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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 |
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| Resources to Support Program Leaders | From Child Care Aware of Minnesota: Early childhood program leaders, such as center directors, administrators, assistant directors, education coordinators and family child care program owners, need support and resources that connect them and their staff to opportunities that grow their skills, increase their level of education, and improve the quality of care they provide. Child Care Aware of Minnesota offers TELL Talks, professional development support, and an online credential for center directors to hone essential skill areas needed to successfully operate a quality early childhood education program. | Website |
| Safe and Healthy Naptime Routines | Our guest, Public Health Nurse Sarah Hawley from Minnesota Child Care Health Consultants, joins Inclusion Matters for another episode, this time focusing on safe and healthy naptime routines, policies, and practices. Sleep is essential for overall good health of the child and the whole family. Listen and gain resources and tools to support quality sleep for young children while in child care. | Podcast |
| Seguridad contra incendios en el cuidado infantil: Consideraciones para niños con discapacidades (Fire Safety in Child Care: Special Considerations for Children with Disabilities) | La seguridad contra incendios en los programas de cuidado infantil implica concientización, educación, práctica y adaptaciones. El conocimiento de las necesidades individuales de cada niño es esencial para garantizar su seguridad en caso de una evacuación por incendio. Con algunas adaptaciones implementadas, la seguridad contra incendios intencional es la forma más efectiva de reducir los riesgos de incendio para las personas con discapacidades.Fire safety in child care programs involves awareness, education, practice, and making accommodations. Knowledge of each child’s individual needs is essential to ensuring their safety in the event of a fire evacuation. With a few adaptions in place, intentional fire safety is the most effective way to reduce risks of fire for individuals with disabilities. | Tipsheet |
| Self-Care for Early Care and Education Professionals | Tip sheet with practical self-care strategies for early care and education professionals. | Tipsheet |
| Self-Care Strategies for Child Care Providers Working in Stressful Environments | Define and describe how the human stress response system works using Polyvagal Theory. Polyvagal Theory outlines how the human nervous system responds to short and long-term stress such as that faced daily by child care providers. Learn examples of ways to practice research-based self-care strategies for child care providers to incorporate into their work. Knowledge and Competency Framework Area(s) - VI: Professionalism (10 Hours) CDA Content Area - Content Area VI: Maintaining a commitment to professionalism (10 Hours) Level 2 - Implements New Navigation Tools: This self-study does not have audio available at this time. For optimal performance, please access this course from a computer or tablet. Click on the black box with 2 white arrows to view the self-study in Full-Screen Mode. Click on the black box with white eyeglasses to view the self-study in Accessibility Mode. 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 |
| Self-Care Strategies for Child Care Providers: Part 1 | Understanding the importance of human connections, social engagement, and feelings of safety is at the heart of relationship-based child care work. This tip sheet we will highlight the symptoms of burnout and secondary trauma and discuss stress and the Polyvagal Theory. | Tipsheet |
| Self-Care Strategies for Child Care Providers: Part 2 | In part two of two of this series, we look at ways to increase self-care by cultivating awareness, developing strategies to manage stress, the importance of social engagement, and the benefits of self-care and stress management. | Tipsheet |
| Sesame Street in Communities | This website provides activities, tips, professional development opportunities and many other resources from Sesame Street. The information gathered can be customized for parents, providers and for specific ages, type of activities and length of time of the activity. | Website |
| Sharing Developmental Concerns with Families | How to prepare for and talk with family members when there are developmental or behavioral concerns. | Tipsheet |
| Sida Waalidiinta Loolawadaago waxa Caruurtooda Khuseeya (Sharing Concerns with Families) | Sida loogu diyaar garoobo oo loola hadlo xubnaha qoyska marka ay jiraan walaacyo koritaan ama dhaqan. How to prepare for and talk with family members when there are developmental or behavioral concerns. | Tipsheet |
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