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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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Helping the Child Who is Anxious | Explore causes of typical anxiousness in young children and learn to recognize red flags that may signal atypical anxiety. Discover ways to help children develop a sense of safety and security through their relationship with their primary caregivers.Knowledge and Competency Framework Area - II.C: Promoting Social and Emotional Development CDA Content Area - III: Positive ways to support children’s social and emotional development 🔊 This course includes Audio and is accessible from a mobile device. For optimal performance, viewing from a computer or tablet is highly recommended. For ten clock hours on your Learning Record, please register and pay online at Develop. Then, complete a 500 word reflection paper and submit this document with your reflection. Please note: You have access to this document as view only. To enable editing, download the document. Click "file" then "download as" in the upper left-hand corner of this screen. This will give you the option to open the document as a Word doc on your own computer. Then, you can complete the information and email it to: credit@inclusivechildcare.org. *Disregard any directions regarding a final quiz. The only learning assessment needed is the reflection paper. | Course |
Helping the Child Who is Anxious: Early Childhood to School Age | This info module explores how anxiety can impact young children and strategies for support. | Info Module |
Helping Young Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: Policies and Strategies for Early Care and Education | Early childhood trauma occurs when a young child experiences an event that causes actual harm or poses a serious threat to the child's emotional and physical well-being. These events range from experiencing abuse and neglect to having a parent with substance abuse issues or being separated from a parent. Trauma is different from regular life stressors because it causes a sense of intense fear, terror, and helplessness that is beyond the normal range for typical experiences. | Document |
Henry Occupational Therapy Services, Inc. | Diana A. Henry, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA and Henry OT Services, Inc. offer school based and individual occupational therapy services to support the mandates of 'No Child Left Behind'. Along with her husband, Rick Ruess, they provide products and workshops across the USA and internationally. Our mission is to promote understanding and awareness of issues related to sensory processing, sensory integration and the sensory systems. These may influence attention, motor coordination, social participation, behavior and even violence in schools. | Website |
High-Quality Infant/Toddler Educators Need Good Training | This white paper examines the learning and social-emotional needs of infants and toddlers and the training requirements and needs of the early childhood professionals who educate and care for them. | Document |
House Ear Institute | The House Ear Institute focuses on defining the cause of hearing loss and vestibular disorder, creating and improving surgical treatments and devices to counteract auditory dysfunction. World-renowned as a leader in otologic research and education, HEI continues to provide a wealth of new scientific knowledge, applied research and continuing education to both the medical community and the general public. | Website |
How Brains are Built: The Core Story of Brain Development | The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative recently unveiled an animated video that presents the core story of brain development in an accessible and visually engaging format. This video, "How Brains are Built: The Core Story of Brain Development," can be used in staff development and parent education as well as advocacy efforts. | Website |
How to Support Young Learners in Racially Diverse Classrooms | In this Edutopia article, author Amanda Armstrong, explains that "teachers may be hesitant to discuss race with young kids" and describes how "research-backed, age-appropriate strategies can help." | 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 |
In Brief: The Science of Resilience | 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. | Website |
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