Resources

·         NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://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

·         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, fromhttp://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf

·         Websites:

·         Administration for Children and Families Head Start’s National Research Conference
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/

·         Center for Child Care Workforce
http://www.ccw.org/

·         Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/

·         Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

·         FPG Child Development Institute
http://www.fpg.unc.edu

·         Harvard Education Letter
http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85

·         Harvard Family Research Project
http://www.hfrp.org/

·         High Scope
http://www.highscope.org/ 

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

·         National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.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.preknow.org/

·         The Division for Early Childhood
http://www.dec-sped.org/

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

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

·         WESTED
http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm

·         World Forum Foundation
http://worldforumfoundation.org

·         World Organization for Early Childhood Education
http://www.omep-usnc.org/

·         Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/

v  American Association of University Professors
http://www.aaup.org

v  American Educational Research Association
http://www.aera.net/

v  Association for Childhood Education International
http://acei.org

v  Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
http://www.ascd.org

v  Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children

http://www.challengingbehavior.org/

v  Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning

http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/

v  Research and Training Center on Early Childhood Development,

http://www.researchtopractice.info/

v  The Campbell Collaboration,

http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/

v  Center of the Study of Social Policy

http://www.cssp.org/

v  The Promising Practices Network,

www.promisingpractices.net

v  Early Childhood Research Institute on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services

http://clas.uiuc.edu/

v  National Association for Bilingual Education

http://www.nabe.org/

v  National Association for Multicultural Education

http://nameorg.org/

v  National Task Force on Early Childhood for Hispanics

http://ecehispanic.org/

v  National Black Child Development Institute

http://nbcdi.org/

v  Child Care Lounge

http://www.childcarelounge.com/child-care-lounge.php

v  Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center

http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/

v  Illinois State Board of Education

http://www.isbe.state.il.us/

v  National Association for Family Child Care
http://nafcc.org/

v  National Association for Multicultural Education
http://nameorg.org/

v  Phi Delta Kappa
http://pdkintl.org/