Fall Newsbrief 2016 (PDF)

Topics in this issue include: Introduction to the newly redesigned MAP website

Parent Center Hub: Legacy Resources from NICHCY

The CPIR is pleased to give a the home to many of the resources developed by NICHCY, the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. NICHCY’s funding ended in October 2013, but many of its products and webpages will live on here, where we can maintain their accuracy and continue to make them available to families, professionals, and Parent Centers.

Building A Culture of Inclusion: 10 Guiding Questions

Building a Culture of Inclusion: 10 Guiding Questions introduces the 2015 federal Policy Statement on Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs and identifies California’s inclusion resources as well as key federal resources and other new resources that support recommendations from the Policy Statement. The resources are framed as the title suggests: Building a Culture of Inclusion: 10 Guiding Questions. This is a must read resource for anyone who is creating or sustaining inclusive settings.

National Academies for Science, Engineering and Medicine

Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council (NRC) were commissioned to explore the implications of the science of child development for the professionals who work with children birth through age 8. In the resulting report, Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation, the committee finds that much is known about what professionals who pro¬vide care and education for children need to know and be able to do and what professional learning supports they need. However, that knowledge is not fully reflected in the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government and other funders who support and oversee these systems. The report offers recommendations to build a workforce that is unified by the foundation of the science of child development and early learning and the shared knowledge and competencies that are needed to provide consistent, high-quality support for the development and early learning of children from birth through age 8.
Parenting Matters: Supporting Parents of Children Ages 0-8
Parenting Matters: Supporting Parents of Children Ages 0-8 reviews research on parenting practices and identifies effective practices. The report, sponsored by a collaborative of federal agencies and highly respected private foundations, also recommends ways agencies and others can support interventions that help more parents learn about effective parenting practices.
This 386 page publication is free to download in its entirety or by chapter. You may be interested in Chapter 5, Targeted Interventions Supporting Parents of Children with Special Needs, Parents Facing Special Adversities and Parents Involved with Child Welfare Services.

US Deparment of Education (USDE): Family Engagement Policy

When families and the institutions where children learn partner in meaningful ways, children have more positive attitudes toward school, stay in school longer, have better attendance, and experience more school success. To further this position, the Departments released a policy statement on the implementation of effective family engagement practices in early childhood and learning programs.

Fall Newsbrief 2016 (PDF)