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| Resource Name | Description | Resource Type |
|---|---|---|
| Resource Guide for Developing Integrated Strategies to Support the Social and Emotional Wellness of Children | The COVID-19 pandemic has swiftly and substantially affected the social and emotional health of children, especially those experiencing multiple hardships. As the pandemic has spread across the United States, many children are experiencing widespread disruptions in daily life. Young children are reacting to stress as their parent and caregiver routines change. Children may have strong feelings of fear, worry, sadness, and anger about the pandemic and related issues that impact behavior at home and in child care. This resources was created by the Administration for Children and Families Office of Child Care. | Document |
| Resources to Help Children in the Wake of a School Shooting | As adults struggle with their own reactions to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida young eyes and ears are watching and listening. This is an important time to talk to children about what they are seeing and hearing, even when they did not directly witness the event. While it can be difficult to know what to say, evidence from research and clinical practice can help us with these difficult conversations. We begin with a few suggestions for adults who care for children indirectly affected by a school shooting: | Document |
| Screen Time | This tip sheet explores the impact of screen time on young children and provides strategies to help support parents in reducing screen time at home. | Tipsheet |
| Self-Regulation Snap Shot #1: A Focus on Infants and Toddlers | Adult caregivers such as parents, teachers, coaches, and other mentors play a critical role in shaping and supporting self-regulation development from birth through young adulthood through an interactive process called “co-regulation.” This tip sheet was based on a series of reports prepared for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). | Tipsheet |
| Señales de Alarma y Referido (Red Flags and Referral) | El aprendizaje sucede a través de nuestra vida, comenzando al nacer. Los niños aprenden y crecen físicamente, socialmente y cognitivamente. Developmental milestones for children birth to three years of age, and what to do when there are developmental concerns. | Tipsheet |
| Sensory Gardening with Kids Activity Kit | "Gardening is a ‘sense-sational’ way to engage kids in outdoor learning and play! With their incredible diversity of shapes, sizes, colors, scents, and textures, plants offer limitless options for designing a garden space to engage all the senses. KidsGardening is excited to team up with Little Seeds Kids to bring you a new activity kit full of ideas for starting your own sensory garden. The 8-page kit compiles sensory garden design tips and plant suggestions along with an assortment of fun and engaging activities you can try with young gardeners with or without a garden space." | Document |
| Sensory Processing Disorder | Learn about the eight senses, sensory system responses, and common behaviors of children with SPD in this tip sheet. | Tipsheet |
| Sensory Processing FAQ - Preguntas Frecuentes sobre Procesamiento Sensorial | Here is a FAQ from the Child Mind Institiute that discusses Sensory Processing Disorder; what it is, how it's treated, and why it's controversial. ( In Spanish) | |
| Separation Anxiety in Infants and Toddlers | Tips for educators to help young children who may experience separation anxiety during the daily transition from home to child care. | Tipsheet |
| Six Acquired Strengths for Children’s Mental Health--Attachment: Part One | In this podcast, Cindy Croft and Priscilla Weigel will discuss children’s mental health and Dr. Bruce Perry’s Six Acquired Strengths for emotional development in young children. We begin the discussion with attachment as the foundation for a child’s positive mental health. Listen to discover ways that early educators can build the responsive relationship by tuning in to children. | Podcast |
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