Foundations:Early Childhood Resources

Position Statements and Influential Practices

• NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap

• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf

• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf

• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from 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. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf

• NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://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). Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://community.fpg.unc.edu/sites/community.fpg.unc.edu/files/imce/documents/FPG_Snapshot_N33_EvidenceBasedPractice_09-2006.pdf
• Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al. (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42-53. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being

• Article: UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf

• Websites:   

o    World Forum Foundation

                       http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us
               

o    World Organization for Early Childhood Education
 http://www.worldomep.org/en/about-omep-2/

o    Association for Childhood Education International
 http://acei.org/

Early Childhood Organizations

• National Association for the Education of Young Children

          http://www.naeyc.org/

• The Division for Early Childhood

          http://www.dec-sped.org/

• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families

          http://www.zerotothree.org/

• WESTED

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

• Harvard Education Letter

          http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85

• FPG Child Development Institute

            http://www.fpg.unc.edu/

• Administration for Children and Families Headstart's National Research Conference

          http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/

• HighScope

          http://www.highscope.org/

• Children's Defense Fund

          http://www.childrensdefense.org/

• Center for Child Care Workforce

          http://www.ccw.org/

• Council for Exceptional Children

          http://www.cec.sped.org/

• Institute for Women's Policy Research

          http://www.iwpr.org/

•  National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education

           http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/

•  National Child Care Association

          http://www.nccanet.org/       

• National Institute for Early Education Research

          http://nieer.org/

• Pre[K]Now

          http://www.pewstates.org/projects/pre-k-now-328067

• Voices for America's Children

          http://www.voices.org/

•  The Erikson Institute

          http://www.erikson.edu/

Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library

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

Other Resources for Children with Autism/Disabilities

(websites, books, scholarly articles)

• Autism Society of America

            www.autism-society.org

• Autism Speaks

            www.autismspeaks.org

• Temple Grandin

            www.templegrandin.com

• BOOK: Free appropriate public education: The law and children with disabilities, HR Turnbull III - 1993 – ERIC
• Parenting stress in families of children with disabilities.TB Smith, MNI Oliver, MS Innocenti - American Journal of …, 2001 - psycnet.apa.org
• Autism Research Institute-Sensory Integration

            www.autism.com/symptoms_sensory_overview