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How to Protect Your Children During a Measles Outbreak - Spanish The recent measles outbreaks have many parents concerned. Most of the people who have gotten sick were not vaccinated against measles. This is a stark reminder from healthychildren.org of the importance of making sure your children are fully vaccinated.
How to Talk to Your Child About Their Positive COVID-19 Test Here are some tips from Amanda Suplee, PhD & Hailey Nelson, MD, FAAP and the American Academy of Pediatrics to help you talk about a positive COVID-19 test with your child and develop strategies to manage stress. Website
I is for Independent Play "Independent play offers big benefits to little ones. But how to do it? Here are some strategies from Rebecca Parlakian from Zero to Three to try." Website
Identifying Interest-Based Everyday Activities for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers This Center on Everyday Language Learning Tool includes a set of exercises a parent or practitioner can use to hone their skills for recognizing and identifying children's interests and identifying the everyday activities that provide young children opportunities to participate in interest-based activities and learn communication and language skills. There are three exercises: one for an infant, one for a toddler, and one for a preschooler. Document
Immigration, Loss, & Trauma "Our country’s history is shaped by the immigrants’ stories. These stories can be difficult, inspiring, harrowing, exciting, or sometimes shameful. We carry with us our stories – and often our stories and their impact carry on into future generations." Here is an excellent article written by Lori A. Harris, LSW, MSW in partnership with Way to Grow and Mom Enough.
Immunization: Protection for All Fact and common questions regarding the safety of immunizations. Tipsheet
Implementing Policies to Reduce the Likelihood of Preschool Expulsion This policy brief examines factors associated with expulsion from Prekindergarten (PK). Recent research has explored issues regarding the rate at which preschoolers (children ages three to four) are expelled from PK programs, as well as some of the factors associated with expulsion and the effectiveness of mental health consultation to reduce the classroom behavior problems that may lead to expulsion. Although several factors that predict an increased likelihood of expulsion have been described, this brief addresses those factors that may inform changes in policy that can be both implemented and regulated. Website
In Brief: The Resilience Series Reducing the effects of significant adversity on young children's healthy development is critical to the progress and prosperity of any society. Yet not all children experience lasting harm as a result of adverse early experiences. Some may demonstrate resilience, or an adaptive response to serious hardship. A better understanding of why some children do well despite early adversity is important because it can help us design policies and programs that help more children reach their full potential. These three videos provide an overview of why resilience matters, how it develops, and how to strengthen it in children. Website
In Quotes: Addressing Misconceptions About the Brains of Bilingual Babies From Alyssa Haywoode at Eye on Early Education: "During a recent BabyTalks webinar Beth Zack, PhD and Marley Jarvis, PhD shared research findings on infants’ and toddlers’ inherent capacity to learn multiple languages and identified strategies that educators and adults can use to support DLLs’ [dual language learners’] development. Through the course of the webinar, Zack and Jarvis also addressed several misconceptions about language learning in the first three years of life." Website
Inappropriate Use of Restraint and Seclusion: Initiative to Protect Children with Disabilities This press release from the U.S. Department of Education (January 17, 2019) describes new initiatives to address and govern the use of restraint and seclusion on recipients of Section 504, Title II and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) accommodations and services. Compliance reviews, data collection, and technical assistance to enforce the legal obligations of states and school districts are mentioned as methods for improving results and outcomes for children with disabilities. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), in partnership with the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), will oversee this initiative. Document
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