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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 |
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| Resources to Help Children in the Wake of a School Shooting | As adults struggle with their own reactions to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida young eyes and ears are watching and listening. This is an important time to talk to children about what they are seeing and hearing, even when they did not directly witness the event. While it can be difficult to know what to say, evidence from research and clinical practice can help us with these difficult conversations. We begin with a few suggestions for adults who care for children indirectly affected by a school shooting: | Document |
| Screen Time | Excessive screen time in childhood has been linked to a range of health problems, including increased risk of obesity and reduced cognitive development. This tip sheet explores the impact of screen time on young children and provides strategies to help support parents in reducing screen time at home. | Tipsheet |
| Screen Time for Kids Under Two Linked to Sensory Differences in Toddlerhood | "For children under the age of 2, television screen time is associated with sensory differences later in toddlerhood, according to a new study. The study, led by researchers at Drexel University, follows previous research showing how screen time impacts the ways kids speak, hear, feel and think."Click on the link below to learn more. | Website |
| Self-Regulation Snap Shot #1: A Focus on Infants and Toddlers | Adult caregivers such as parents, teachers, coaches, and other mentors play a critical role in shaping and supporting self-regulation development from birth through young adulthood through an interactive process called “co-regulation.” This tip sheet was based on a series of reports prepared for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). | Tipsheet |
| Señales de Alarma y Referido (Red Flags and Referral) | El aprendizaje sucede a través de nuestra vida, comenzando al nacer. Los niños aprenden y crecen físicamente, socialmente y cognitivamente. Developmental milestones for children birth to three years of age, and what to do when there are developmental concerns. | Tipsheet |
| Sensory Gardening with Kids Activity Kit | "Gardening is a ‘sense-sational’ way to engage kids in outdoor learning and play! With their incredible diversity of shapes, sizes, colors, scents, and textures, plants offer limitless options for designing a garden space to engage all the senses. KidsGardening is excited to team up with Little Seeds Kids to bring you a new activity kit full of ideas for starting your own sensory garden. The 8-page kit compiles sensory garden design tips and plant suggestions along with an assortment of fun and engaging activities you can try with young gardeners with or without a garden space." | Document |
| Sensory Processing Disorder | The misinformation caused in the brain by a sensory processing disorder (SPD) can interfere with a child's sense of security and safety. Learn about the eight senses, sensory system responses, and common behaviors of children with SPD in this tip sheet. | Tipsheet |
| Sensory Processing FAQ | Here is a FAQ from the Child Mind Institute that discusses Sensory Processing Disorder; what it is, how it's treated, and why it's controversial. | Website |
| Sensory Processing FAQ - Preguntas Frecuentes sobre Procesamiento Sensorial | Here is a FAQ from the Child Mind Institiute that discusses Sensory Processing Disorder; what it is, how it's treated, and why it's controversial. ( In Spanish) | |
| Separated Children | The family separation policy has separated at least 2,300 undocumented immigrant children from their parents and placed them in governmental care in shelters and foster homes across the United States. For young children in particular, the sudden and frightening removal from their parents is strikingly traumatic. Far from home, alone, and in a country where they do not speak the language, it is not difficult to imagine the feelings of terror and isolation these children must be feeling. | Website |
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