Early Childhood Resources

Early Childhood Resources

Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being

UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary othe rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf

World Forum Foundationhttp://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us
World Organization for Early Childhood Educationhttp://www.omep-usnc.org/
OMEP's mission. Association for Childhood Education Internationalhttp://acei.org/

Early Childhood Organizations

National Association for the Education of Young Childrenhttp://www.naeyc.org/

The Division for Early Childhoodhttp://www.dec-sped.org/

Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Familieshttp://www.zerotothree.org/

WESTEDhttp://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm

Harvard Education Letterhttp://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85

FPG Child Development Institutehttp://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm

Administration for Children and Families Head start’s National Research Conferencehttp://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/

High Scopehttp://www.highscope.org/

Children's Defense Fundhttp://www.childrensdefense.org/

Center for Child Care Workforcehttp://www.ccw.org/

Council for Exceptional Childrenhttp://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

Institute for Women's Policy Researchhttp://www.iwpr.org/

National Center for Research on Early Childhood Educationhttp://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/

National Child Care Associationhttp://www.nccanet.org/

National Institute for Early Education Researchhttp://nieer.org/

Pre[K]Nowhttp://www.preknow.org/

Voices for America's Childrenhttp://www.voices.org/

The Erikson Institutehttp://www.erikson.edu/

The Resources for Early Childhood Webcast
 https://class.waldenu.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse%26id%3D_1342559_1%26url%3D

Position Statements and Influential Practices

NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8 http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness.  http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity.  http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf

NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf

NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf

Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller

FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33).  http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap33.pdf

Professional Journals

•YC Young Children

 •Childhood

 •Journal of Child & Family Studies

 •Child Study Journal

 •Multicultural Education

 •Early Childhood Education Journal

 •Journal of Early Childhood Research

 •International Journal of Early Childhood

 •Early Childhood Research Quarterly

 •Developmental Psychology

 •Social Studies

 •Maternal & Child Health Journal

 •International Journal of Early Years Education

Early Childhood Quotes

Renatta Marie Cooper, MA, currently serves as Education Coordinator for the Los Angeles County Office of Child Care. She is also a Pasadena Unified School District Board Member.

“You have to stay current that is one of the tremendous responsibilities of being a professional when other people are looking to you for leadership. You got to know what you are talking about.”

Leticia Lara, LCSW, is Regional Manager for Outreach and Professional Development for ZERO TO THREE, a national nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.

‘”Parents are a wonderful resource, and we have a lot to learn from their challenges. I think that the more we partner with parents the more we will have the heat beat of the profession to be able to understand how to change and be responsive in policy making.”