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American Academy of Pediatrics: Addressing Early Childhood Emotional and Behavioral Problems

December 2016
A new technical report and policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) provide information about the prevalence of emotional, behavioral, and relationship problems among very young children; the long lasting consequences of these early problems across multiple domains; and effective, safe treatments that are available to enhance outcomes for young children experiencing mental health problems and their families.

DaSy The Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems – Webinar: A Little Privacy Please? Safeguarding the Privacy of Young Children with Disabilities under IDEA and FERPA

This webinar featured privacy and legal experts from the U.S. Department of Education discussing answers to frequently asked questions related to privacy and confidentiality for IDEA early childhood programs. This webinar directly supports OSEP’s recently-released document, Understanding the Confidentiality Requirement Applicable to IDEA Early Childhood Programs Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (PDF).

Resources from the Webinar:

Policy Statement on Media and Young Minds

A new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Media and Young Minds addresses the influence of media on the health and development of children from 0 to 5 years of age, a time of critical brain development, building secure relationships, and establishing health behaviors. It reviews the existing literature on variety of traditional and new technologies, their potential for educational benefit, and related health concerns for young children aged 0 to 5 years.

Project LAUNCH

Nationwide, grantees are pioneering new ways to promote young child wellness through Project LAUNCH (Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health), a federal initiative funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The population of focus is children ages birth to 8. The goal is for all children to enter school with the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical skills they need to succeed. Over five years, Project LAUNCH grantees work to increase the quality and availability of evidence-based programs for children and families, build infrastructure, and improve coordination across child-serving systems. All Project LAUNCH grantees are expected to demonstrate local policy and practice improvements that can be sustained across the state, tribe, or territory. 

  • A November 2016 publication, Implementation of Young Child Wellness Strategies in a Unique Cohort of Local Communities, describes the innovative, community-level strategies used by six grantees used to improve outcomes for children, families and communities, and shares their lessons learned as they sought to bring policy and practice improvements to scale, enhance infrastructure, and implement direct services. The e-Book is rich with creative approaches, lessons learned, and illustrative data from communities that can inform future early childhood efforts both within and outside of the LAUNCH community.

Head Start Center for Inclusion

Our overarching goal is to increase the competence, confidence, and effectiveness of personnel in Head Start programs to include children with disabilities. Look here for training materials, tools for teachers and coordinators, as well as other resources.

Wonder Baby: Perkins School for the Blind

WonderBaby.org, a project funded by Perkins School for the Blind, is dedicated to helping parents of young children with visual impairments as well as children with multiple disabilities. Here you’ll find a database of articles written by parents who want to share with others what they’ve learned about playing with and teaching a blind child, as well as links to meaningful resources and ways to connect with other families.

Vermont Young DLL Tool Kit

Published: March 2016 | Authors: Camille Catlett, Susan M. Moore, & Clara Perez-Mendez
The purpose of this toolkit is to provide early childhood colleagues with evidence-based practices, tools, and strategies to support young Dual Language Learners (DLLs) and their families. Despite a slight emphasis on Vermont, it is broadly applicable for practitioners and others across the country.

Cultural Linguistic Ability Diversity (CLAD)

This website, which we call CLAD, provides a variety of resources that are intentionally identified and selected to support the understanding and application of cultural, linguistic, and ability diversity practices within early childhood education. Learning to include and celebrate CLAD in early childhood environments is essential to supporting the full potential of all young children.

All About Young Children

All About Young Children: Information for Families on Children’s Early Development. This website provides resources for families based on the California Infant/Toddler Learning & Development Foundations and the California Preschool Learning Foundations. This website presents information for families that focuses on key infant/toddler learning and development foundations and preschool learning foundations and includes discussion about those foundations by groups of parents. The information in the website is available in 7 different languages