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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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Six Acquired Strengths for Children’s Mental Health--Awareness, Tolerance, and Respect: Part Three | In the final podcast of Dr. Perry’s Six Acquired Strengths, Priscilla Weigel and Cindy Croft will offer strategies for promoting awareness, tolerance, and respect in young children as they grow, develop, and reach their full potential. We want children to have friends, accept differences, and appreciate diversity in their world. The early childhood community can do many things to support children in these important emotional milestones. | Podcast |
Six Acquired Strengths for Children’s Mental Health--Self Regulation and Affiliation: Part Two | In Part 2 of Dr. Perry’s Six Acquired Strengths, we will discuss the importance of self regulation in preschoolers and its impact on social skill development. These two emotional milestones are essential to a young child’s learning and success now and later in life. You can do much to enhance their mastery of these ‘strengths’! | Podcast |
Small Children Have Big Feelings | When you talk, read, and sing with a child in sensitive, loving, and responsive ways, you build their brain and help them develop the social-emotional skills they need to succeed in school and life. | Website |
Small Talks Recap: Addressing Implicit Bias in Early Childhood: Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable | The Think Small Institute held on February 18, 2021, explored what implicit bias looks like in a preschool setting and discussed ways to have the often difficult, but important conversations about race and equity with colleagues, families, and young children. Find resources discussed by the panelists and a video of the event below. | Website |
Social Emotional Development in the First Three Years | This 2018 brief from Pennsylvania State University offers multiple strategies to improve caregiving and the social-emotional development of young children. | Document |
Somali Youth and Family Development CenterM | At the Somali Youth and Family Development Center (SOMFAM) we are building a stronger Somali community by helping people of all ages learn how to live healthy and successful lives. Through mentoring and education we empower our Somali adults and youth to be self-sufficient, successful and contributing members of their families, schools, businesses, and both the Somali and larger Twin Cities communities. | Website |
States’ Growing Commitment to Preventing Young Children’s Expulsion from Early Care and Education Programs: RESULTS OF A 50-STATE POLICY SURVEY | This brief reports on a survey that examined state expulsion and suspension policies for early care and education settings serving children under age six. Authors: Carey McCann (BUILD), Sheila Smith, Uyen (Sophie) Nguyen, and Maribel R. Granja (NCCP) | Document |
Strategies to Support Children who have Experienced Trauma | The definition of- and practical strategies to support young children who have experienced trauma. | Tipsheet |
Strategies to Support Young Children after an Emergency | For early care and education professionals, one of the tasks of recovery is the identification of how to best support children and their families to return to daily routines and regain some sense of normalcy. | Info Module |
Study Proves That Cuddling Babies Early (and Often) Has Huge Benefits | Check out this article to learn more about how early skin-to-skin contact can support improved neurodevelopment, higher IQ, and lower rates of aggression. | Document |
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