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Materials and assistance for childcare professionals, and those they serve, including info modules, tip sheets, documents, helpful URLs, and self-study courses. *Please Note: We are in the process of updating many of our info mods so that they will be accessible on mobile devices. Thank you for your patience!
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| 6 Fine Motor Skills Activities for Kids | Kids develop motor skills at different rates. But when young kids struggle with fine motor skills, they can have trouble with key tasks like grasping utensils (like pencils), moving objects with their fingertips, and using tools like scissors.Try these fun activities from Understood.org. | Website |
| A Child Who Flies “Under the Radar”--When a Diagnosis Isn’t Made: Part Three | In this podcast, we will continue the last conversation by looking at 4-5 year olds. It is easy at times to see a child’s behavior outside of the context of their age and stage. When we look again at what we are hoping to teach children in a larger sense, we can begin to appreciate some of those challenging behaviors as their way at reaching important milestones! | Podcast |
| A Guide to Developmental Milestones, Red Flags, Early Intervention and Inclusion | This video, produced for the Somali community, addresses developmental milestones for children and red flags for developmental delays as well as covering the topics of early identification and early intervention. This video also contains interviews with Somali parents of children who have special needs and an interview with a Somali physician. | Website |
| A Universal Checklist for Early Intervention | This Practice Guide from TRACE (Tracking, Referral, and Assessment Center for Excellence) provides a universal checklist for identifying infants and toddlers that may be eligible for early intervention. The checklist was specifically developed to facilitate and streamline the identification of potentially eligible children without the need to administer screening or developmental tests and was designed to be used by primary referral sources to make referrals to early intervention. | Document |
| Abilities Network | Maryland services and support for persons with disabilities and inclusion. Training, consultation and respite care services all available. | Website |
| ADA Fact Sheet | This federal civil rights law protects from discrimination people of all ages with disabilities. | Document |
| ADA Questions and Answers for Child Care | Questions & Answers about the Americans with Disabilities Act and Child Care. | Document |
| ADHD: Seeing the Disability Behind the Behavior | This course examines the myths and facts of AD/HD and successful strategies for inclusion of children with AD/HD in child care settings. This course is accessible from a mobile device. For optimal performance, viewing from a computer or tablet is highly recommended. For ten clock hours on your Learning Record, please register and pay online at Develop. Then, complete a 500 word reflection paper and submit this document with your reflection. Please note: You have access to this document as view only. To enable editing, download the document. Click "file" then "download as" in the upper left-hand corner of this screen. This will give you the option to open the document as a Word doc on your own computer. Then, you can complete the information and email it to: credit@inclusivechildcare.org. *Disregard any directions regarding a final quiz. The only learning assessment needed is the reflection paper. | Course |
| Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is a nonprofit membership organization that provides information to people who are deaf and hard of hearing regarding verbal communication, speak, speech-read, use of residual hearing, and the process of spoken and written language. | Website |
| An Overview of Disability Law and Data Privacy | This course is about facilitating an understanding of what the ADA, Section 504, data privacy, confidentiality and releases of information are, and how they impact one's practice. It also identifies what areas of modification and/or improvement are needed in a practice and program to assure all legal aspects are met. This course is only accessible on a desktop browser with Flash enabled. For ten clock hours on your Learning Record, please register and pay online at Develop. Then, complete a 500 word reflection paper and submit this document with your reflection. Please note: You have access to this document as view only. To enable editing, download the document. Click "file" then "download as" in the upper left-hand corner of this screen. This will give you the option to open the document as a Word doc on your own computer. Then, you can complete the information and email it to: credit@inclusivechildcare.org. *Disregard any directions regarding a final quiz. The only learning assessment needed is the reflection paper. | Course |
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