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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 |
|---|---|---|
| What to Expect and When to Seek Help: Tools to Promote Social and Emotional Development | About the Tools: Throughout the tools, a strong emphasis is placed on strengths as well as concerns. The information under "What to Expect" not only offers a guide to healthy development and parenting, but provides information that parents can find reassuring about their child's behavior and their own parenting. The tools provide an opportunity to identify concerns at an early stage. The information under "When to Seek Help" includes concerns that might be addressed with additional information, as well as concerns that signal the need for further assessments and services. | Website |
| What You Need to Know about a Child’s Gross Motor Skill Development Before Kindergarten | "Backpack. Crayons. Markers. Glue sticks. New shoes. After you’ve crossed all the items off your back-to-school shopping list, you might think your child is prepared for kindergarten. But what about your child’s gross motor skills checklist?" Here is an article by Fraser Pediatric Physical Therapists, Olivia Haws and Pam Dewey. | Website |
| What Your Baby's Smile Can Tell You About Her/His Development | Infants’ earliest grins are a primitive impulse but become a communication tool; know the types of baby smiles Starting nearly from birth, infants' ethereal grins provide a window into their social and emotional development, researchers say. And the responses those enchanting and goofy expressions elicit can help program babies' brains for a lifetime of social interactions. | Document |
| What’s Baby Saying? | Written by Rebecca Parlakian at Zero to Three, "Research shows that getting to know your baby’s cues also helps the two of you build a strong, secure attachment—a loving, trusting relationship." | Website |
| When Concerns Arise--What are Red Flags for Developmental Concerns: Part Two | In part two of this series on developmental concerns, we will define what a red flag means as we observe a child’s development. Is it one behavior or a cluster of behaviors? In addition, we will discuss the impact culture may have on developmental milestones as we consider red flags for developmental concerns. Our inclusion consultant, Priscilla Weigel, will share examples from her work with young children. | Podcast |
| When Concerns Arise--Why Developmental Milestones are Important: Part One | In this series on developmental concerns, we begin by looking at typical developmental milestones as guideposts for understanding how children develop their social, emotional, language, physical, and cognitive skills. Why is this important to the early childhood practitioner? What do we need to know in order to provide developmentally appropriate care? | Podcast |
| When Concerns Arise: Decided to Make a Referral | A Pacer Center Action Information Sheet designed to help identify concerns and decide if a referral is neccessary. | Document |
| When Should You Worry about Your Kid’s Picky Eating? | Many kids are picky about what they’ll eat. Chicken nuggets, hot dogs and buttered noodles are known as staples of kids’ diets for a reason. But for some kids, it’s more than just being picky. Here is an article written by Fraser Occupational Therapist and Feeding Clinic Mentor Laura Deering and Fraser Clinical Services Manager Valerie Olheiser. | Website |
| When Things Aren't Perfect: Caring for Yourself and Your Children | The human body is designed to handle some stress. Some stress, like the first day of kindergarten or working on a big school project, can actually be positive and help kids develop resilience. Resilience means being able to adapt and cope with stress in a way that helps you get better at handling stressful situations in the future. | Document |
| Who’s in Control and Why Does it Matter? | In this podcast, Cindy Croft and Priscilla Weigel discuss the struggle that can sometimes arise between the early educator and a child in finding the balance between limit setting and power struggle. Some children can literally ‘run’ the program—how does this happen and how does the staff regain control? Priscilla shares some real life examples that can help shift the balance again. | Podcast |
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