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Course Resources                                   

·         Course Media: "The Resources for Early Childhood"

     ·         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, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf

·         NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from 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). Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://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.

·         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.omep-usnc.org/

o    Association for Childhood Education International

http://acei.org/

·         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/

    Early Childhood Organizations

 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

Three Additional Resources Related To Young Children And Families, And/Or The Field of Early Childhood.

 International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education: 

International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education (INT-JECSE) is an online, open-access, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal offering scholarly articles on various issues of young children with special needs (0-8 age) and their families.

http://www.int-jecse.net/

Every Child Matters:                        

The Every Child matters Education Fund is a non profit, non partisan organization working to make children, youth, and families a national political priority.

http://everychildmatters.org/

National Head Start Association:

NHSA maintains close relationships with leading independent researchers in the field of early childhood education and helps disseminate their findings. In addition to resources found on this site, NHSA shares findings with the Head Start community through articles in NHSA Dialog (formerly the NHSA Research Quarterly), NHSA’s magazine Children and Families, sessions at NHSA conferences, and other speaking engagements.

 http://www.nhsa.org/