CLASS RESOURCES-week 5

Here are the class resources from week 5. I put my additional resources in purple! I believe these resources are great! I have already started using some of them!

 Position Statements and Influential Practice

·  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, 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, from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap33.pdf

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
This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the video on this webpage 

o    World Organization for Early Childhood Education http://www.omep-usnc.org/
Read about OMEP’s mission.  

o    Association for Childhood Education Internationalhttp://acei.org/about/
Click on “Mission/Vision” and “Guiding Principles and Beliefs” and read these statements.

 Selected 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 Headstart’s National Research Conferencehttp://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//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

·Institute for Women’s Policy Research http://www.iwpr.org/index.cfm

·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.preknow.org/

·Voices for America’s Children http://www.voices.org/

·The Erikson Institute http://www.erikson.edu/

Selected 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

My Resources

* Born Learninghttp://bornlearning.org

*The Child Care Collectionhttp://www.childcarecollection.com

* Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children (IAEYC)http://www.iaeyc.org

 

* Early Childhood News

http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com