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Radon Basics The American Lung Association's Radon Basics course is a free one-hour interactive online learning program designed to help people understand more about radon, a radioactive cancer-causing gas commonly found indoors at dangerous levels.  This course is designed to be appropriate for anyone who wants to learn more about radon and about how to test for it and fix problems, including home buyers, real estate professionals and home inspectors concerned about safe and healthy housing.  Website
Raising Young Children in a New Country: Supporting Early Learning and Healthy Development Refugee and immigrant families come to the United States with a wealth of parenting strengths, drawing on culture, tradition, and family experience. Like most parents in the US they tend to be responsible and nurturing, and have often sacrificed tremendously to provide their children with an opportunity for safety and success in this new country. At the same time, newcomer parents have experienced incredible loss, including the loss of extended family members, community, and homeland, and they must adapt to new traditions and lifestyles that are often at odds with their own beliefs and practices. Refugee and immigrant families also must overcome cultural, language, and practical barriers to access the community services they need, while these services must also learn about the newcomer families in their communities and how best to serve them. Document
Ratio and Group Size Standards for Licensed Child Care Staff-to-child ratios, group sizes, and age distributions for child care centers and family child care settings are critical standards that ensure a minimum level of safety, supervision, and quality in child care. The standards vary based on setting, the age of children in care, and the concentration of children from each age group. These standards are set forth by Minnesota law. Minnesota Rules, chapter 9503 (?Rule 3?) defines the standards for child care centers, and Minnesota Rules, chapter 9502 (?Rule 2?) governs family child care and group family child care. Document
Reach Every Child-Special Education Reach Every Child-Special Education website offers addresses and phone numbers for switches, joysticks, sign language, posters, as well as other organizations related to special education. One needs to click on "special education" to get to those resources. Website
Reading Aloud, Play and Social Emotional Development Research findings published in Pediatrics documents that infants and toddlers who were read to by family members had notable social-emotional skill advantages when they started school. Document
Reading Rockets Resources for Parents, Teachers, Librarians and Other Professionals Website
Ready Wriggly Prepares for Flu Season The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created Ready Wrigley to provide parents, guardians, teachers, and young children with tips, activities, and a story to help the whole family prepare for emergencies.  Document
Recommended Books for Children Coping With Loss or Trauma Books can be wonderful tools to use with children who have experienced difficult times such as trauma or loss. Reading (or being read to) and talking with adults can help them understand and cope with their feelings in a developmentally appropriate way. Reading also offers a great way to spend time with a child, reinforce a sense of normalcy and security, and connect with them, all of which are important to recovery from a traumatic experience. This resource is from the National Association of School Psychologists. Document
Recurso Sobre Fondos para Apoyar el Cuidado de Niños con Necesidades Especiales de Minnesota (Funding Resources to Support Children with Special Needs) Esta hoja de consejos destaca los recursos de financiación disponibles, incluidos los específicos del estado de Minnesota, para apoyar el cuidado de niños con necesidades especiales. This tip sheet highlights funding resources available, including those specific to the state of Minnesota, to support the care of children with special needs. Tipsheet
Red Flags and Referral Details signs the child is not moving along expected developmental pathways and how to refer them for further testing and observation. Tipsheet
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