Upon exploring some of the outside links I found one on titled "Military Family Projects" which works to provide awareness with military families and communities. The link lead me to various articles and topics that offer support and suggestions for the military families, child care and how to deal with a wide range of stressful topics, such as deployment.
Another link lead me to the Early Head Start Resource Center. Upon thoroughly searching this site there were links to such topics as: birth to three (offers information on best practices and research in the field), tip sheets (on challenging behaviors, curriculum, screening & assessment, family engagement & relationships,etc), webcasts, TA papers (News you can use, EHS program strategies, and home based program options), news you can use (this months discussed working with children and music), EHS program strategies (five reports illustrating the experiences of Early Head Start programs in meeting the challenges of planning), home-based program options (four publications are for different audiences and address different aspects of the home-based program option; they are intended to be used collaboratively). I also found a early moments matter toolkit that offered a training program for professionals/trainers with parents and/or staff such as: home visitors, teachers, or family advocates. There was so much information that after an hour of reading and searching I still had not looked at all the topics. The web address for this site is http://ehsnrc.org
The site zero to three offers information on equity and excellence in early care and education. The studies showed that this is an on going issue and the it is becoming more and more in demand as both parents are having to work to support the family.
Once issue that was discussed this week was knowing how to best support young children through seperation or divorce. The article offered strategies to help babies, toddlers, and preschoolers navigate this major life change, with the support of loving adults they can continue to feel feel safe and secure throughout the divorce and make a good adaptation to their new family dynamic.
http://www.zerotothree.org
Wanda,
ReplyDeleteI went to the site http://ehsnrc.org wonderful resource. I am a head start teacher and want to work with early head start when I complete this program, so I want to learn all that I can. Right now we only have one early class in our program so it’s been a learn as you go experience. This reports on this site were very interesting to explore. I really liked the early moments matter toolkit; the fact that it can be used by everyone involved with the child is wonderful.
Thanks for sharing. I will definitely bookmark this one!!