Saturday, April 7, 2018


COLLECTION OF RESOURCES


Position Statements and Influential Practices

v  NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap

v  NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness.  Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf

v  NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8.  Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file positions/pscape.pdf

v  NAEYC. (2009). Early childhood inclusion: A summary.  Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf

v  Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda.  Retrieved from http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infantoddler

v  FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved from http://community.fpg.unc.edu/sites/community.fpg.unc.edu/files/imce/documents/FPG_Snapshot_N33_EvidenceBasedPractice_09-2006.pdf

v  NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8.  Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap

v  Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J.Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al. (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 43(3), 42-53.


Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being

v  UNICEF. (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf


v  World Organizations for Early Childhood Education http://www.mep-usnc.org

v  Association for Childhood Education International http://acei.org/



Early Childhood Organizations

v  National Association for Education of Young Children http://naeyc.org

v  The Division for Early Childhood http://www.dec-sped.org

v  Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families http://www.zerotothree.org


v  Harvard Education Letter http://hepg.org/hel/topic/85

v  FPG Child Development Institute http://www.fpg.unc.edu/

v  Administration for Children and Families Head Start’s National Research Conference on Early Childhood -  - NRCEC 2018 https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/events/the-administration-for-children-and-families-national-research-conference-on-early-childhood-nrcec-2018

v  HighScope http://highscope.org

v  Children’s Defense Fund http://www.childensdefense.org/

v  Center for Child Care Workforce http://www.ccw.org/

v  Council for Exceptional Children http://www.cec.sped.org/

v  Institute for Women’s Policy Research http://iwpr.org/

v  National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education http://ncrece.org/wordpress/

v  National Child Care Association http://www.nccanet.org/

v  National Institute for Early Education Research http://nieer.org/


v  Voices for America’s Children http://www.voices.org/

v  The Erikson Institute http://www.erikson.edu/


Other Resources

v  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – U.S. Department of Education. (2016). Policy Statement on Expulsion and Suspension Policies in Early Childhood Settings. Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/policy-statement-ece-expulsions-suspensions.pdf

v  Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center http://ectacenter.org

v  CONNECT: The Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge http://fpg.unc.edu/projects/connect-center-mobilize-early-childhood-knowledge

v  National Institute for Early Education Research http://nieer.org

v  Children’s Learning Institute https://www.childrenslearninginstitute.org/




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