Week 5: Resources

Course Resources

Position Statements and Influential Practices

1. 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
2. NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf
3. NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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.

Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being

1. 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
2. World Forum Foundation http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us
3. World Organization for Early Childhood Education http://www.omep-usnc.org/
4. Association for Childhood Education International http://acei.org/

Early Childhood Organizations

1. National Association for the Education of Young Children
   http://www.naeyc.org/
2. The Division for Early Childhood
   http://www.dec-sped.org/
3. Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
   http://www.zerotothree.org/
4. WESTED
   http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm
5. Harvard Education Letter
   http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85
6. FPG Child Development Institute
   http://www.fpg.unc.edu/
7. Administration for Children and Families Headstart's National Research Conference
   http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/
8. HighScope
   http://www.highscope.org/
9. Children's Defense Fund
   http://www.childrensdefense.org/
10. Center for Child Care Workforce
    http://www.ccw.org/
11. Council for Exceptional Children
    http://www.cec.sped.org/
12. Institute for Women's Policy Research
    http://www.iwpr.org/
13. National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
    http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/
14. National Child Care Association
    http://www.nccanet.org/
15. National Institute for Early Education Research
    http://nieer.org/
16. Pre[K]Now
    http://www.pewstates.org/projects/pre-k-now-328067
17. Voices for America's Children
    http://www.voices.org/
18. The Erikson Institute
    http://www.erikson.edu/

Professional Journals

1. YC Young Children
2. Childhood
3. Journal of Child & Family Studies
4. Child Study Journal
5. Multicultural Education
6. Early Childhood Education Journal
7. Journal of Early Childhood Research
8. International Journal of Early Childhood
9. Early Childhood Research Quarterly
10. Developmental Psychology
11. Social Studies
12. Maternal & Child Health Journal
13. International Journal of Early Years Education

Additional Resources

1. Child Care Resource Service for Champaign, Vermillion, Macon, Douglas, Iroquois, and Piatt counties http://ccrs.illinois.edu/
2. Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies http://www.inccrra.org/
3. American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/en-us/Pages/Default.aspx
4. Illinois After School Network http://www.ianetwork.org/
5. National Education Association http://www.nea.org/
6. International Reading Association http://www.reading.org/
7. Champaign County Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children http://www.casa4kids.org/