Early Childhood Course Resources

Part 1: Position Statements and Influential Practices

• NAEYC.(2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs servicing children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010,from http://www.nayec.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap 
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse and 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/nayec/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.org
• 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_infanttoddler. 
• 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.

Part 2: 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:
• • World Forum Foundationhttp://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us
    This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the media segment on this webpage
  • World Organization for Early Childhood Educationhttp://www.omep-usnc.org/
    Read about OMEP's mission.
  • Association for Childhood Education Internationalhttp://acei.org/
    Click on "Mission/Vision" and "Guiding Principles and Beliefs" and read these statements.

 

Part 3: 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/
• Administration for Children and Families Headstart's National Research Conferencehttp://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/
• HighScopehttp://www.highscope.org/
• Children's Defense Fundhttp://www.childrensdefense.org/
• Center for Child Care Workforcehttp://www.ccw.org/
• Council for Exceptional Childrenhttp://www.cec.sped.org/
• Institute for Women's Policy Researchhttp://www.iwpr.org/
• National Center for Research on Early Childhood Educationhttp://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/
• National Child Care Associationhttp://www.nccanet.org/
• National Institute for Early Education Researchhttp://nieer.org/
• Pre[K]Nowhttp://www.pewstates.org/projects/pre-k-now-328067
• Voices for America's Childrenhttp://www.voices.org/
• The Erikson Institutehttp://www.erikson.edu/

Additional Reference List:

• Child Development Institute- http://childdevelopmentinfo.com/category/development/
• Read Tennessee- http://www.readtennessee.org/community/resource_networks.aspx
• Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning-http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/index.html