environment to support quality play connections for children with special needs. *Coming Soon! A CICC Self-Study on this important topic! | Podcast |
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