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Description: This Web page has information about birth defect prevention, having a healthy pregnancy, and research on birth defects.
Description: This National Child Care Information Center Web site provides publications, links and other resources regarding brain development.
Description: This is the Web site of the March of Dimes, an agency dedicated to promoting healthy babies and healthy pregnancies. A link to the Spanish version of their Web site is available from the home page.
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Description: This website provides information on birth defects and disabilities through fact sheets and other publications. Some of the publications are also available in Spanish.
Their work includes identifying the causes of and preventing birth defects and developmental disabilities, helping children to develop and reach their full potential, and promoting health and well-being among people of all ages with disabilities.
Research Sheds Light on How Babies Learn and Develop Language 
Author: Kopko, Kimberly (7 more by this author)
Description: This newsbrief provides information about research by Dr. Marianella Casasola, of the Dept. of Human Development at Cornell University and provides a window into how babies learn and develop language skills during the first 2 years of life. Her findings demonstrate that infants are learning about their language well before they speak their language. Her research highlights the degree of complexity that babies possess in learning language and how the use of novel words and events promotes learning.
Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Food Program
Description: This is the Web site for the Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Food Program (WIC). It includes information about the program and how to apply.
Description: ZERO TO THREE is the nation's leading resource on the first three years of life. They are a national non-profit charitable organization whose aim is to strengthen and support families, practitioners and communities to promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers. The site contains information for both parents and professionals. Resources and links are available.
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"I Can Do It Myself" The Toddler's Push for Independence
Description: A fact sheet for parents on toddler behavior. Information includes what to expect from toddlers and tips for parents on guiding toddler's independence.
10 Ways to Build Attachment with your Baby
Author: Brown, Stephanie
Description: This e-newsletter contains a list of 10 ways that parents can interact with their babies to help them bond with baby and help them establish a secure attachment.
A Child Care Provider’s Guide to Safe Sleep
Description: This brochure discusses how to prevent sudden infant death syndrome in child care settings. Safe sleep practices are recommended and included.
A Family's Guide to Early Intervention in Washington State
Description: This brochure is from the Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Services and provides information on the federal law Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the supports and services available to parents. It also provides information on parent questions on development, how to access services, parental rights, and who to contact if parents have questions about how to access support and evaluations.
This information is also available in Cambodian, Chinese, Korean, Lao, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese at http://www.del.wa.gov/publications/esit/Default.aspx.
A Parents' Guide to Safe Sleep
Description: This brochure discusses how to prevent sudden infant death syndrome at home. Safe sleep practices are recommended and included.
A Spanish version is under revision.
A Scribble or a Masterpiece? How Your Child's Writing and Art Changes Over Time
Description: This article explains the developmental continuum of a child's writing and art skills. For very young children, there are four stages of drawing and writing that you may see as your child grows from 15 months old to 3 years of age. Timetables are listed; they provide approximate ages that your child may master these skills. For some children the skills may develop faster or slower and still be developing just fine. Growth doesn’t happen at the same speed for every child, but by offering repeated fun experiences with a variety of art and writing materials, you will see forward progress over time.
Description: A fact sheet on how temper tantrums. Included is information on why they happen and what you can do to help.
A Window to the World: Promoting Early Language and Literacy Development
Description: This brief video created by Zero to Three discusses the importance of early language and literacy development. It shows examples of sharing literacy with infants and toddlers and stresses the importance of providing literacy information and training to parents and caregivers.
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books and reading. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies regarding print awareness and reading.
Achieving the Promise of a Bright Future: Developmental Screening of Infants and Toddlers
Author: Nelson, Florence
Description: This policy brief, a part of Early Experiences Matter Policy Guide by Zero to Three, includes facts and research about infant and toddler developmental screening. It also includes key definitions and policy recommendations to ensure that all children receive periodic developmental screenings in order to support healthy development.
Active Start – Physical Activity Guidelines for Children Birth to Five Years
Description: This brief summarizes the information from the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) on how much physical activity children under age 5 should be getting on a daily basis.
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on adjusting to child care. It includes information on learning to trust, transition routines, letting go (for parents), and helpful hints.
Description: Based on decades of NICHD research on parenting, this 62-page booklet gives parents the tools they need to make their own decisions about successful parenting. The booklet provides real-world examples and stories about how some families include responding, preventing, monitoring, modeling, and mentoring in their own daily parenting activities.
Ages and Stages for Caregivers: 1-4 months
Author: Reschke, Kathy (8 more by this author); Cheryl Barber; Mary F. Longo
Description: This is the first in a series of fact sheets developed for caregivers describing developmental milestones and developmentally appropriate practices when working with infants age one to four months. The fact sheet also includes tips on working with parents and what to do if you are concerned about a child's development.
Ages and Stages for Caregivers: 12-18 months
Author: Reschke, Kathy (8 more by this author); Cheryl Barber; Mary F. Longo
Description: This publication is part of a series of fact sheets developed for caregivers describing developmental milestones and developmentally appropriate practices when working with infants age 12-18 months. The fact sheet also includes tips on working with parents and what to do if you are concerned about a child's development.
Ages and Stages for Caregivers: 18-24 months
Author: Reschke, Kathy (8 more by this author); Cheryl Barber; Mary F. Longo
Description: This publication is part of a series of fact sheets developed for caregivers describing developmental milestones and developmentally appropriate practices when working with infants age 18-24 months. The fact sheet also includes tips on working with parents and what to do if you are concerned about a child's development.
Ages and Stages for Caregivers: 2 years
Author: Reschke, Kathy (8 more by this author); Cheryl Barber; Mary F. Longo
Description: This publication is part of a series of fact sheets developed for caregivers describing developmental milestones and developmentally appropriate practices when working with two-year olds. The fact sheet also includes tips on working with parents and what to do if you are concerned about a child's development.
Ages and Stages for Caregivers: 5-8 months
Author: Reschke, Kathy (8 more by this author); Cheryl Barber; Mary F. Longo
Description: This publication is part of a series of fact sheets developed for caregivers describing developmental milestones and developmentally appropriate practices when working with infants age five to eight months. The fact sheet also includes tips on working with parents and what to do if you are concerned about a child's development.
Ages and Stages for Caregivers: 9-12 months
Author: Reschke, Kathy (8 more by this author); Cheryl Barber; Mary F. Longo
Description: This publication is part of a series of fact sheets developed for caregivers describing developmental milestones and developmentally appropriate practices when working with infants age nine to twelve months. The fact sheet also includes tips on working with parents and what to do if you are concerned about a child's development.
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and includes information on how they can support babies's in their interest of books and reading. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies using ABC blocks.
An Activity Book for African American Families: Helping Children Cope with Crisis
Description: This 94-page activity book, from the NICHD and the National Black Child Development Institute, provides information and resources that can help parents instill a sense of safety in their children during times of crisis, through creative activities that encourage communication. The book is part of an effort to give parents tools to help their children handle crises.
Description: This series of factsheets for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia provide information for early childhood professionals and policymakers about the status of infants, toddlers, and families in their state. The State Baby Facts present infant and toddler data in the framework of good health, strong families, and positive early learning experiences.
Description: University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension website contains information for new parents including information on feeding, playing games, what to expect, and typical development, birth through 12 months.
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on anxiety that may be experienced by children when they go to bed.
Description: A fact sheet on how biting. Included is information on reasons why some children bite, how to intervene, and how to deal with the situation when it occurs.
Author: Shonkoff, Jack (7 more by this author)
Description: This animated video from Invest In US, is a project of the First Five Years Fund and is based on research by Jack Shonkoff (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University). It discusses the importance of early childhood years in later development and success.
Description: This youtube video adapts the visual sensibility of interactive game models to a video format and portrays how actions taken by parents, teachers, policymakers, and others can influence life outcomes for both the child and the surrounding community.
2:59 minute visual presentation that would be a good for community partnership meetings.
Bridges to Literacy: Early Routines That Promote Later School Success
Description: This Zero to Three publication describes foundations of literacy and discusses strategies
that early childhood professionals can use to facilitate its development. A number of bridges to literacy can now be built with confidence!
Bright Futures at Georgetown University
Description: Bright Futures is a national health promotion initiative dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy and that optimal health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family, and the community as partners in health practice.
Includes links to distance learning and online tools and materials on such topics as; Mental Health, Nutrition, Oral Health, and Physical Activity.
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on siblings. It includes information on talking about different ages, parents' expectations, mediating conflicts, and helpful hints.
Building Baby's Brain: Learning Language
Author: Bales, Diane (20 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet is part of the "Building Baby's Brain" series. This publication on learning language offers information on language development and tips for parents about what they can do to support their child.
Building Baby's Brain: Easy-Reading Series
Author: Bales, Diane (20 more by this author)
Description: These fact sheets are part of the "Building Baby's Brain" series. These publications are written in an easy reading format and focuses on things that parents can do to encourage their child's learning and development.
Building Baby's Brain: Prime Times for Learning
Author: Bower, Don (15 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet is part of the "Building Baby's Brain" series. This publication offers information on how children learn and tips for parents about what they can do to encourage their child's learning.
Building Baby's Brain: Ten Myths
Author: Bales, Diane (20 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet is part of the "Building Baby's Brain" series. This publication lists ten false beliefs that are commonly held about children's brain development. Some of the myths discussed are whether the size of your baby's head has anything to do with intelligence and how what happens before birth affects learning.
Building Baby's Brain: The Basics
Author: Bales, Diane (20 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet is part of the "Building Baby's Brain" series. This publication discusses the basics of infant brain development and offers tips for parents and caregivers to nurture positive brain development.
Building Baby's Brain: The Role of Music
Author: Bales, Diane (20 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet is part of the "Building Baby's Brain" series. This publication describes how music can be beneficial for brain development.
Building Baby's Brain: What Child Care Can Do
Author: Bower, Don (15 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet is part of the "Building Baby's Brain" series. This publication describes how child care can influence brain development. It offers criteria for quality care and discusses the possible results of poor quality care.
Building Baby's Brain: What Parents Can Do
Author: Bales, Diane (20 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet is part of the "Building Baby's Brain" series. This publication focuses on things that parents can do to encourage their child's learning and development.
Author: Trister Dodge, Diane; Cate Heroman
Description: This easy to read booklet is packed with illustrations and charts that explain brain development and the simple things parents can do to make a big difference for their babies. Sections in the book include prenatal care, vision and hearing, touching your baby, teaching your baby about feelings, relating to others, talking with your child and sharing books, moving and doing, play, music and math, and art. This book is available online in English and Spanish (Como Estimular el Cerebro Infantil at http://www.teachingstrategies.com/content/pageDocs/spanbuilding.pdf ) or for purchase in English or Spanish from Teaching Strategies.
California Infant/Toddler Learning & Development Foundations
Description: The California Department of Education collaborated with leading early childhood educators and researchers to develop these learning and development foundations. The foundations focus on four domains: social-emotional development, language development, cognitive development, and perceptual and motor development. The foundations provide a comprehensive understanding of young children’s learning and development during the first three years of life.
Description: A fact sheet on how to calm a crying baby. Information on colic, reasons baby's cry, and what you can do to help.
Caring for Kids After Trauma, Disaster and Death: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Description: This Guide has been prepared for use with all children and adolescents following a traumatic experience, but users should be particularly sensitive to the reactions of those children who are more likely than others to be at risk for developing problems.This would include children who had physical exposure, who witnessed the event, who were near the location of the disaster or
incident, who had a preexisting mental health issue, whose caregivers experienced emotional difficulty, who had preexisting or consequent family life stressors such as divorce or loss of job, previous loss or trauma experience or those who have a limited support network.
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Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
Description: The Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation was created through a grant from the Office of Head Start. The Center translates research in healthy mental development into materials and makes them available on this website.
In addition, the Center serves as an online “Community of Learners:” a clearinghouse for the exchange of ideas through traditional and new media.
Center for Early Literacy Learning: CELLcasts
Description: CELLcasts are audio/video versions of CELL practice guides which are available to view online or download. There are selections focused on infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Some suggestions include Give Me, Give Me including ideas for encouraging infants to use gestures and movements to ask for what they want or need. Sound Play provides parents with ways to help toddlers develop language skills. Wired To Read teaches parents how to use computer technology to provide young children with early literacy learning opportunities.
Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care: Promote Continuity of Care
Author: Schumacher, Rachel (10 more by this author); Elizabeth Hoffmann
Description: This document presents research supporting the recommendation to promote continuity of care for babies in child care. Strong attachment relationships between babies and toddlers and the adults who care for them are critical to early brain development. All babies and toddlers in child care need nurturing, responsive providers and caregivers they can trust to care for them as they grow and learn. To support this goal, CLASP recommends that states provide information and supports for providers and caregivers to develop nurturing, responsive, and continuous relationships with children from when they enter child care to age three.
Author: Becker-Weidman, Arthur
Description: This study give a brief overview of the effects of child abuse and neglect on brain development, attachment, and relationships.
Children and Dealing with Death
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on children and death. It includes information on talking about death, expressing feelings, and helpful hints.
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on moving. It includes information on talking about moving, it's hard to share, children's reactions, parents feelings, and helpful hints.
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on pets. It includes information on learning to respect animals, what children can learn from pets, and helpful hints.
Description: A fact sheet for parents on children's sleep. Information includes how much sleep children need at each age and tips for parents on helping their children avoid sleep issues.
Description: A fact sheet on childhood fears. Includes information on fears and what you can do to help.
Children's Growth and Guidance
Author: Barber, Kenneth (2 more by this author)
Description: This extension publication provides information on children's growth and what typical behaviors are associated with children ages 1 to 12.
Choosing Playthings for Children
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on choosing playthings for children. It includes information on power play, aggressive toys, electronic games, and helpful hints.
Coping with Defiance in the Early Years
Description: This fact sheet provides information and tips for parents who are dealing with defiant behaviors from their preschool aged children.
Curiosity: The Fuel of Development
Author: Perry, Bruce (14 more by this author)
Description: This article by Dr. Bruce Perry discusses how curiosity is a necessary part of learning and how teachers can support children in their discoveries.
Data Driven: Informing Policy Choices About Infants and Toddlers
Description: This policy brief, a part of Early Experiences Matter Policy Guide by Zero to Three, provides data to inform state and federal policy choices that will positively impact infants, toddlers, and their families. It includes fast facts child care, child welfare, developmental screening, Early Head Start, early intervention, home visiting programs, paid familiy leave, social and emotional health, and physical health.
Description: This publication contains sections on why children bite; the incidence of biting; what to do when biting occurs; and parent communication. It also contains references, web, ERIC, and other resources, as well as links to other early childhood organizations.
It is also available in Spanish (Cómo tratar los comportamientos de morder en niños pequeños) at http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/poptopics/biting-sp.html.
Description: A fact sheet for parents on feeling guilt over their decisions. Information includes common "guilt trips" and tips for parents on guilt bursters.
Desarrollo Infantil (Infant Development)
Author: DeBord, Karen (61 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet gives information about typical development of infants in Spanish. The author includes a developmental milestone checklist, information about crying, sleeping, setting limits, and immunizations.
Development in the First Years of Life
Author: Thompson, Ross (1 more by this author)
Description: This journal article discusses the brain development and learning of children from birth to three years.
Developmental Milestones Infants (Guía de Desarrollo: Bebés)
Author: Kock, Jo Anne (7 more by this author)
Description: The first year of an infant's life is a time of amazing learning. This fact sheet lists developmental milestones for children birth through 12 months of age.
Also available in Spanish Guía de Desarrollo: Bebés at http://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/files/sl/2007/fs0703.pdf. 2007
Developmental Milestones Toddler (Guía de Desarrollo: Niños Pequeños)
Author: Kock, Jo Anne (7 more by this author)
Description: A toddler's life, ages 12 to 36 months, is a time of amazing learning and development. This fact sheet lists developmental milestones for children in this age range.
Also available in Spanish (Guía de Desarrollo: Niños Pequeños) at http://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/files/sl/2007/fs0704.pdf. 2007
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books, reading and language. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies.
This practice involves using a routine daily activity to build a child’s skill at listening and interacting with adults — important skills for communication. This is done by playing simple word-and-movement games as part of diaper changing. It includes some ideas you can try to make diaper changing time a fun activity.
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on divorce and separation. It includes information on talking about divorce and separation, children's right to feelings, parents feelings, and helpful hints.
Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative
Description: The Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative is home to a number of projects that focus on educating and raising young children. ECAP hosts research, technical assistance, and service projects and provides publications and information to the worldwide early childhood and parenting communities.
Early Experiences Can Alter Gene Expression and Affect Long-Term Development
Description: This report from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child summarizes in clear language why this growing scientific evidence supports the need for society to re-examine the way it thinks about the circumstances and experiences to which young children are exposed. The experiences children have early in life—and the environments in which they have them—shape their developing brain architecture and strongly affect whether they grow up to be healthy, productive members of society.
Early Experiences Count: How Emotional Development Unfolds Starting at Birth
Description: In this podcast, Dr. Ross Thompson describes how early emotional development unfolds and what parents can do to nurture their child’s social and emotional skills starting at birth.
Dr. Thompson is a professor of psychology at the University of California Davis and is on the Board of Directors at ZERO TO THREE.
This page contains links to resources related to early emotional development.
Early Language and Literacy Development
Author: Kupcha, Jaclyn
Description: This policy brief discusses positive early language and literacy development that can give children a window to the world, helping to ensure that each child can seize his or her potential for future success. Policy recommendations are included.
Early Learning Environment (Ele) at the Fred Rogers Center
Description: The Fred Rogers Center Early Learning Environment's (Ele) mission is to advance the fields of early learning and children’s media by acting as a catalyst for communication, collaboration, and creative change. It brings together many of the best free trusted materials from around the web, including videos, games, ebooks, music and other interactive tools. Ele also provides a platform to connect and discuss with others who care about issues affecting young children.
Ele encourages caregivers to treat media more like they would treat a book: as a chance to sit with a child, share time together, and talk about what children are seeing and hearing. In this way, media and technology can be motivating, interesting, and helpful tools. Used properly, they can spur conversation and encourage children’s interaction with their peers and with the caring adults in their lives. Ele suggests ways to develop such healthy media habits.
Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers: Recommendations for States
Description: ZERO TO THREE presents recommendations to assist states in creating or
revising Early learning Guidelines for infants and Toddlers (ElG/iTs). These guidelines consist of “widely accepted expectations for learning” for children from birth to three.
Description: This news brief discusses positive early language and literacy development. It includes what infants and toddlers can do, early literacy behaviors, what young children like in books, and ways to share books with babies and toddlers.
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books, reading and language. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies.
Baby games that combine simple, rhyming phrases and interesting movements help infants become familiar with the meanings of sounds and words.
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on setting limits for children. It includes information on rules, routines, and helpful hints.
Everyday Ways to Support Your Baby or Toddler's Early Learning
Description: This chart gives you some ideas of the many ways you can support your child’s early learning through everyday activities on language and communication, thinking skills, self-control, and self-confidence. Provided in Spanish also.
Extending the Dance: Relationship-Based approaches to Infant/Toddler Care and Education
Author: Pope Edwards, Carolyn; Helen Raikes
Description: This news brief examines the topic of how we can best support the growth and development of babies in child care. They discuss the importance of the relationship between the caregivers and the babies. Recommendations for policy changes are included.
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Family Time Work Time: Keep Your Child From Choking
Author: Mincemoyer, Claudia (7 more by this author)
Description: This newsletter for parents discusses how they can protect their children from choking and moving and dancing to prevent obesity. Also available in Spanish at http://betterkidcare.psu.edu/FTWTEsp/10AprESPftwt.pdf.
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books and reading. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies regarding print awareness and reading.
First Signs: Resources on Development and Special Needs of Children
Description: Books, periodicals, and other resources for parents and professionals who seek in-depth information about children's development and specific special needs.
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books and reading. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies regarding print awareness and reading.
Five Numbers to Remember About Early Child Development
Description: This feature highlights five numbers to remember about the development of young children. Learn how the numbers illustrate such concepts as the importance of early childhood to the learning, behavior, and health of later life and why getting things right the first time is easier and more effective than trying to fix them later.
This feature is also available in a web-based slideshow format at http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/multimedia/interactive_features/five-numbers/
Framing Early Childhood Development: Recommendations for Infant-Toddler Professionals and Advocates
Author: Rappaport, Debbie (1 more by this author)
Description: This article explores some specific early childhood frames, the impact of those frames on how people reason about infant-toddler development, and the consequences of these messages for public policy. The article concludes with practical tools which infant-toddler advocates can use to develop their own messages about infant-toddler policy issues.
Author: Wartella, Ellen ; Allison G. Caplovitz; June H. Lee
Description: This issue of Social Policy Report, discusses what is known about the new interactive media that pervade children’s lives today. Computers and the internet, video games, CDs and cell phones are among the new technologies that have become a routine part of children and youth’s lives today.
The authors’ summary of children’s use of these technologies demonstrates that they are as present in children’s lives today as books and TV were to previous generations. Concerns about the results of technology used by infants and toddlers are outlined as well as implications and recommendations for further study.
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books, reading and language. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies.
Made-up lap games can be just as much fun as “tried-and-tested” games. This practice guide includes an example of a game played by a child care teacher whose infant had just learned to reach for things. The description will give you some ideas about lap games you can play with the children with whom you work
Getting Kids Involved: Creating Opportunities for Learning (video)
Description: This video introduces and illustrates many ways in which adaptations within the home or classroom can promote the active involvement of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with disabilities in everyday literacy activities.
Getting Ready to Read: Helping Your Child Become a Confident Reader and Writer Starting from Birth
Author: Parlakian, Rebecca ; Janice Im; Claire Lerner
Description: This Zero to Three publication focuses on what parents can do to support their children's literacy development. It contains information on what's going on with the baby and what adults can do to support their development at the different ages. It includes information for children from birth to age 5. A book list is also included.
Giving R Best 2 Kids: Development and Behavior - Biting (Dando Lo Mejor A Los Niños: El Morder)
Author: Byington, Teresa (9 more by this author)
Description: This brochure is intended for use with parents and caregivers. It provides general information on biting. It discusses causes of biting, what to do if biting happens, and how to prevent biting from happening in the future.
This is also available in Spanish, Dando Lo Mejor A Los Niños: El Morder, at http://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/files/cy/2007/fs0736.pdf. 2007
Author: Byington, Teresa (9 more by this author)
Description: This brochure is intended for use with parents and caregivers. It provides general information on temper tantrums. It discusses causes of tantrums, what to do if tantrums happens, and how to prevent tantrums from happening in the future.
This is also available in Spanish, Dando Lo Mejor A Los Niños: Berrinches at http://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/files/cy/2007/fs0737.pdf. 2007
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on preparing your child to visit the dentist. It includes information on preparation, what will happen, and helpful hints.
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on preparing your child to visit the doctor. It includes information on preparation, what will happen, and helpful hints.
Gross and Fine Motor Activities for Early Childhood - Infants and Toddlers
Author: Callender, Stacy (2 more by this author)
Description: This book of activities is part of a three-volume series that are based on clear and
powerful evidence of the importance of physical activities and play to young
children’s overall development. They support best practices interactions using toys and
learning materials that are commonly available to child care providers. Specific toys mentioned are part of a grant provided to early childhood programs in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. Developmental milestone checklists are included.
Description: This 12 article publication includes research-based information on various topics across College of Family and Consumer Sciences Cooperative Extension program areas, including: infant development, parenting, co-parenting and couple relations, child care, nutrition and health, food safety, housing and environmental safety, and financial management and planning. Each article reinforces the available resources and expertise available at the county level and on our website, www.gafamilies.com.
HAPPE: Toddlers in Physical Play
Author: Parish, Loraine; Mary Rudisill
Description: This NAEYC journal article focuses on High Autonomy Physical Play Environment (HAPPE). HAPPE motivates and engages toddlers in physical play and builds basic motor skills that are the foundation for lifetime activity.
It also includes another article "Extra: Ideas for engaging toddlers in indoor and outdoor physical play activities".
Healthy Eating Strategies for Young Children
Description: This fact sheet provides information and tips for parents on healthy eating and meal planning with children.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/Healthy_eating_parent_handout--sp.pdf?docID=4182&JServSessionIda004=ruilsxecp1.app213c.
Healthy Minds: Nurturing Your Child’s Healthy Development from 0 to 2 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a chart that describes many of the things your baby is learning between 0 and 2 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of his development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/0-2meses.pdf?docID=322&JServSessionIda004=ibnf46h9u1.app213c.
Healthy Minds: Nurturing Your Child’s Healthy Development from 12 to 18 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a chart that describes many of the things your baby is learning between 12 to 18 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of his development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/12-18meses.pdf?docID=332&JServSessionIda004=ly85fgjke1.app213c.
Healthy Minds: Nurturing Your Child’s Healthy Development from 18 to 24 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a chart that describes many of the things your baby is learning between 18 to 24 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of his development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/18-24meses.pdfdocID=333&JServSessionIda004=ly85fgjke1.app213c.
Healthy Minds: Nurturing Your Child’s Healthy Development from 2 to 6 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a chart that describes many of the things your baby is learning between 2 and 6 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of his development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/2-6meses.pdf?docID=329&JServSessionIda004=ibnf46h9u1.app213c.
Healthy Minds: Nurturing Your Child’s Healthy Development from 24 to 36 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a chart that describes many of the things your baby is learning between 24 to 36 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of his development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/24-36meses.pdf?docID=334&JServSessionIda004=ly85fgjke1.app213c.
Healthy Minds: Nurturing Your Child’s Healthy Development from 6 to 9 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a chart that describes many of the things your baby is learning between 6 and 9 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of his development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/6-9meses.pdf?docID=330&JServSessionIda004=ibnf46h9u1.app213c.
Healthy Minds: Nurturing Your Child’s Healthy Development from 9 to 12 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a chart that describes many of the things your baby is learning between 9 and 12 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of his development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/9-12meses.pdf?docID=331&JServSessionIda004=ibnf46h9u1.app213c.
Description: This booklet on caring for your eight-month-old is part of a series of booklets initiated by Laura Bush when she was First Lady of Texas. President and Mrs. Bush asked that the booklets be revised and distributed by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Word document is also available for download at http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/healthystart/index.html. This publication is available in Spanish as "Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro - El Bebe de Ocho Meses" at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/healthystart/eightmonthspanish.pdf.
Description: This booklet on caring for your eleven-month-old is part of a series of booklets initiated by Laura Bush when she was First Lady of Texas. President and Mrs. Bush asked that the booklets be revised and distributed by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Word document is also available for download at http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/healthystart/index.html. This publication is available in Spanish as "Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro - El Bebe de Once Meses" at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/healthystart/twelvemonthspanish.pdf.
Description: This booklet on caring for your five-month-old is part of a series of booklets initiated by Laura Bush when she was First Lady of Texas. President and Mrs. Bush asked that the booklets be revised and distributed by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Word document is also available for download at http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/healthystart/index.html. This publication is available in Spanish as "Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro - El Bebe de Cinco Meses" at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/healthystart/fivemonthspanish.pdf.
Description: This booklet on caring for your four-month-old is part of a series of booklets initiated by Laura Bush when she was First Lady of Texas. President and Mrs. Bush asked that the booklets be revised and distributed by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Word document is also available for download at http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/healthystart/index.html. This publication is available in Spanish as "Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro - El Bebe de Cuatro Meses" at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/healthystart/fourmonthspanish.pdf .
Healthy Start, Grow Smart - Your Newborn (Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro - Su Recien Nacido)
Description: This booklet on caring for your newborn is part of a series of booklets initiated by Laura Bush when she was First Lady of Texas. President and Mrs. Bush asked that the booklets be revised and distributed by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Word document is also available for download at http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/healthystart/index.html. This publication is available in Spanish as "Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro - Su Recien Nacido" at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/healthystart/newbornspanish.pdf.
Description: This booklet on caring for your nine-month-old is part of a series of booklets initiated by Laura Bush when she was First Lady of Texas. President and Mrs. Bush asked that the booklets be revised and distributed by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Word document is also available for download at http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/healthystart/index.html. This publication is available in Spanish as "Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro - El Bebe de Nueve Meses" at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/healthystart/ninemonthspanish.pdf.
Healthy Start, Grow Smart - Your One-month-old (Buen Comienzo, Beun Futuro - El Bebe de Un Mes)
Description: This booklet on caring for your one-month-old is part of a series of booklets initiated by Laura Bush when she was First Lady of Texas. President and Mrs. Bush asked that the booklets be revised and distributed by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Word document is also available for download at http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/healthystart/index.html. This publication is available in Spanish as "Buen Comienzo, Beun Futuro - El Bebe de Un Mes" at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/healthystart/onemonthspanish.pdf.
Description: This booklet on caring for your seven-month-old is part of a series of booklets initiated by Laura Bush when she was First Lady of Texas. President and Mrs. Bush asked that the booklets be revised and distributed by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Word document is also available for download at http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/healthystart/index.html. This publication is available in Spanish as "Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro - El Bebe de Siete Meses" at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/healthystart/sevenmonthspanish.pdf.
Healthy Start, Grow Smart - Your Six-month-old (Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro - El Bebe de Seis Meses)
Description: This booklet on caring for your six-month-old is part of a series of booklets initiated by Laura Bush when she was First Lady of Texas. President and Mrs. Bush asked that the booklets be revised and distributed by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Word document is also available for download at http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/healthystart/index.html. This publication is available in Spanish as "Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro - El Bebe de Seis Meses" at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/healthystart/sixmonthspanish.pdf.
Healthy Start, Grow Smart - Your Ten-month-old (Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro - El Bebe de Diez Meses)
Description: This booklet on caring for your ten-month-old is part of a series of booklets initiated by Laura Bush when she was First Lady of Texas. President and Mrs. Bush asked that the booklets be revised and distributed by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Word document is also available for download at http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/healthystart/index.html. This publication is available in Spanish as "Buen Comienzo, Buen Futuro - El Bebe de Diez Meses" at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/healthystart/tenmonthspanish.pdf.
Description: This booklet on caring for your three-month-old is part of a series of booklets initiated by Laura Bush when she was First Lady of Texas. President and Mrs. Bush asked that the booklets be revised and distributed by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Word document is also available for download at http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/healthystart/index.html. This publication is available in Spanish as "Buen Comienzo, Buen Futura - El Bebe de Tres Meses" at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/healthystart/threemonthspanish.pdf .
Description: This booklet on caring for your twelve-month-old is part of a series of booklets initiated by Laura Bush when she was First Lady of Texas. President and Mrs. Bush asked that the booklets be revised and distributed by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Word document is also available for download at http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/healthystart/index.html. This publication is available in Spanish as "Buen Comienzo, Buen Futoro - El Bebe de Doce Meses" at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/healthystart/twelvemonthspanish.pdf.
Healthy Start, Grow Smart - Your Two-month-old (Buen Comienzo. Buen Futoro - El Bebe de Dos Meses)
Description: This booklet on caring for your two-month-old is part of a series of booklets initiated by Laura Bush when she was First Lady of Texas. President and Mrs. Bush asked that the booklets be revised and distributed by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Word document is also available for download at http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/healthystart/index.html. This publication is available in Spanish as "Buen Comienzo. Buen Futoro - El Bebe de Dos Meses" at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/healthystart/twomonthspanish.pdf.
Help! He's into Everything! Toddlers' Curiosity at Its Peak
Description: A fact sheet for parents on toddler behavior. Information includes what to expect from toddlers and tips for parents on guidance.
Helping Children Deal with Tragic Events in the News: Timeless wisdom from Fred Rogers
Description: Helping Children Deal with Tragic Events in the News: Timeless wisdom from Fred Rogers for parents, caregivers, and teachers. This fact sheet contains information for parents, caregivers, and teachers on how to support children through tragic events they learn about through the news. Helpful hints are included.
Also available in Spanish "Cómo ayudar a los niños hacer frente a eventos trágicos publicados en los noticieros" at http://www.ncdhhs.gov/mhddsas/services/disasterpreparedness/mrRogers6-14-05sp.pdf.
Helping Your Child Learn to Talk
Description: This Zero to Three article describes learning to talk, a process that starts at birth, when your baby experiences how voices can sound. By two years, most babies have a large vocabulary and can put words together to express their needs and ideas. Information is included on how this process unfolds and what you can do to encourage your baby’s ability to communicate.
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on holidays and birthdays for children. It includes information on too much of a good thing, creating family traditions, coping with disappointments, children's reactions, celebrating the small things, and helpful hints.
Honoring our Babies and Toddlers: Coming Together Around Military Families
Description: This website is a project of the Zero to Three work in supporting military families. There are resources and links to brochures to share with families that have members in the military and infants and toddlers.
How Behavior Changes in Babies, Ages 0-18 Months
Author: Allen, Rose
Description: The University of Minnesota's Extension Services shares this piece that discusses how behavior changes in infants, from birth to 18 months. During the first year and a half of their lives, infants change dramatically. Language skills and behavior change over time with the influence of various environmental factors.
How Behavior Changes in Toddlers Ages 18 Months to 2.5 Years
Author: Allen, Rose (7 more by this author)
Description: The University of Minnesota's Extension Services has provided this short, informative piece for parents that are raising toddlers. This piece discusses what developmental changes in behavior and attitudes parents should expect when their child is growing from an infant into a toddler.
How Early Experiences Get Into the Body: A Biodevelopmental Framework
Description: This interactive feature explains how early experiences are biologically embedded in the development of the brain and other organ systems and have lifelong impacts on learning, behavior, and both physical and mental health. To do that in simple terms, it offers an organizing structure, or "biodevelopmental framework," for thinking about these particular biological and developmental processes and their long-term effects.
To down load a flip chart of this graphic go to
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/download_file/-/view/745/.
Human Growth and Development - A Matter of Principles
Author: Ruffin, Novella (5 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet focuses on human growth and development. It provides a set of principles that characterizes the pattern and process of growth and development. These principles or characteristics describe typical development as a predictable and orderly process; predicting how most children will develop and that they will develop at the same rate and at about the same time as other children. Although there are individual differences in children's personalities, activity levels, and timing of developmental milestones, such as ages and stages, the principles and characteristics of development are universal patterns.
Hush Little Baby - Coping with Crying Babies
Author: Sigman-Grant, Madeleine (1 more by this author); Tang, May
Description: A fact sheet on what to do when your infant cries. Information on colic, reasons baby's cry, and what you can do to help.
InBrief: Early Childhood Mental Health
Description: This two-page summary explains why, many costly problems for society, ranging from the failure to complete high school to incarceration to homelessness, could be dramatically reduced if attention were paid to improving children’s environments of relationships and experiences early in life.
InBrief: Early Childhood Program Effectiveness
Description: This edition of the InBrief series outlines basic concepts from four decades of program evaluation research which help explain how society can ensure that children have a solid foundation for a productive future by creating and implementing effective early childhood programs and policies.
InBrief: Early Childhood Program Effectiveness (video)
Author: Yoshikawa,, Hirokazu; Katherine Magnuson, Ph.D; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Ph.D
Description: This edition of the InBrief series outlines basic concepts from four decades of program evaluation research which help explain how society can ensure that children have a solid foundation for a productive future by creating and implementing effective early childhood programs and policies.
InBrief: Executive Function: Essential Skills for Life and Learning
Description: In the brain, the mechanism called executive function and self-regulation, a group of skills that, with the right formative experiences, begin to develop in early childhood and continue to improve through the early adult years. A new evidence base has identified these skills as essential for school achievement, success in work, and healthy lives. This two-page summary outlines how these lifelong skills develop, what can disrupt their development, and how supporting them pays off in school and life.
InBrief: The Foundations of Lifelong Health
Description: This edition of the InBrief series explains why a vital and productive society with a prosperous and sustainable future is built on a foundation of healthy child development. The brief summarizes findings from The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood, a report co-authored by the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs.
InBrief: The Foundations of Lifelong Health (video)
Author: Shonkoff, Jack (7 more by this author); Tom Boyce; Bruce McEwen, Ph.D; Bernard Guyer, M.D., M.P.H.
Description: This edition of the InBrief series explains why a vital and productive society with a prosperous and sustainable future is built on a foundation of healthy child development. The brief summarizes findings from The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood, a report co-authored by the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs.
InBrief: The Impact of Early Adversity on Children's Development
Description: This edition of the InBrief series outlines basic concepts from the research on the biology of stress which show that major adversity can weaken developing brain architecture and permanently set the body's stress response system on high alert. Science also shows that providing stable, responsive environments for children in the earliest years of life can prevent or reverse these conditions, with lifelong consequences for learning, behavior, and health.
InBrief: The Impact of Early Adversity on Children's Development (video)
Author: Nelson, Charles; Pat Levitt, Ph.D; Megan Gunnar, Ph.D
Description: This edition of the InBrief series outlines basic concepts from the research on the biology of stress which show that major adversity can weaken developing brain architecture and permanently set the body's stress response system on high alert. Science also shows that providing stable, responsive environments for children in the earliest years of life can prevent or reverse these conditions, with lifelong consequences for learning, behavior, and health.
This brief video is Dr. Charles Nelson, Dr. Pat Levitt, and Dr. Megan Gunnar discussing the impact of stressors on the architecture of the brain.
InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development
Description: This edition of the InBrief series addresses basic concepts of early childhood development, established over decades of neuroscience and behavioral research, which help illustrate why child development—particularly from birth to five years—is a foundation for a prosperous and sustainable society.
Infant and Toddler Child Care Arrangements
Author: Kreader, J. (2 more by this author); Sharmila Lawrence; Daniel Ferguson
Description: The research summarized in this policy brief identifies research findings looking at what care arrangements American parents make for their infants and toddlers while they are at work, school, or otherwise unavailable to provide care themselves. Research findings come from two nationally representative surveys: the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort, and the National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF), 2002. Additional research helps answer a second, related question: What factors influence the types of care arrangements made for this country’s children under age 3?
Infant and Toddler Child Care Quality
Author: Kreader, J. (2 more by this author); Sharmila Lawrence; Daniel Ferguson
Description: The research summarized in this policy brief identifies factors that tend to predict higher quality care of infants and toddlers within arrangement types—family child care, center care, and relative care—and describes the range of quality found in each type.
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books, reading and language. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies. Both familiar and made-up lap games introduce infants to the wonderful world of playful interaction with others. These games develop a child’s emerging understanding of how to play with others and get someone to do something fun and interesting.
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books, reading and language. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies.
This practice guide includes nursery rhymes that are likely to be especially engaging and entertaining to infants and young children. Repeating nursery rhymes is one way you can help infants learn about sounds, words, and simple stories.
Infant Nursery Rhymes and Fingerplays
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books, reading and language. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies.
This practice involves using a routine daily activity to build a child’s skill at listening and interacting with adults — important skills for communication. This is done by playing simple word-and-movement games as part of diaper changing. It includes some ideas you can try to make diaper changing time a fun activity.
Infant Nursery Rhymes and Fingerplays
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books, reading and language. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies.
Games that include rhymes and other repetitions help infants become familiar with sounds and words. This practice guide includes ways you can use fingerplays and nursery rhymes to help infants become “talkers.
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books and reading. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies regarding print awareness and reading. This practice guide includes ideas for helping infants develop the building blocks for beginning writing.
Infants and Toddlers in Child Care
Author: Cohen, Julie (2 more by this author); Danielle Ewe
Description: This policy brief discusses the context in which early childhood development unfolds. Starting as early as infancy, high quality child care affects a child’s ability to succeed in school, to develop relationships, and to master social competence. Elements of high quality infant and toddler child care include: small groups, high staff-to-child ratios, a primary caregiver, adherence to health and safety policies and procedures, highly trained staff, well-planned and interesting environments, and cultural and linguistic competence and continuity.
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their care. These practice guides illustrate ways that practitioners can promote infants abilities to listen and notice different sounds.
Newsletter topics include Infant Lap Games, More Infant Lap Games, Games Babies Play, Diaper-Changing Games, Infant Nursery Rhymes and Fingerplays, Nursery Rhymes for Play and Learning, Everyday Infant Fingerplays, and Infant Nursery Rhymes. This link includes all the newsletters together but they can also be downloaded individually at http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/pgpracts.php#infants.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 1 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Un Mes)
Description: This publication describes your baby at one month old, and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as caring properly for yourself at this busy time.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/17957/your-1-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Un Mes" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/9/9d/CJAT_MONTH1_51811_LR.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 10 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Diez Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be ten months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/16994/your-10-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Diez Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/9/9e/CJAT_Month_10-0.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 11 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Once Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be eleven months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/16993/your-11-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Once Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/1/13/CJAT_Month_11-0.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 12 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Doce Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be twelve months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/16992/your-12-month-old-child and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Doce Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/2/2f/CJAT_Month_12-0.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 2 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Dos Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like for your baby at two months and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/17956/your-2-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Dos Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/9/9d/CJAT_MONTH1_51811_LR.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 3 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Tres Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be three months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/17000/your-3-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Tres Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/d/d2/CJAT_Month_3-0p.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 4 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Cuatro Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be four months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/16999/your-4-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Cuatro Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/e/ec/CJAT_Month_4-0p.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 5 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Cinco Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be five months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/16998/your-5-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Cinco Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/1/14/CJAT_Month_5-0p.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 6 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Seis Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be six months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/16997/your-6-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Seis Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/d/d2/CJAT_Month_6-0p.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 7 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Siete Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be six months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/16798/your-7-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Siete Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/e/e7/CJAT_Month_7-0.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 8 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Ocho Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be eight months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/16996/your-8-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Ocho Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/6/6c/CJAT_Month_8-0.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 9 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Nueve Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be nine months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/16995/your-9-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Nueve Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/6/6c/CJAT_Month_8-0.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 13-14 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 13 y 14 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be thirteen and fourteen months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23188/your-toddler:-13-14-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 13 y 14 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/0/08/13-14moSpJITP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 15-16 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 15 y 16 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be fifteen and sixteen months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23169/your-toddler:-15-16-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 15 y 16 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/3/38/15-16mSP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 17-18 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 17 y 18 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be seventeen and eighteen months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23151/your-toddler:-17-18-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 17 y 18 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/0/0c/1718-SpJITP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 19-20 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 19-20 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be nineteen and twenty months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/5/5c/19-20_month.pdf and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 19-20 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/c/c0/19-20_moSP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 21-22 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 21-22 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be twenty-one and twenty-two months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/5/5c/19-20_month.pdf and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 21-22 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/9/9d/21-22moSP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 23-24 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 23-24 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be twenty-three and twenty-four months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23095/your-toddler:-23-24-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 23-24 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/7/7b/23-24moSpJITP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 25-26 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 25-26 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be twenty-five and twenty-six months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23078/your-toddler:-25-26-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 25-26 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/e/e5/25-26moSpJITP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 27-28 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 27-28 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be twenty-seven and twenty-eight months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23061/your-toddler:-27-28-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 27-28 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/2/2b/27-28moSpJITP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 29-30 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 29-30 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be twenty-nine and thirty months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23041/your-toddler:-29-30-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 29-30 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/e/eb/JITP29-30moSP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 31-32 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 31-32 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be thirty-one and thirty-two months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23022/your-toddler:-31-32-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 31-32 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/2/20/31-32mo_sp.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 33-34 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 33-34 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be thirty-three and thirty-four months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23003/your-toddler:-33-34-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 33-34 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/d/d6/33-34mo_sp.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 35-36 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 35-36 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be thirty-five and thirty-six months old (three years old) and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/22984/your-toddler:-35-36-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 35-36 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/b/b7/JITP_35-36months_SP-72910L.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 37-38 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 37-38 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be thirty-seven and thirty-eight months old (three years old) and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/22964/your-child:-37-38-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 37-38 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/d/d2/JITP_37-38months_SP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 39-40 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 39-40 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be thirty-nine and forty months old (three years old) and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/22951/your-child:-39-40-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 39-40 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/a/af/JITP_39-40months_SP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 41-42 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 41-42 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be forty-one and forty-two months old (three years old) and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/22939/your-child:-41-42-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 41-42 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/9/9c/JITP_41-42months_SP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 43-44 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 43-44 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be forty-three and forty-four months old (three years old) and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/22927/your-child:-43-44-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 43-44 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/3/37/JITP_43-44months_SP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 45-46 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 45-46 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be forty-five and forty-six months old (three years old) and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/22916/your-child:-45-46-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 44-46 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/9/9b/JITP_45-46months_SP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 47-48 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 47-48 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be forty-seven and forty-eight months old (three years old) and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/22904/your-child:-47-48-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 47-48 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/c/c2/JITP_47-48months_SP.pdf.
Description: This fact sheet describes common elements found in the core knowledge and competencies for infants and toddlers of 36 States, including age ranges, core knowledge categories, competency levels, and special considerations for children with special needs and cultural diversity.
Description: This website is called KidsGrowth Child Health and is a unique Web site tailored specifically toward the concerns and interests of today's parents. The site was developed and created by well-respected medical leaders in the field of pediatrics and adolescent medicine. Members of the Medical Advisory Board oversee all KidsGrowth content.
Description: This online article by the American Academy of Pediatrics discusses language delays in children. Delays in language are the most common types of developmental delay. One out of 5 children will learn to talk or use words later than other children their age. Some children will also show behavioral problems because they are frustrated when they can’t express what they need or want.
Description: This website is funded by the European Union to collect the lubbabies of Europe. Lullabies in the original European languages, with their translations and background will be available here for families, schools and children to use.
Lullabies in multiple languages are a perfect way to introduce new languages into a family setting. Every European country has its own culture of lullabies but this project will allow you to cross the cultural divide and sing and play other wonderful lullabies in your homes.
Songs available in multiple languages with words and animated U-tube video of the songs being sung.
Laying the Foundation for Early Development: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Author: Cohen, Julie (3 more by this author)
Description: This policy brief, a part of Early Experiences Matter Policy Guide by Zero to Three, includes facts and research about infant and toddler mental health and provides policy recommendations to support the healthy development of young children.
Learn the Signs - Act Early: Developmental Milestones
Description: This portion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website focuses on the typical progression of development of young children. It includes developmental milestones checklists, and interactive milestones chart, and a video on milestones. There is also links for other related resources.
Learn the Signs - Act Early: If You’re Concerned
Description: This portion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website focuses what to do if you are concerned about your child's development. It includes developmental milestones checklists, information on how to share your concerns with your doctor, and where to go for referrals. It provides tips on what to say to professionals, how to keep track of who is saying what, and what to do while you wait for an evaluation. There is also links for other related resources.
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on learning readiness. It includes information on tools for learning, parents' expectations, and helpful hints.
Let Little Fingers Do the Drawing
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books and reading. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies regarding print awareness and reading. This practice guide includes ideas for helping infants develop the building blocks for beginning writing.
Literacy-Rich Experiences for Infants
Description: These Literacy-Rich Experiences newsletters are especially for practitioners working with infants and toddlers. These practice guides illustrate ways that practitioners can arrange environments and provide activities in order to encourage infants to listen, communicate, and begin to develop the skills that are the building blocks for early literacy.
Titles include: Literacy-Rich Classroom and Community Activities, Literacy-Rich Word Activities, Literacy-Rich Outings, and Literacy-Rich Home Activities.
All 4 can be downloaded together at this URL or separately at http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/pgpracts.php.
Description: The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) has published a new Family Tool to help family members and caregivers understand that for babies and toddlers, play is their “work.” It is through play and repetition that babies and toddlers try out and master new skills. Through play, they learn what can happen as a result of an action, explore their imagination and creativity, learn to communicate, and learn about relationships with other people. All children learn through play, and any play activity can be adapted to meet a child’s unique needs. Play suggestions are included.
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on children making friends. It includes information early friendships, "my best friend", the work of friendships, should I intervene, alone time is important, and helpful hints.
Making it Happen: Overcoming Barriers to Providing Infant-Early Childhood Mental Health
Author: Cohen, Julie (2 more by this author); Cindy Oser; Kelsey Quigley
Description: This news brief highlights the scientific evidence for Infant-Early Childhood Mental Health (I-ECMH) policies; examines issues faced by national, state, and local program directors and mental health practitioners in providing I-ECMH services; and proposes a set of recommendations for policy improvements at the federal level.
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Maternal Depression Can Undermine the Development of Young Children
Description: This brief summarizes evidence on the potentially far-reaching harmful effects of chronic and severe maternal depression on families and children. When children grow up in an environment of mental illness, the development of their brains may be seriously weakened, with implications for their ability to learn as well as for their own later physical and mental health. This report examines why the continuing failure to address the consequences of depression for large numbers of vulnerable, young children presents a missed opportunity to help families and children in a way that could support the future prosperity and well-being of society as a whole.
Math Access for Teachers and Home Child Care Providers
Description: This website focuses on math resources for teachers and caregivers of young children. It provides math knowledge as it relates to young children as well as how to set up your environment, math activities, and resources.
Media Use by Children Younger Than 2 Years
Description: When the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently updated their guidelines, the organization reaffirmed its 1999 recommendation that discouraged television viewing by children under age 2. The AAP's newest policy statement on the topic, comes on the scene at a time when children’s screen options have expanded to include other forms of electronic media, such as computers, video games, tablets, and smart phones. The group once again calls for parents to limit screen time for children under age 2, pointing to additional research showing the negative effects of too much time spent with electronic media at young ages, particularly the sacrifice of time spent engaging in creative play and interacting with people and objects.
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books, reading and language. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies. Both familiar and made-up lap games introduce infants to the wonderful world of playful interaction with others. These games develop a child’s emerging understanding of how to play with others and get someone to do something fun and interesting.
Description: This website belongs to a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) that provides reliable information, promoting best practices, and offering comprehensive resources for families, practitioners, and communities.
Nature, Nurture and Early Brain Development
Author: Gable, Sara (5 more by this author); Melissa Hunting
Description: This newsbrief includes informaton on how nature and nurture work together to shape human development. Brain development is explained and examples of differenct types of environments and their impact on the child's brain is included.
Nursery Rhymes for Play and Learning
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books, reading and language. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies.
Nursery rhymes that include repetitious sounds accompanied by adult hand movements often have tremendous child entertainment value! Rhymes can be used to provide infants opportunities to listen to and hear sounds that are similar and different
Parent Express - 29 and 30 Months Old
Description: This publication describes what its like to be 29 and 30 months old, and how you as parents can best respond to their needs.
Parent Express - 31 and 32 Months Old
Description: This publication describes what its like to be 31 and 32 months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs.
Parent Express - 33 and 34 Months Old
Description: This publication describes what its like to be 33 and 34 months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs.
Parent Express - Becoming a Parent
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes what to expect when you're expecting. It also describes what will happen before and after the baby is born.
Parent Express - Getting Ready
Description: This publication describes what will happen before and after you have your baby, and what to prepare for.
Description: This publication describes the newborn baby and what to expect of your new baby.
Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Baby (1 Month Old)
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be one month old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs. Advice and supports for parents are included.
Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Baby (10 Months Old)
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be ten months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs. Advice and supports for parents are included.
Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Baby (11 Months Old)
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be eleven months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs. Advice and supports for parents are included.
Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Baby (12 Months Old)
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be twelve months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs. Advice and supports for parents are included.
Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Baby (2 Months Old)
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be two months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs. Advice and supports for parents are included.
Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Baby (3 Months Old)
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be three months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs. Advice and supports for parents are included.
Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Baby (4 Months Old)
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be four months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs. Advice and supports for parents are included.
Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Baby (5 Months Old)
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be five months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs. Advice and supports for parents are included.
Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Baby (6 Months Old)
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be six months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs. Advice and supports for parents are included.
Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Baby (7 Months Old)
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be seven months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs. Advice and supports for parents are included.
Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Baby (8 Months Old)
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be eight months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs. Advice and supports for parents are included.
Parent Express: A Guide for You and Your Baby (9 Months Old)
Author: Gnatuk, Carole (20 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be nine months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs. Advice and supports for parents are included.
Parent Rights: Washington State Infant Toddler Early Intervention Program
Description: This brochure is from the Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Services and provides information on parents' rights under IDEA when seeking information and support regarding their infant or toddler's development. It also provides information on who to contact if parents have questions about how to access support and evaluations.
This information is also available in Cambodian, Chinese, Korean, Lao, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese at http://www.del.wa.gov/publications/esit/Default.aspx.
Parenting Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
Description: University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension website contains information for parents including information on health and safety, playing games, what to expect, and typical development, birth through 12 months.
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This website provides links to articles relating to parenting young children. The articles are excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book”, the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In that book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
Topics covered include bedtime, adjusting to child care, adoption, brothers and sisters, going to the dentist, dealing with death, choosing playthings, going to the doctor, divorce and separation, disabilities, the new baby, moving, everyday rules and limits, starting kindergarten, tragic events in the news, fears, using the toilet, holidays and birthdays, learning readiness, making friends, and pets.
Parenting the Second and Third Years (El Segundo y Tercer Ano del Nino)
Description: This series of newsletters for parents of toddlers offers month-by-month information on what to expect during the second and third years of parenting. Also available in Spanish as "El Segundo y Tercer Ano del Nino" at http://learningstore.uwex.edu/El-Segundo-y-Tercer-A%C3%B1o-del-Ni%C3%B1o-Parenting-the-Second-and-Third-Years-P49.aspx.
Description: This brochure is from the Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Services and provides information on infant and toddler development. It also provides information on who to contact if parents have questions about their child's development. This information is also available in Cambodian, Chinese, Korean, Lao, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese at http://www.del.wa.gov/publications/esit/Default.aspx.
Positive Discipline and Child Guidance
Author: Gable, Sara (5 more by this author); Melissa Hunting
Description: This newsbrief includes informaton on positive guidance and discipline. Positive guidance and discipline are crucial because they promote children’s self-control, teach children responsibility and help children make thoughtful choices.
Positive Discipline: A Guide for Parents
Description: Positive Discipline: A Guide to Parents is an easy-to-read, easy-to-use 64 page booklet that looks at common parenting challenges from birth through early elementary years. It gives parents ways to address behavior using positive discipline techniques to guide and teach their child(ren). It is filled with ideas that really work.
This printed booklet is available in English and Spanish for a small fee. Not available to download. Somali and Hmong versions are available free online as pdf.
Preservice Qualifications for Child Care Center Staff Working with Infants and Toddlers
Description: State childcare licensing regulations provide a baseline of protection for the health and safety of children in out-of-home care. Licensing rules seek to prevent various forms of harm to children and represent the required level of quality in each state.
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Reflective Supervision: Supporting Reflection as a Cornerstone for Competency
Author: Weatherston, Deborah; Robert F. Weigand; Barbara Weigand
Description: Reflective supervision has now become well established in the infant-family field as an essential tool for supporting effective work with very young children and their families. This article present views on the nature and importance of reflective supervision and describes the ongoing efforts of a unique multistate collaboration to expand and deepen our understanding of a reflective process that is critically important to professional competence for all who work with infants, toddlers, very young children and their families.
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books and reading. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies regarding print awareness and reading.
Resources for Helping Children with Tragic Events in the News
Author: Sharapan, Hedda
Description: This article discusses tragic events in the news like the shooting in Tucson shootings, etc. and how teachers and parents can support them. Links are available to additional resources on the Fred Rogers Company website.
Responding to Your Child's Bite
Description: This brochure provides information on children who bite; why they bite, strategies to help prevent biting, and what to do if biting occurs.
School Readiness Begins with Babies Brain Development - Current Research
Description: By age two, structures in the brain that influence how children will learn have already been created. Brain structure is shaped, either positively or negatively, by a baby's day-to-day interactions with those who principally provide the child's care. Current brain research has highlighted the importance of infant and toddler development on "readiness" and ability to succeed in school. These resources provide information for parents and caregivers on infant and toddler development.
Scribbling and Drawing: Infant Finger Drawing
Description: These newsletters are especially for parents of infants and includes information on how parents can support babies's in their interest in pre-writing skills. It includes activities that parents can do with their babies and suggestions to evaluate if the practices have worked to improve babies's skills.
This handout is filled with ideas for helping your baby learn pre-writing skills.
Scribbling and Drawing: Scribble Scribble
Description: These newsletters are especially for parents of infants and includes information on how parents can support babies's in their interest in pre-writing skills. It includes activities that parents can do with their babies and suggestions to evaluate if the practices have worked to improve babies's skills.
About the same time infants use a spoon to eat, they often show an interest in trying to use crayons. Babies often become fascinated with writing instruments and how to mark and scribble with them.
Seizing the Potential: Quality Infant-Toddler Child Care
Author: Cohen, Julie (3 more by this author)
Description: This policy brief, a part of Early Experiences Matter Policy Guide by Zero to Three, provides information to inform state and federal policy makers and provides recommendations for policies that will positively impact infants, toddlers, and their families.
Shining Stars: Toddlers Get Ready to Read
Description: This brief booklet suggests ways parents can help their toddler prepare to learn to read. The publication was created as part of the Partnership for Reading, a collaborative effort by the National Institute for Literacy, the U.S. Department of Education, and the NICHD to bring the findings of evidence-based reading research to those with an interest in helping all people learn to read well.
Social Relationships of Infants in Daycare
Author: Porter, Phyllis
Description: In the past, it has been common to assert that toddlers and infants exhibit parallel play but did not interact. Recent studies are showing, that toddlers have asserted this behavior, even though it is widely accepted that toddlers develop friendships and interact in play.
Social-Emotional Development in Early Childhood: What Every Policymaker Should Know
Author: Cooper, Janice (1 more by this author); Rachel Masi; Jessica Vick
Description: The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) has published a brief that summarizes the results of a survey on states' efforts to maximize the impact of current policies to provide effective child development and prevention services to young children, especially those at risk for social and emotional delays, and makes recommendations for how to better support these children.
Soft Bedding May Be Hazardous To Babies (La Ropa de Cama Puede Ser Peligrosa Para los Bebés)
Description: This safety alert from the Consumer Product Safety Commission explains safe bedding practices for infants under 12 months. The CPSC recommends that infants be put to sleep with no soft bedding of any kind because the bedding can become molded around the infant's face and cause suffocation. Also available in Spanish as "La Ropa de Cama Puede Ser Peligrosa Para los Bebés" at http://www.cpsc.gov//PageFiles/125155/softbeds.pdf.
State Infant and Toddler Credentials
Description: This summary from the National Child Care Information Center includes information about a sample of states with an infant and toddler credential and overview of the states providing specialized training for infant and toddler teachers.
Staying Strong: New Online Tool Supports Military Families
Description: Staying Strong has two components and all materials are available at no cost. A section for parents contains short animated videos of engaging military family stories followed by parenting guidance offered by Paula Rauch, MD, Program Director of the Home Base Family Team. The section for educators features a 25-minute documentary about two military families and the exemplary efforts of their public school community during their fathers’ deployment and return. Downloadable tool kits for teachers and school nurses are included.
Stimulating Minds and Protecting Brains
Author: Shonkoff, Jack (7 more by this author)
Description: This videoclip was part of a session featuring presentations on the science of early brain development and how that affects learning, behavior, and health for a lifetime.
This brief video is Dr. Jack Schonkoff discussing the impact of stressors on the architecture of the brain at NBC News' Education Nation Summit in New York City.
Stories and Listening: Baby’s First ABC Book
Description: These newsletters are especially for parents of infants and includes information on how parents can support babies's in their interest of books and reading. It includes activities that parents can do with their babies and suggestions to evaluate if the practices have worked to improve babies's skills.
The topic is store-bought or homemade ABC books to involve their babies in learning to enjoy stories.
Stories and Listening: Baby’s First Picture Books
Description: These newsletters are especially for parents of infants and includes information on how parents can support babies's in their interest of books and reading. It includes activities that parents can do with their babies and suggestions to evaluate if the practices have worked to improve babies's skills.
Stories and Listening: Baby’s First Word Books
Description: These newsletters are especially for parents of infants and includes information on how parents can support babies's in their interest of books and reading. It includes activities that parents can do with their babies and suggestions to evaluate if the practices have worked to improve babies's skills.
The topic is baby's first word books, connecting pictures with words.
Stories and Listening: Tell Me More, Tell Me More
Description: These newsletters are especially for parents of infants and includes information on how parents can support babies's in their interest of books and reading. It includes activities that parents can do with their babies and suggestions to evaluate if the practices have worked to improve babies's skills.
The topic is baby's first stories and how they love to hear the same stories again and again.
Stories and Listening: The Right Touch
Description: These newsletters are especially for parents of infants and includes information on how parents can support babies's in their interest of books and reading. It includes activities that parents can do with their babies and suggestions to evaluate if the practices have worked to improve babies's skills.
The topic is touch-and-feel books to involve an infant in looking at, touching, and exploring books.
Stress and the Architecture of the Brain
Author: Friedman, Dorian
Description: This article studies research that shows how the brain's intricate architecture can be weakened or compromised when things go wrong for a child. It discusses how exposure to frequent stress causes release of harmful chemicals in a child's developing brain. This can impair the brain's physical growth and make it harder for neurons to form connections with each other. This also affects a child's ability to respond positively to future stresses and has direct and long-lasting physiological consequences.
Supporting Brain Development in Traumatized Children and Youth
Description: The issue brief provides basic information on brain development and helps professionals
understand the emotional, mental, and behavioral impact of early abuse and neglect in children who come to the attention of the child welfare system. This bulletin summarizes
what you can do to support the identification and assessment of the impact of maltreatment and trauma on brain development; how to work effectively with children, youth, and families to support healthy brain development; and how to improve services through cross-system collaboration and trauma-informed practice.
This bulletin is a companion piece to Information Gateway’s issue brief Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Brain Development (http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/issue_briefs/brain_development).
Supporting Growth and Development of Babies in Child Care: What Does the Research Say?
Author: Goldstein, Anne (1 more by this author); Hamm, Katie; Schumacher, Rachel
Description: This policy brief highlights the importance of relationships in promoting healthy development of infants and toddlers and identifies state policies that can support the quality and continuity of relationships in child care.
Supporting Growth and Development of Babies in Child Care: What Does the Research Say?
Author: Goldstein, Anne (1 more by this author); Katie Hamm; Rachel Schumacher
Description: This news brief examines the topic of how we can best support the growth and development of babies in child care. They discuss the importance of the relationship between the caregivers and the babies. Recommendations for policy changes are included.
Supporting Infants and Toddlers with Challenging Behavior
Description: This fact sheet provides guidance on program practices that may be used to support very young children with challenging behavior and their families.
Taking the Violence out of School Shootings: A Guide for Parents, Teachers and Child Care Providers
Author: Pitzer, Ronald (7 more by this author); Stephan Carlson
Description: This newsbrief discusses how to help children cope with violence that may their lives. Suggestions on how to talk to children are provided for preschooler, school agers, and teenagers. Specific suggestions are also provided for teachers and caregivers on how to provide support.
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on adoption. It includes information on talking about adoption, adoption is for always, parents feelings about adoption, and helpful hints.
Talking to Children about A New Baby
Author: Rogers, Fred (20 more by this author)
Description: This article is excerpted from “The Mister Rogers Parenting Book” the last book Fred Rogers worked on before his death in 2003. In this book he wanted to support parents in their most important work of parenting and to help them better understand their young children.
The information focuses on having a new baby. It includes information on talking with older children about having a new baby, how hard it can be to share, children's reactions, parents feelings, and helpful hints.
Teaching Your Child About Feelings: From Birth to Age 2
Description: The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) has published a new Family Tool to help family members and caregivers support infants and toddlers as they learn about and manage their feelings. From birth to age 2, parents and caregivers have a big part to play in helping children learn about feelings.
The most important thing parents and caregivers can do is meet their babies’ needs, love and nurture them, and comfort them when they are upset. This type of responsive care helps very young children build a strong, loving relationship with the adults who care for them. Feeling safe and secure, loved and nurtured, is the biggest and most important ingredient for a child’s healthy social-emotional development.
The Case For Action: The Science of Early Childhood Development
Author: Shonkoff, Jack (7 more by this author)
Description: This pdf of a powerpoint presentation made to the National Governors Association details the science of early childhood development explaining brain development, stresses impact on brain development, mental health risk due to stress, intervention supports and brain development.
The Child's Self Concept: OK or NOT OK
Author: Schenck, Betsy
Description: This fact sheet focuses on how children feel about themselves. An understanding of the rapid changes in a child's developmental status prepares parents and caregivers to give active and purposeful attention to the preschool years and to guide and promote early learning that will serve as the foundation for later learning. Understanding child development is an important part of teaching young children.
The Science of Neglect: The Persistent Absence of Responsive Care Disrupts the Developing Brain
Description: Deprivation or neglect can cause more harm to a young child’s development than overt physical abuse, including subsequent cognitive delays, impairments in executive functioning, and disruptions of the body’s stress response. This Working Paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child explains why significant deprivation is so harmful in the earliest years of life and why effective interventions are likely to pay significant dividends in better long-term outcomes in learning, health, and parenting of the next generation.
Tips for Families on Anticipating Anniversary Reactions to Traumatic Events
Description: This fact sheet contains information for parents on anniversary reactions to traumatic events. It includes what to look for in children's behavior, which children might need additional support, and how adults can provide support.
Also available in Spanish "Sugerencias para la familia que anticipa reacciones adversas al aproximarse el aniversario de un acontecimiento traumático" at http://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdfs/TipsforfamilesSpan.pdf.
Tips for Preventing Repeated Biting in Child Care Programs
Description: This fact sheet offers information on why children in child care might bite and offers some suggestions on what you can do.
Tips for Preventing Repeated Biting in Child Care Programs
Description: This fact sheet offers information on why children in child care might bite and offers some suggestions on what you can do.
Tips for Your Child's Development Assessment
Author: Popper, Barbara
Description: This handout provides tips on preparing for, and participating fully in, your child's developmental assessment. It is written by a parent who has been through the developmental assessment process with her son and offers these tips for parents preparing an assessment of their child.
Description: These newsletters are especially for practitioners of infants and toddlers and includes information on how they can support babies' in their interest of books and reading. It includes activities that caregivers can do with the babies regarding print awareness and reading.
TV Interferes With Infants' Language Development
Author: Mendelsohn, Alan; Samantha B. Berkule, PhD; Suzy Tomopoulos, MD; Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda, PhD; Harris S. Huberman, MD; Jose Alvir, DrPH; Benard P. Dreyer MD
Description: This article summary on healthfinder.gov (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services) describes a study that found that television reduces verbal interaction between parents and infants, which could delay children's language development, says a U.S. study that challenges claims that certain infant-targeted DVDs actually benefit youngsters.
The researchers studied 329 children, aged 2 months to 48 months, and found that for each additional hour of television exposure, there was a decrease of 770 words (7 percent) heard from an adult by the children. The study also found that the more hours spent watching television, the fewer vocalizations infants made when adults talked to them.
The full article can be found at
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/162/5/411?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=TV+Interferes+With+Infants%27+Language+Development&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT
Understanding Children: Children and Sleep
Author: Donald, Donna
Description: This fact sheet discusses children's need for sleep, from infant through preschoolers, and provides tips on how to help children get ready to rest and go to sleep. It also includes information on sleep issues.
Understanding Children: Disciplining Your Toddler
Author: Oesterreich, Lesia (35 more by this author)
Description: Setting limits and maintaining some kind of control are difficult tasks with toddlers because they are so independent, yet have so few skills to communicate and solve problems. The key to disciplining your toddler includes love, understanding, and quick thinking!
Understanding Children: Toilet Training
Author: Oesterreich, Lesia (35 more by this author); Valerie Dittmer King; Lonna Nachtigal; Muktha Jost
Description: This fact sheet discusses how to know whether your child is ready to begin toilet training and offers ten steps to toilet training. Also included are things to consider during the toileting learning process and information on bed wetting. A list of books for both children and parents is included.
Understanding Growth and Development Patterns of Infants
Author: Ruffin, Novella (5 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet focuses on patterns of infant growth and development. An understanding of the rapid changes in a child's developmental status prepares parents and caregivers to give active and purposeful attention to the preschool years and to guide and promote early learning that will serve as the foundation for later learning. Understanding child development is an important part of teaching young children.
Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Brain Development
Description: This bulletin provides basic information on brain development and the effects of abuse and neglect on that development. The information is designed to help professionals understand the emotional, mental, and behavioral impact of early abuse and neglect in children who come to the attention of the child welfare system.
Understanding the Grief of Children
Description: Grief includes many feelings, some of the most common being disbelief, numbness, guilt, anger, and intense sadness.This publication offers some suggestions to help you discuss death with young children.
A bibliography is included and is divided into three age spans (Ages 3 to 6; 6 to 9; 9 to 11). These books address losses of various significant relationships, including parents, grandparents, siblings, other relatives, friends, and pets.
Understanding Your Child’s Behavior: Reading Your Child’s Cues from Birth to Age Two
Description: The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) has released a new resource to help parents better understand their children’s behavior cues and respond in ways that support healthy social and communication development.
Watch and Help Me Grow Milestones 12 to 18 months
Description: This brochure provides information on typical developmental milestones for babies from 6 to 12 months. Also includes things you can do to support your babies development.
This publication is also available in Spanish at http://www.del.wa.gov/publications/esit/docs/WHMG12-18Mos_Spanish.pdf.
Watch and Help Me Grow Milestones 3 to 6 months
Description: This brochure provides information on typical developmental milestones for babies from 3 to 6 months. Also includes things you can do to support your babies development.
This publication is also available in Spanish at http://www.del.wa.gov/publications/esit/docs/WHMG3-6Mos_Spanish.pdf.
Watch and Help Me Grow Milestones 6 to 12 months
Description: This brochure provides information on typical developmental milestones for babies from 6 to 12 months. Also includes things you can do to support your babies development.
This publication is also available in Spanish at http://www.del.wa.gov/publications/esit/docs/WHMG6-12Mos_Spanish.pdf.
Author: Ackerman, Debra (6 more by this author); W. Steven Barnett
Description: This report reviews what is known about the impact of publicly funded preschool education on the supply of infant and toddler care, including: The availability and use of infant/toddler care; Influences on the supply of infant/toddler care and how today's supply compares to historic trends; and Potential links between preschool education policies and the supply and quality of infant/toddler care.
What is Big Body Play and Why is it Important?
Author: Carlson, Frances
Description: This NAEYC article explains what big body play is and how adults can supervise and support this type of play.
What to Expect and When to Seek Help: A Bright Futures Developmental Tool for Families and Providers
Description: Based on Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health, the four developmental tools offer a framework for providers and families to begin a conversation together about how best to support healthy social and emotional development of children and teens. The tools gently encourage families who have any questions or concerns about their child's development to "check it out" and offer a number of tips for when, where, and how to seek help through local, state, or national resources.
Tools are available in download in PDF for Infancy, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, and Adolescence.
What Works? A Webinar Series on Effective Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
Description: The Georgetown University Center for Child for Child and Human Development conducted a study of six ECMHC programs with proven outcomes. This report provides data-driven guidance on ECMHC program design including: Essential components of effective mental health consultation programs; Skills, competences, and credentials of effective consultants; Training supervision and support needs of consultants; Level of intervention intensity required for good outcomes; Outcomes to be targeted and how they should be measured.
These 8 webinars shared key findings of this study, showcased diverse models and approaches to ECMHC, and engaged participants in discussion of issues in the field of early childhood mental health.
Author: Barber, Kenneth (2 more by this author)
Description: This extension publication provides information on the reasons why children misbehave. Typical reasons for misbehavior is listed along with suggestions for supporting children when they misbehave.
Why Do Toddlers Bite? Finding the Right Response
Description: This web article discusses biting by toddlers including why they bite, ways to prevent biting, how to respond to biting, strategies, and when to seek additional help.
Your Baby Is Smarter Than You Think
Author: Gopnik, Alison
Description: This op ed piece by Alison Gopnik, a professor of psychology at Berkeley, new studies that demonstrate that babies and very young children know, observe, explore, imagine and learn more than we would ever have thought possible. In some ways, they are smarter than adults.
Your Baby's Development: 12 to 15 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a information on what your baby can do from 12 to 15 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of their development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/Span12-15.pdf?docID=6090&JServSessionIda004=ly85fgjke1.app213c.
Your Baby's Development: 15 to 18 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a information on what your baby can do from 15 to 18 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of their development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/Span15-18.pdf?docID=6091&JServSessionIda004=ly85fgjke1.app213c.
Your Baby's Development: 18 to 24 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a information on what your baby can do from 18 to 24 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of their development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/Span18-24.pdf?docID=6092&JServSessionIda004=ly85fgjke1.app213c.
Your Baby's Development: 24 to 30 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a information on what your baby can do from 24 to 30 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of their development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/Span24-30.pdf?docID=6101&JServSessionIda004=ly85fgjke1.app213c.
Your Baby's Development: 3 to 6 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a information on what your baby can do from 3 to 6 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of their development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/Span3-6.pdf?docID=6087&JServSessionIda004=ly85fgjke1.app213c.
Your Baby's Development: 30 to 36 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a information on what your baby can do from 30 to 36 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of their development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/Span30-36.pdf?docID=6102&JServSessionIda004=ly85fgjke1.app213c.
Your Baby's Development: 6 to 9 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a information on what your baby can do from 6 to 9 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of their development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/Span6-9.pdf?docID=6088&JServSessionIda004=ly85fgjke1.app213c.
Your Baby's Development: 9 to 12 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a information on what your baby can do from 9 to 12 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of their development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/Span9-12.pdf?docID=6089&JServSessionIda004=ly85fgjke1.app213c.
Your Baby's Development: Birth to 3 Months
Description: The newsletter for parents includes a information on what your baby can do from birth to 3 months and what you can do to support your child in all areas of their development.
Also available in Spanish at http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/Span0-3.pdf?docID=6086&JServSessionIda004=ly85fgjke1.app213c.
– Professional Development –
Ages and Stages for Caregivers: 1-4 months
Author: Reschke, Kathy (8 more by this author); Cheryl Barber; Mary F. Longo
Description: This is the first in a series of fact sheets developed for caregivers describing developmental milestones and developmentally appropriate practices when working with infants age one to four months. The fact sheet also includes tips on working with parents and what to do if you are concerned about a child's development.
Ages and Stages for Caregivers: 12-18 months
Author: Reschke, Kathy (8 more by this author); Cheryl Barber; Mary F. Longo
Description: This publication is part of a series of fact sheets developed for caregivers describing developmental milestones and developmentally appropriate practices when working with infants age 12-18 months. The fact sheet also includes tips on working with parents and what to do if you are concerned about a child's development.
Ages and Stages for Caregivers: 18-24 months
Author: Reschke, Kathy (8 more by this author); Cheryl Barber; Mary F. Longo
Description: This publication is part of a series of fact sheets developed for caregivers describing developmental milestones and developmentally appropriate practices when working with infants age 18-24 months. The fact sheet also includes tips on working with parents and what to do if you are concerned about a child's development.
Ages and Stages for Caregivers: 2 years
Author: Reschke, Kathy (8 more by this author); Cheryl Barber; Mary F. Longo
Description: This publication is part of a series of fact sheets developed for caregivers describing developmental milestones and developmentally appropriate practices when working with two-year olds. The fact sheet also includes tips on working with parents and what to do if you are concerned about a child's development.
Ages and Stages for Caregivers: 5-8 months
Author: Reschke, Kathy (8 more by this author); Cheryl Barber; Mary F. Longo
Description: This publication is part of a series of fact sheets developed for caregivers describing developmental milestones and developmentally appropriate practices when working with infants age five to eight months. The fact sheet also includes tips on working with parents and what to do if you are concerned about a child's development.
Ages and Stages for Caregivers: 9-12 months
Author: Reschke, Kathy (8 more by this author); Cheryl Barber; Mary F. Longo
Description: This publication is part of a series of fact sheets developed for caregivers describing developmental milestones and developmentally appropriate practices when working with infants age nine to twelve months. The fact sheet also includes tips on working with parents and what to do if you are concerned about a child's development.
Defining Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and the Consultant Role
Description: The purpose of this tutorial is to provide a detailed description of early childhood mental health consultation, including how it differs from other mental health interventions, and to provide an overview of the essential roles that mental health consultants play.
Developing a Vision and Strategic Planning for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Services
Description: The purpose of this tutorial is to support Head Start and Early Head Start program directors and administrators to develop and implement a vision and strategic plan for a program-wide approach to mental health and mental health consultation. Administrators will learn how to ensure more effective mental health consultation by facilitating staff-consultant relationships and providing support and oversight to mental health consultants.
Facilitating Individualized Interventions to Address Challenging Behavior: Toolkit
Description:
In this guide, early childhood mental health consultants and behavior specialists are provided with the tools needed to address the behavior challenges of the very few number of children who have persistent challenges. This approach is meant to be used as part of a comprehensive model designed to ensure that social emotional competence of all children is promoted and supported.
Follow my lead - Developmentally Appropriate Physical Activities for Young Children
Author: Kock, Jo Anne (7 more by this author); Mikki Bixler; Dan Weigel; Jackie Reilly; Sally Martin; Madeleine Sigman-Grant; Vicki Agao; Marianne Papa
Description: This curriculum addresses developmentally appropriate practices in physical activities for young children reflecting Nevada’s Pre-K Standards for Physical Development. This is an in-service training curriculum for child care providers to assist them in planning activities that will support the physical development of children.
Author: Copley, Juanita
Description: This Webcast series is intended for personnel who support Head Start teaching teams: supervisors, directors, curriculum specialists, mentor-coaches, and T/TA staff. It is also appropriate for all teachers of young children including child care home providers, child care center staff, and preschool teachers. The age frame covered in these webcasts is birth to five so it is also appropriate for infant and toddler teachers.
This series includes 6 webcast sessions and recommended readings available to download.
Webcast One - Where's the Math?
Webcast Two - Number and Operations Math
Webcast Three - Geometry and Spatial Sense
Webcast Four - Measurement Math
Webcast Five - Patterns Math
Webcast Six - Putting It All Together Math
Infant Temperament Tool (print version)
Description: The Infant Temperament Tool (0 to 18 months) provides information on the nine traits of temperament and how they are displayed by infants and adults. It includes a short survey that allows parents and caregivers of infants and toddlers to recognize and explore their own temperament traits and those of a child for which they provide care. The results provide support for parents and caregivers in understanding how adult and child similarities and differences in temperament traits may affect “goodness of fit.”
The IT3 generates simple best practice tips adults can use to foster the unique temperament of each child within their care.
Online version also available in Spanish at http://www.ecmhc.org/temperament_es/index.html.
Infant Toddler Temperament Online Tool
Description: The Infant Toddler Temperament Tool includes a short online survey that allows parents and caregivers of infants and toddlers to recognize and explore their own temperament traits and those of a child for which they provide care. The IT3 generates results which support parents and caregivers in understanding how adult and child similarities and differences in temperament traits may affect “goodness of fit.”
Along with these results, the IT3 generates simple best practice tips adults can use to foster the unique temperament of each child within their care.
Also available in Spanish at http://www.ecmhc.org/temperament_es/index.html.
Mastering the Consultative Stance
Description: The purpose and overall goal of this tutorial is to help early childhood mental health consultants understand what is meant by "the consultative stance" and the practices that support its effectiveness. Implementing the core elements and practices associated with the consultative stance can improve therapeutic consultation skills as well as enhance consultation services to Head Start and Early Head Start programs.
Partnering with Families in Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
Description: The purpose of this tutorial is to provide early childhood mental health consultants with an understanding of what is meant by partnering with families within a consultative approach as well as key practices that support the building and maintenance of strong, relationship-based partnerships. The concepts shared can also readily be applied to any early childhood mental health consultation approach.
Includes 2 modules, post test, take home messages, resources, and references.
Recognizing and Addressing Trauma in Infants, Young Children, & their Families (tutorial)
Description: The purpose and overall goal of this tutorial is to help early childhood mental health consultants as well as Early Head Start and Head Start staff understand what is meant by trauma, recognize the developmental context of trauma in early childhood, and extend their own knowledge for intervention through consultation.
Early childhood mental health consultants must be prepared to recognize and address trauma in a way that supports and protects the child and his or her family, and links children and their families to valuable resources and, when needed, effective therapeutic intervention.
Recognizing and Supporting the Social and Emotional Health of Young Children Birth to Age Five
Description: The purpose of this tutorial is to provide early childhood mental health consultants with a detailed understanding of the behaviors related to social and emotional health in infants and young children as well as strategies that adult's (parent's and other caregivers) can use to support these behaviors within every day routines in the home and within early care and education settings.
Strengthening Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation in Head Start and Early Head Start Programs
Description: The purpose of this tutorial is to acknowledge Head Start and Early Head Start's long-standing commitment to mental health services, including mental health consultation, highlight the latest developments in early childhood mental health consultation, and identify how the Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation can help Head Start and Early Head Start programs strengthen mental health consultation services.
The Effective Mental Health Consultant
Description: The purpose of this tutorial is to provide data-driven guidance on the skills, training, knowledge, and service delivery practices associated with an effective mental health consultant.
Toddler Temperament Tool (print version)
Description: The Toddler Temperament Tool (18 months to 36 months) provides information on the nine traits of temperament and how they are displayed by infants and adults. It includes a short survey that allows parents and caregivers of infants and toddlers to recognize and explore their own temperament traits and those of a child for which they provide care. The results provide support for parents and caregivers in understanding how adult and child similarities and differences in temperament traits may affect “goodness of fit.”
The IT3 generates simple best practice tips adults can use to foster the unique temperament of each child within their care.
Online version also available in Spanish at http://www.ecmhc.org/temperament_es/index.html.
– Programming Resource –
1-2-3 Grow! 25-27 Months (1-2-3 a Crecer: 25-27 Meses)
Author: Bower, Don (15 more by this author)
Description: One of a series of newsletters for parents: 1-2-3 Grow! 25- to 27-month-old children are becoming more social and more ready to play with playmates. Routines are still important because they give toddlers stability when they are facing many new experiences. This issue shares tips for developing and sticking with good daily routines. Also available in Spanish (1-2-3 a Crecer: 25-27 Meses) at www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/PDF/CHFD-E-SP-40-05.pdf.
1-2-3 Grow! 12-15 Months (1-2-3 a Crecer!: 12-15 Meses)
Author: Bower, Don (15 more by this author)
Description: One of a series of newsletters for parents: 1-2-3 Grow! This issue discusses development and parenting issues for toddlers aged 12-15 months. Topics include stress, routines, and individual differences, safety, toys & activities, just for parents. Also available in Spanish (1-2-3 a Crecer!: 12-15 Meses) at http://www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/PDF/CHFD-E-SP-40-01.pdf.
1-2-3 Grow! 16-18 Months (1-2-3 a Crecer!: 16-18 Meses)
Author: Bower, Don (15 more by this author)
Description: One of a series of newsletters for parents of toddlers. In this issue, parents learn about children aged 16-18 months. Topics include guidance, routines, sleep, friends and siblings. Also available in Spanish (1-2-3 a Crecer!: 16-18 Meses) at www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/PDF/CHFD-E-SP-40-02.pdf.
1-2-3 Grow! 19-21 Months (1-2-3 a Crecer!: 19-21 Meses)
Author: Bower, Don (15 more by this author)
Description: One of a series of newsletters for parents of toddlers.
19- to 21-month-old children are learning basic skills and exploring the world around them. This issue deals with questions about toddler teething, decisions about toilet training, ideas for toys that meet your growing toddler's needs, and ways to spark curiosity and keep a toddler busy for hours. Also available in Spanish (1-2-3 a Crecer!: 19-21 Meses) at www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/PDF/CHFD-E-SP-40-03.pdf.
1-2-3 Grow! 22-24 Months (1-2-3 a Crecer!: 22-24 Meses)
Author: Bower, Don (15 more by this author)
Description: One of a series of newsletters for parents of toddlers.At 22 to 24 months old, toddlers are excited about being able to better control themselves. This issue includes game and activity ideas for developing language skills and familiarizing toddlers with their body parts. The issue also discusses issues such as thumb-sucking and security blankets, as well as ways to encourage toddlers' budding independence and self-confidence. Also available in Spanish (1-2-3 a Crecer!: 22-24 Meses) at
www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/PDF/CHFD-E-SP-40-04.pdf.
1-2-3 Grow! 28-30 Months (1-2-3 a Crecer!: 28-30 Meses)
Author: Bower, Don (15 more by this author)
Description: One of a series of newsletters for parents: 1-2-3 Grow! At 28 to 30 months, toddlers can do more activities, such as naming and sorting shapes, as well as matching and game playing. This issue focuses on play activities that promote motor development, thinking skills, and self-esteem. The issue includes a basic play dough recipe and other fun tips. Also available in Spanish (1-2-3 a Crecer!: 28-30 Meses) at www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/PDF/CHFD-E-SP-40-06.pdf.
1-2-3 Grow! 31-33 Months (1-2-3 a Crecer!: 31-33 Meses)
Author: Bower, Don (15 more by this author)
Description: One of a series of newsletters for parents: 1-2-3 Grow! At this age, young children are preparing for preschool, and practicing pronunciation and new words. This issue describes toys and activities that encourage language development, such as telephones, books, and music. Also available in Spanish (1-2-3 a Crecer!: 31-33 Meses) at www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/PDF/CHFD-E-SP-40-07.pdf.
1-2-3 Grow! 34-36 Months (1-2-3 a Crecer!: 34-36 Meses)
Author: Bower, Don (15 more by this author)
Description: One of a series of newsletters for parents: 1-2-3 Grow! Young children are learning to feed themselves, and to make food choices that affect their health. This issue includes information on your child’s nutritional needs, including a wide variety of foods that help build healthy eating habits. The article also includes ideas for preparing child-friendly meals and ways to involve your child in the preparation process. Also available in Spanish (1-2-3 a Crecer!: 34-36 Meses) at www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/PDF/CHFD-E-SP-40-08.pdf.
A New Approach to Early Intervention: Virtual Home Visits
Description: This newsletter features a discussion with Sue Thain Olsen and Amy Henningson of the Utah State University's Center for Persons with Disabilities (CPD). CPD is doing research on the benefits and challenges of providing early intervention services to families in remote rural areas via virtual home visits. Their research is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children with Disabilities program.
The article provides information on how the program has evolved and the challenges they encountered. The benefits of the program are also included.
Ages and Stages: 1-12 Months (Edades & Etapas: 1-12 Meses)
Author: Oesterreich, Lesia (35 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet describes typical development of infants in their first year. Milestones are given for physical development, intellectual development, and social and emotional development. Suggestions are also included for ways that caregivers can interact with infants. Also available in Spanish "Edades & Etapas: 1-12 Meses" at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1530A(S).pdf.
Ages and Stages: 12-18 Months (Edades & Etapas: 12-18 Meses)
Author: Oesterreich, Lesia (35 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet describes the typical development of young children aged 12 to 18 months. Developmental milestones are included for physical development, intellectual development, and social and emotional development. Ideas are also included for interacting with a child this age. Also available in Spanish " Edades & Etapas: 12-18 Meses" at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1530B(S).pdf.
Ages and Stages: 18 to 24 Months (Edades & Etapas: 18-24 Meses)
Author: Oesterreich, Lesia (35 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet describes typical development for toddlers aged 18 to 24 months. Developmental milestones are listed for physical development, intellectual development, and social and emotional development. Ideas are also included for interacting with children of this age. Also available in Spanish "Edades & Etapas: 18-24 Meses" at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1530C(S).pdf (2006).
Ages and Stages: 2-year-olds (Edades & Etapas: 2 Años de edad)
Author: Oesterreich, Lesia (35 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet describes typical development for two-year-old children. Developmental milestones are given for physical development, intellectual development, and social and emotional development. Suggestions are also given for interacting with children of this age. Also available in Spanish "Edades & Etapas: 2 Años de edad" at "http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1530D(S).pdf. (2006)
Baby's First Wish - 33/34 months
Author: DelCampo, Diana (3 more by this author); Hamilton, Wendy
Description: This publication describes what its like to be thirty-three and thirty-four months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Description: In the brochure "Back to Sleep, Tummy to Play," you will learn about the importance of tummy time, how much tummy time infants should have, and answers to sleep practices and tummy time questions. The brochure also provides contacts to National SIDS resources. Remember…Back to Sleep, Tummy to Play.
Children and Brain Development - What We Know About How Children Learn
Author: Graham, Judith (6 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet explains some key principles of brain development and offers suggestions to support brain development in young children. It includes a chart about brain development related to vision, feelings, language and movement.
Consumer Choices: Selecting Baby's First Clothes
Author: Stone, Janis (6 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet is aimed at helping parents make choices about their baby's clothing.
Development in the First Years of Life
Author: Thompson, Ross (1 more by this author)
Description: This journal article discusses the brain development and learning of children from birth to three years.
Developmental Milestones: A Guide for Parents - The First Year
Author: Powell, Joyce (5 more by this author)
Description: This factsheet lists common developmental milestones that typically developing children can be expected to reach in their first year. The listing includes physical, sensory & thinking, and language & social skills.
Developmental Milestones: A Guide for Parents - The Second Year
Author: Powell, Joyce (5 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet lists common developmental milestones that typically developing children can be expected to reach in their second year. The listing includes physical, sensory & thinking, and language & social skills.
Evidence-Based Social-Emotional Curricula for Children 0-5 Years and Their Families
Author: Powell, Diane (1 more by this author); Glen Dunlap
Description: The Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI) recently published Evidence-Based Social-Emotional Curricula and Intervention Packages for Children 0-5 Years and Their Families. This synthesis provides information that programs can use as guidance in selecting curricula or intervention packages that are most appropriate for their setting and that best meet the needs of the children and families they serve.
EZ AT 2: Simple Assistive Technology Ideas for Children Ages Birth to Three
Description: This is a guide for increasing young children’s participation in daily activities and routines using assistive technology. It offers direction for making a wide range of devices and products that promote best practices for home and classroom learning.
EZ AT: Assistive Technology Activities for Children Ages 3-8 with Disabilities is available at http://www.pacer.org/stc/pubs/ezat.pdf.
Feeding Infants: A Guide for Use in the Child Nutrition Programs
Description: This guide is intended for child care providers who participate in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. The guide presents information on infant development, nutrition for infants, breastfeeding and formula feeding, preventing tooth decay, feeding solid foods, drinking from a cup, choking prevention, sanitary food preparation and safe food handling, commercially prepared and home-prepared baby food, and some of the Infant Meal Pattern requirements.
Growing Together: Infant Development
Author: DeBord, Karen (61 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet gives information about typical development of infants. The author includes a developmental milestone checklist, information about crying, sleeping, setting limits, and immunizations.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - 29 and 30 Months Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 29 and 30 months old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - 13 and 14 Months Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 13 and 14 month old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - 17 and 18 Months Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 17 and 18 month old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - 19 and 20 Months Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 19 and 20 months old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - 21 and 22 Months Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 21 and 22 months old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - 23 and 24 Months Old
Author: Daly, Ron (3 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 23 and 24 months old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - 25 and 26 Months Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 25 and 26 months old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - 27 and 28 Months Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 27 and 28 months old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - 31 and 32 Months Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 31 and 32 months old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - 33 and 34 Months
Author: Daly, Ron (3 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be a 33 and 34 month old, and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - 35 and 36 Months Old
Author: Daly, Ron (3 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 35 and 36 months old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - Eight Months Old
Author: Daly, Ron (3 more by this author); Janie Burney
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 8 month old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - Eleven Months Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 11 month old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - Five Months Old
Description: This publication describes what it's like to be a five month old, and what to expect as a parent. This publication will help you to better understand to and respond to your baby's needs.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - Four Month Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 4 month old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - New Born
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your newborn.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - Nine Months Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 9 month old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - One Month Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your newborn.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - Seven Months Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 7 month old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - Six Months Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 6 month old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - Ten Months Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 10 month old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - Three Month Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 3 month old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - Twelve Month Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 12 month old.
Healthy Children Ready to Learn - Two Month Old
Author: Burney, Janie (18 more by this author)
Description: This publication is for parents and describes how your baby grows and develops and how to care for and respond to the needs of your 2 month old.
Imagine Online Magazine (American Music Therapy Association)
Description: This is a new early childhood online magazine, "imagine". This issue includes
*over 50 contributions from 10 countries *latest research, trends, clinical strategies, resources, and more
*interactive digital viewing mode *podcasts, photo stories, teaching episodes *international color of us series *newsletter archive *early childhood network platform, and *an event calendar.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 1 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Un Mes)
Description: This publication describes your baby at one month old, and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as caring properly for yourself at this busy time.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/17957/your-1-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Un Mes" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/9/9d/CJAT_MONTH1_51811_LR.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 10 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Diez Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be ten months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/16994/your-10-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Diez Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/9/9e/CJAT_Month_10-0.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 11 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Once Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be eleven months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/16993/your-11-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Once Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/1/13/CJAT_Month_11-0.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 12 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Doce Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be twelve months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/16992/your-12-month-old-child and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Doce Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/2/2f/CJAT_Month_12-0.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 2 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Dos Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like for your baby at two months and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/17956/your-2-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Dos Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/9/9d/CJAT_MONTH1_51811_LR.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 3 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Tres Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be three months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/17000/your-3-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Tres Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/d/d2/CJAT_Month_3-0p.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 4 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Cuatro Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be four months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/16999/your-4-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Cuatro Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/e/ec/CJAT_Month_4-0p.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 5 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Cinco Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be five months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/16998/your-5-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Cinco Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/1/14/CJAT_Month_5-0p.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 6 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Seis Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be six months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/16997/your-6-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Seis Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/d/d2/CJAT_Month_6-0p.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 7 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Siete Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be six months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/16798/your-7-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Siete Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/e/e7/CJAT_Month_7-0.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 8 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Ocho Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be eight months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/16996/your-8-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Ocho Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/6/6c/CJAT_Month_8-0.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Month 9 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo Nueve Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be nine months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in html at http://www.extension.org/pages/16995/your-9-month-old-baby and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo Nueve Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/6/6c/CJAT_Month_8-0.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 13-14 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 13 y 14 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be thirteen and fourteen months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23188/your-toddler:-13-14-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 13 y 14 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/0/08/13-14moSpJITP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 15-16 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 15 y 16 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be fifteen and sixteen months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23169/your-toddler:-15-16-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 15 y 16 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/3/38/15-16mSP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 17-18 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 17 y 18 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be seventeen and eighteen months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23151/your-toddler:-17-18-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 17 y 18 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/0/0c/1718-SpJITP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 19-20 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 19-20 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be nineteen and twenty months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/5/5c/19-20_month.pdf and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 19-20 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/c/c0/19-20_moSP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 21-22 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 21-22 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be twenty-one and twenty-two months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/5/5c/19-20_month.pdf and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 21-22 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/9/9d/21-22moSP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 23-24 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 23-24 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be twenty-three and twenty-four months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23095/your-toddler:-23-24-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 23-24 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/7/7b/23-24moSpJITP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 25-26 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 25-26 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be twenty-five and twenty-six months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23078/your-toddler:-25-26-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 25-26 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/e/e5/25-26moSpJITP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 27-28 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 27-28 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be twenty-seven and twenty-eight months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23061/your-toddler:-27-28-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 27-28 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/2/2b/27-28moSpJITP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 29-30 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 29-30 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be twenty-nine and thirty months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23041/your-toddler:-29-30-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 29-30 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/e/eb/JITP29-30moSP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 31-32 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 31-32 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be thirty-one and thirty-two months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23022/your-toddler:-31-32-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 31-32 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/2/20/31-32mo_sp.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 33-34 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 33-34 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be thirty-three and thirty-four months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/23003/your-toddler:-33-34-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 33-34 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/d/d6/33-34mo_sp.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 35-36 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 35-36 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be thirty-five and thirty-six months old (three years old) and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/22984/your-toddler:-35-36-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 35-36 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/b/b7/JITP_35-36months_SP-72910L.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 37-38 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 37-38 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be thirty-seven and thirty-eight months old (three years old) and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/22964/your-child:-37-38-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 37-38 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/d/d2/JITP_37-38months_SP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 39-40 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 39-40 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be thirty-nine and forty months old (three years old) and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/22951/your-child:-39-40-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 39-40 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/a/af/JITP_39-40months_SP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 41-42 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 41-42 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be forty-one and forty-two months old (three years old) and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/22939/your-child:-41-42-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 41-42 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/9/9c/JITP_41-42months_SP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 43-44 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 43-44 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be forty-three and forty-four months old (three years old) and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/22927/your-child:-43-44-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 43-44 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/3/37/JITP_43-44months_SP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 45-46 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 45-46 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be forty-five and forty-six months old (three years old) and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/22916/your-child:-45-46-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 44-46 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/9/9b/JITP_45-46months_SP.pdf.
Just in Time Parenting - Months 47-48 (Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 47-48 Meses)
Description: This publication describes what its like to be forty-seven and forty-eight months old (three years old) and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs, as well as your own.
Also available in http://www.extension.org/pages/22904/your-child:-47-48-months and in Spanish, "Crianza Justo a Tiempo - 47-48 Meses" at http://www.extension.org/sites/default/files/w/c/c2/JITP_47-48months_SP.pdf.
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
Description: This Web site provides information on Shaken Baby Syndrome for prevention professionals and parents. Prevention materials are available for purchase and a number of articles are available online. You can also learn more about their speakers and conferences.
Description: Why do some children bite? The answers to this question and more are included in this tip sheet from the Growing Ideas toolkit.
Parent Express - 21 and 22 Months Old
Description: This publication describes what its like to be a twenty-one and twenty-two month old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs.
Parent Express - 23 and 24 Months Old
Description: This 8 page publication describes what its like to be 23 and 24 months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs.
Parent Express - 25 and 26 Months Old
Description: This publication describes what its like to be 25 and 26 months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs.
Parent Express - 27 and 28 Months Old
Description: This publication describes what its like to be 27 and 28 months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs.
Parent Express - 35 and 36 Months Old
Description: This publication describes what its like to be a 35 and 36 month old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs.
Parent Express - Fifteen and Sixteen Months Old
Description: This publication describes what its like to be fifteen and sixteen months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs.
Parent Express - Nineteen and Twenty Months Old
Description: This publication describes what its like to be nineteen and twenty months old, and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs.
Parent Express - Seventeen and Eighteen Months Old
Description: This publication describes what its like to be seventeen and eighteen months old and how you as a parent can best respond to their needs.
Parent Express - Thirteen and Fourteen Months Old
Description: This publication describes what its like to be thirteen and fourteen months old and how you as parents can best respond to their needs.
Poverty and Brain Development in Early Childhood
Description: This fact sheet describes the multiple ways in which poverty negatively impacts children's brain development. Inadequate nutrition, substance abuse, maternal depression, exposure to environmental toxins, trauma/abuse, and quality of daily care are discussed.
Author: Dawson, Geraldine; Jennifer Varley; Amy Donaldson; Jessica Greenson; Jeffrey Munson; Jamie Winter; Milani Smith Jamie Winter; Sally Rogers
Description: This report from the ?rst randomized, controlled trial to demonstrate the ef?cacy of a comprehensive developmental behavioral intervention for toddlers with ASD for improving cognitive and adaptive behavior and reducing severity of ASD diagnosis. Results of this study underscore the importance of early detection of and intervention in
autism
Selecting clothes for toddlers, ages 1 to 3
Author: Stone, Janis (6 more by this author)
Description: Toddlers need clothes that will keep up with them in their active lives. Toddlers learn to talk, walk, and develop self-awareness between the ages of one and three. Clothing helps please the important people in a toddler's life, and dressing is a skill to conquer.
Sharing Knowledge with Infant-Toddler Teachers and Home Visitors
Description: The Early Head Start National Resource Center at ZERO TO THREE has published a new series for infant toddler teachers and home visitors that focus on early development and quality services. The series is broken down into 3 booklets for young and mobile infants and toddlers. Each booklet contains information specific to that age of child and includes reflection questions for the reader. A companion manual for trainers is also available. All information is available in PDF and may be downloaded.
Sharing Knowledge with Infant-Toddler Teachers and Home Visitors: Trainer's Manuals
Description: The Early Head Start National Resource Center at ZERO TO THREE has published a new series for infant toddler teachers and home visitors that focus on early development and quality services. This is the link for the companion training manuals. There are 3 booklets for young and mobile infants, and toddlers. Information is provided on how to present this information in training sessions. The informational booklets are also available for teachers and home visitors. All information is available in PDF and may be downloaded. (The training manuals are in the lower half of the page.)
Social Relationships of Infants in Daycare
Author: Porter, Phyllis
Description: In the past, it has been common to assert that toddlers and infants exhibit parallel play but did not interact. Recent studies are showing, that toddlers have asserted this behavior, even though it is widely accepted that toddlers develop friendships and interact in play.
Starting Smart: How Early Experiences Affect Brain Development
Author: Hawley, Theresa; Gunner, Megan
Description: This brochure examines how a child’s early experiences from birth to 3 can influence and shape brain development.
Author: DeBord, Karen (61 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet discusses aspects of young children learning to use the toilet. The author addresses readiness, parental guidance, toilet learning for children with special needs, and provides a list of recommended books for children and adults.
Author: Pike, Lynn (4 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet discusses issues relating to toilet training such as: readiness, fears, how to begin, how parents can help, and toilet training for special needs children.
What Counts in the Development of Young Children's Number Knowledge?
Author: Levine, Susan Cohen (2 more by this author); Linda Whealton Surlyakham; Meredith Rowe; Janellen Huttenlocher; Elizabeth Gunderson
Description: In this observational study, Levine and colleagues demonstrate how the number talk of 44 parents from low and high socio-economic backgrounds is significantly related to their children’s later cardinal number knowledge (e.g., understanding that when counting one, two, three, four ducks, the word four refers to the set of ducks). Cardinal number knowledge is a critical aspect of young children’s mathematical development because of its relation to counting and the ability to solve number problems. The authors show that parents’ use of number words when toddlers were between the ages of 14 and 30 months was related to children’s cardinal knowledge at 46 months. The relationship between parents’ number word use and children’s cardinal knowledge was significant above and beyond socio-economic status. This suggests that parents use of number words while children are toddlers is a key factor in supporting children’s mathematical understanding at 4 years of age, and mathematical understanding during early childhood is related to elementary academic outcomes.
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Description: This article discusses new frontiers in the correlation of brain, mind, and emotions in developing children as well as areas of collaboration between pediatrics and sister disciplines. Dr Schore has adapted a substantial amount of technical information to the viewpoint of the pediatrician. A careful reading is needed to appreciate exciting new ways to look at development and emotional coping mechanisms.
Description: Being able to focus, hold, and work with information in mind, filter distractions, and switch gears is like having an air traffic control system at a busy airport to manage the arrivals and departures of dozens of planes on multiple runways. In the brain, this air traffic control mechanism is called executive functioning, a group of skills that helps us to focus on multiple streams of information at the same time, and revise plans as necessary. Acquiring the early building blocks of these skills is one of the most important and challenging tasks of the early childhood years, and the opportunity to build further on these rudimentary capacities is critical to healthy development through middle childhood and adolescence.
This joint Working Paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs explains how these lifelong skills develop, what can disrupt their development, and how supporting them pays off in school and life.
Connecting Neurons, Concepts, and People: Brain Development and its Implications
Author: Thompson, Ross (1 more by this author)
Description: This policy brief discusses brain research, current research, and policy implications.
Discovering Child Language and Cognitive Growth
Author: Yang, Sujin; Barbara Lust
Description: This newsbrief provides results from research by Barbara Lust and colleagues in the Cornell Language Acquisition Lab and demonstrates how well equipped children are, beginning at birth, to accomplish the complex task of learning language.
Author: Halle, Tamara (1 more by this author); Nicole Forry; Elizabeth Hair; Kate Perper; Laura Wandner; Julia Wessel; Jessica Vick
Description: The full report of this study finds disparities between poor, at-risk children and more advantaged children as early as 9 months of age—extending prior research that primarily focuses on disparities at kindergarten entry and beyond. The study by Child Trends was commissioned by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). It identifies low income and low maternal education as the factors most strongly associated with poorer cognitive, social-emotional, and health outcomes among very young children. It also finds that the more risk factors a child has, the more profound the disparities.
Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
Author: Duran, Frances (1 more by this author); Kathy S. Hepburn; Roxanne K. Kaufmann; Lan T. Le; Eileen M. Brennan; Beth Green
Description: The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) has published a research syntheses on early childhood mental health consultation. This synthesis has been developed to describe early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC) and the existing evidence base for its effectiveness in fostering healthy social and emotional development in young children, birth through age 6.
Early Experiences Matter: A Guide to Improved Policies for Infants and Toddlers
Description: This policy guide from the Zero to Three provides an overview of some of the most compelling evidence for investing in and implementing a comprehensive infant and toddler policy agenda.
The evidence boils down to six major points;1. Early experiences, coupled with the influence of
genes, literally shape the architecture of the brain. 2. Early experiences take place in relationships. 3. All domains of development are interdependent. 4. Development is cumulative, so early experiences
lay the foundation for all that follows. 5. Because early experiences matter, we must
intervene with young children who are at risk. 6. Early experiences are a proven investment in
our future.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Description: This Web page offers statistics and resources regarding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Fact Sheet
Description: This fact sheet provides brief information about the definition and symptoms of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) is the name given to a group of conditions that a person can have if that person’s mother drank alcohol while she was pregnant. These conditions include physical and intellectual disabilities, as well as problems with behavior and learning. Often, a person has a mix of these problems. FASDs are a leading known cause of intellectual disability and birth defects.
Author: Cohen, Julie (2 more by this author); Julie Poppe; Steffanie Clothier; Ngozi Onunaku
Description: This brief defines early childhood social-emotional development, describes what can happen when children face emotional and behavioral problems, and outlines what actions can be taken at the state level to support healthy social-emotional development in babies and young children. It also highlights state and community efforts to improve early childhood social and emotional development through promotion, prevention and treatment approaches.
Infant Mental Health and Early Care and Education Providers
Description: The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) has published a research syntheses on infant mental health and the implications for early care and education providers. The synthesis will address: the definition of Infant Mental Health (IMH), why it is important that early childhood providers know about IMH, approaches to promoting IMH, prevention of IMH challenges, focused intervention with children and families at risk, and more intense/tertiary interventions. References are provided.
Learning Disabilities and Young Children: Identification and Intervention
Description: This report from the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities addresses early identification, services, supports, and intervention for young children, birth through 4 years, who demonstrate delays in development that may place them at
risk for later identification as having a learning disability (LD). Although the focus of this paper is on developmental rather than academic expectations, it is recognized that adequate development across multiple domains is essential for subsequent school success. It also is important to recognize that when children are exposed to high quality learning opportunities prior to kindergarten, they are less likely to experience school failure and be misidentified as having LD in the early grades.
National Center for Early Development and Learning
Description: This website provides information on research relating to children's development from birth through age eight. This project ran from 2001 to 2005. Resources are available on their website. This is a project of the University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center
Description: This is the web site of the National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center (NSRC) which provides information, services, and technical assistance on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), miscarriage, stillbirth and related topics. Sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Research Synthesis on Screening and Assessing Social-Emotional Competence
Author: Yates, Tweety; Michaelene Ostrosky; Gregory A. Cheatham; Angel Fettig; LaShorage Shaffer; Rosa Milagros Santos
Description: The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) has published a research syntheses on screening and assessing social-emotional competence and the implications for early care and education providers. This synthesis provides information for early care and education providers on using evidence- based practices in screening and assessing the social-emotional competence of infants, toddlers, and young children. The synthesis is organized around common questions related to screening and assessing social-emotional competence.
Study of Immediate Effects of Caregiver Changes on Infants and Toddlers
Author: Cryer, Deborah
Description: The research goal of the study of Immediate Effects of Caregiver Changes on Infants and Toddlers is to better understand the nature of attachment relationships between infants/toddlers and their caregivers during the first years of child care.
Study of Infant-Parent Attachment and Parental and Child Behavior during Parent-Toddler Storybook
Description: This study is looking at the longitudinal associations between infant-parent attachment and parental and toddler behavior during storybook interaction. The findings highlight the importance of examining the linkages between socio-emotional and cognitive development.
The Future of Children - Caring for Infants and Toddlers
Description: This journal issue is focused on caring for infants and toddlers. It contains fourteen articles on various topics related to caring for infants and toddlers.
Three Core Concepts in Early Brain Development
Description: This PowerPoint presentation uses vivid slides and embedded, short (90 second) videos to present the story of the developing brain. Slides are heavily annotated so that the presentation can be delivered by a lay person. It is available to anyone – if you'd like to use this PowerPoint, you can contact REady nation to get the powerpoint version. Note that the actual PowerPoint is a large (100+MB) file. The PDF draft version of the presentation does not include the annotations, but the final PowerPoint will include the annotations for each slide.
This resource is a heavily annotated PowerPoint presentation that can be delivered in 12-15 minutes.