Early Childhood News

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CONFERENCES

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Free 2-hour online course: Promoting Nutrition & Physical Activity in Child Care

From The Training Academy and Smart Horizons

May 11, 2012

http://naccrra.smarthorizons.org/provider_day/

Free Webinar: Mentoring for ECE Staff – The Goldmine of Self-Sustaining Mentoring Practices

May 23, 2012 2:00 PM Eastern Time

http://www.earlychildhoodwebinars.org/presentations/guerrilla-mentoring-the-goldmine-of-self-sustaining-mentoring-practices/

Early Care and Education Policy: Drawing Lessons from Weighted Samples

July 16-18, 2012

Ann Arbor, MI

Application deadline: May 25, 2012

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/sumprog/courses/0153

Possibilities in the Field of Early Childhood Intervention: FROM BIRTH TO THREE YEARS OF AGE

October 29-31 2012

Stefánia Palace, Budapest

Deadline for paper submission: 31 May 2012

http://www.eciconf-2012.hu

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RESOURCES

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Free Zero to Three Journal Article

Traumatic Experience in Infancy: How Responses to Stress Affect Development

http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/31-1_Witten.pdf?docID=13401

Technology Tools for the Tough Tasks: Plug In for Great Outcomes

By Fran Simon

http://www.childcareexchange.com/resources/view_article.php?article_id=5020584

Early Head Start and Family Child Care Video

Why Do Partnerships Matter? Early Head Start for Family Child Care Partnership Week 2012

http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/ehsnrc/Early%20Head%20Start/ehs-fcc/EarlyHeadStart.htm

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Bullying and Positive Guidance

http://www.naeyc.org/content/bullying-and-positive-guidance

Literature to Help Children Cope with Family Stressors

http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/200809/Crawford.pdf

Playing It Safe: Tips for Preventing Playground Injuries

http://www.naeyc.org/tyc/article/playing-it-safe

Taking Care of Yourself

http://www.naeyc.org/tyc/article/taking-care-of-yourself

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NEWS

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The #earlyed Daily

http://paper.li/tag/earlyed

Learning about Teaching: What We Know about Early Ed Professionals

NIEER, 05/08/12

http://preschoolmatters.org/2012/05/08/learning-about-teaching-what-we-know-about-early-ed-professionals/

"Weight of the Nation": What's Weighing Heavily On Our Health

by Lindsay Matthews, 05/08/12

http://www.letsmove.gov/blog/2012/05/08/weight-nation-whats-weighing-heavily-our-health

Parents’ Depression Linked to Problems in Children

18 and Under | By PERRI KLASS, 05/07/12

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/parents-depression-linked-to-problems-in-children/

Feds Neglect Child Care Update for 16 Years

Public News Service, 05/07/12

http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26266-1

Preschool Provides Major Advantages to English-Learners, Study Says

By Lesli A. Maxwell, 05/02/12

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2012/05/study_preschool_provides_major.html

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ADVOCACY

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Early Care & Learning Council

Policy and Advocacy Alert

http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2012/05/policy-and-advocacy-alert.html

Policy and Advocacy Alert

http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2012/05/policy-and-advocacy-alert_08.html

Policy and Advocacy Alert

http://earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2012/05/policy-and-advocacy-alert_10.html

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Asil Özdoğru, PhD

Evaluation Specialist

aozdogru@earlycareandlearning.org