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Our Resource Library contains materials and assistance for early childhood educators and those they serve. Explore our selection of podcasts, tip sheets, websites, documents, and self-study courses.
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| Resource Name | Description | Resource Type |
|---|---|---|
| Preguntas para hacer cuando busque cuidado infantil (Questions to Ask When Seeking Child Care) | Cuando busque cuidado infantil, ¿cómo puede encontrar la información que necesita para preparar a su hijo para el éxito y evitar la expulsión? Cuando entreviste a los posibles cuidadores, es útil ser proactivo. Inicie la conversación con las preguntas de esta hoja de consejos. When seeking child care, how do you find the information you need to set your child up for success and avoid expulsion As you interview potential caregivers, it helps to be proactive. Start the conversation with the questions on this tip sheet. | Tipsheet |
| Premature baby? Understand your preemie's special needs | "If your baby is born too early, the miracle of birth might be overshadowed by health concerns and the possible long-term effects of prematurity. However, there's much you can do to take care of your premature baby — and yourself — as you look toward the future." Learn more in this article from the Mayo Clinic Staff. | Website |
| Preparing Children for a New Sibling | How to help kids feel positive about the new baby and avoid problem behaviors. | Document |
| Preparing for and Responding to Measles in Your Child Care | Measles can spread quickly in a child care setting and can cause serious illness. Infants who are too young to be vaccinated and children with other health conditions are at high risk for severe disease. The most important step you can take is to ensure children and staff are vaccinated with the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine. The MMR vaccine is safe and effective at preventing measles disease. Learn more from this resource from the Minnesota Department of Health | Document |
| Preparing Infants & Toddlers for New Child Care Settings | "Advances in brain research show that children are born learning and that their first three years of life in particular are important indicators for the success they can have later in school and in life. Early experiences that are language-rich and nurturing promote healthy brain development. So finding a quality early learning setting is essential for parents who work and seek child care." Learn more from Start Early. | Website |
| Preparing Your Child for a New Sibling | How to help kids feel positive about the new baby, and avoid problem behaviors. | Document |
| Prevención de la propagación de enfermedades contagiosas (Preventing the Spread of Communicable Illness) | Las enfermedades transmisibles, también conocidas como enfermedades infecciosas o transmisibles, a menudo se pueden prevenir fácilmente con procedimientos adecuados de lavado de manos y aplicación estricta de protocolos y pautas de salud y exclusión. Esta hoja de consejos cubre cómo se propagan los gérmenes y cuál es la mejor manera de prevenir infecciones en el entorno de cuidado infantil. | Tipsheet |
| Preventing the Spread of Communicable Illness | Communicable illnesses—also known as an infectious or transmissible diseases—are often easily prevented with proper handwashing procedures and strict enforcement of health and exclusion protocols and guidelines. This tip sheet covers how germs are spread and how best to prevent infections in the child care setting. | Tipsheet |
| Preventing, Monitoring, and Managing Head Lice | This tip sheet highlights important steps in preventing, monitoring, and managing head lice in early care and education programs. | Tipsheet |
| Primary Care: Six Essential Program Practices | High-quality relationship-based care is central to optimal early brain development, emotional regulation, and learning (Center on the Developing Child, 2012). One of the Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC) six essential program practices to promote this type of care is primary care (PITC, n.d.). Consistent, responsive, and meaningful interactions with a primary caregiver build a child’s attachment with a familiar adult (Raikes & Edwards, 2009). Primary caregiving also strengthens relationships with the families of the children in the primary care group, which, in turn, supports the development of trust and security between the infant or toddler and the primary care provider (Lally, Torres, & Phelps, 2010) | Document |
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