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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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| Attachment Theory | Define and describe attachment theory. Examine behaviors infants/children and caregivers use to support the development of the attachment partnership. Learn strategies to support infant’s/children’s attachment relationship with their primary caregivers.Knowledge and Competency Framework Area(s) - II.C: Promoting Social and Emotional Development (5 Hours)IX: Trauma Informed Care (5 Hours) CDA Content Area - Content Area III: Positive ways to support children’s social and emotional developmentLevel 1 - Explores🔊 This course includes Audio and is accessible from a mobile device. For optimal performance, viewing from a computer or tablet is highly recommended. New Navigation ToolsClick on the black box with 2 white arrows to view the self-study in Full-Screen Mode.Click on the black box with white eyeglasses to view the self-study in Accessibility Mode.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 |
| Attachment: An Important Beginning | This info module highlights the fact that during the first several years of a child’s life the relationships that are formed with others establish the foundations that support the physical, social, emotional and cognitive domains of human development. | Info Module |
| Attachment: What Works? | A new brief from the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL), What Works Brief #24 - Attachment: What Works? (2011), by Donna Wittmer, explores the importance of infants and toddlers experiencing secure attachment relationships with the key adults in their lives, explains secure and insecure attachment, notes cultural differences in attachment, and provides specific strategies to promote children's secure attachments. | Document |
| Autism | Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that can affect a child's behavior and social and communications skills. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all children be screened for autism spectrum disorder at their 18- and 24-month well-child checkups. Research shows that starting an intervention program as soon as possible can improve outcomes for many children on the autism spectrum. Learn more in the articles below from the American Academy of Pediatrics | Website |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder | Definitions, characteristics, and strategies to include young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. | Tipsheet |
| AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER - Professional Resource Guide | This professional resource guide from the Maternal and Child Health Library (MCH) presents resources about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) screening, diagnosis, treatment, care, and impact on family life. It includes tools for health care practices; training; improving state systems and services; research; and finding data and statistics, journal articles, reports, and other materials. | Website |
| Autism Treatment Center of America | The Autism Treatment Center of America teaches parents and professionals caring for children and adults challenged by Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), and all other developmental difficulties how to design and implement home-based/child-centered programs enabling their children to dramatically improve in all areas of learning, development, communication and skill acquisition. | Website |
| Babies Make the Link Between Vocal and Facial Emotion | The ability of babies to differentiate emotional expressions appears to develop during their first six months. Researchers from the University of Geneva have just provided an initial answer to this question, measuring the ability of six-month-old babies to make a connection between a voice and the emotional expression on a face. | Document |
| Babies Prefer to Hear "Baby Talk" From Other Babies | When babies hear sounds from other babies, they smile and move their mouths, almost as if they know this is a sound that they could try to make themselves. | Website |
| Babies Use Their Tongues to Understand Speech | A study from the University of British Columbia established the first direct link between babies' oral motor skills (the movement of the tongue, lips, and other parts of the mouth) and their ability to understand speech. Read more to learn that when infants can't move their mouths to mimic sounds, they have a harder time processing those sounds. | Website |
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