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How Do Vaccines Work? (Video)
All of us are exposed to germs, every day. Some can be dangerous and make kids very sick, such as measles, polio and diphtheria. For that reason, vaccination is the…
How Helen Keller Learned to Talk (Video)
Helen Keller and Her teacher Anne Macy Sullivan explain how Helen learned to speak. Year:1928. TRANSCRIPT: Anne Sullivan speaking: “When I first saw Helen Keller, She was six years and…
How Parents Widen or Shrink Academic Gaps
This article takes a look how those differences in parent involvement can create hidden disparities that are easy for schools to overlook but hard for poor families to overcome. If you…
How People’s Misconceptions Of Disability Lead To Toxic Microaggressions
Feb 2019 In general, society and the media have two extremely polarizing views on people with disabilities. They are viewed as either remarkable and heroic or victims and pitiful. Since…
How Racism Can Effect Child Development (Infographic)
It’s time to connect these dots. This infographic explains in basic terms how racism, in particular, gets “under the skin” and affects learning, behavior, and lifelong health. There is much…
How Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Can Help Prevent Bullying (Webinar)
This interactive webinar from the Children’s Safety Network focused on the latest research on bullying among children and adolescents and explored strategies for using social and emotional learning (SEL) to…
How to Choose a Preschool
Early childhood education experts say that the type of program you choose is less important than key factors like how teachers interact with students, whether the space is specifically designed…
How to Communicate with a Nonverbal Child
Compares the tools that you would use if you had laryngitis with tools that you would use to communicate with a nonverbal child who has autism. Also has links to…
How to Develop and Facilitate Effective Training: An Online Series for Trainers Who Work with California’s Early Childhood Workforce
How to Develop and Facilitate Effective Training is a series of seven online modules that provides a comprehensive overview of the qualities, knowledge, and skills of effective early childhood trainers.…
How to Find A Place of Kids to Play During the Pandemic
…we can, and we are, translating play online, adapting games, even with young kids, so they can move and laugh and interact over video. And when schools reopen, we have…
How to Handle Tantrums and Meltdowns
“The first thing we have to do to manage tantrums is to understand them. That is not always as easy as it sounds, since tantrums and meltdowns are generated by…
How to Include Students with Disabilities in General Education in 4 Easy Steps
“After I learned about the practical nuts-and-bolts of inclusive education (what it looked like), I found that the biggest barrier wasn’t that people didn’t know how to include students with…
