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Policy Statement: Supporting the Development of Young Children in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities Who Are Affected by Alcohol and Substance Exposure (PDF)
The purpose of this U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) policy statement is to support early childhood programs and tribal communities by providing recommendations that promote the early…
Policy Statement on Supporting the Development of Children Who are Dual Language Learners in Early Childhood Programs (PDF)
A major challenge facing early childhood education and the K–12 education system in the United States is the fact that as the population changes, the particular needs of children change…
Policy Statement on Early Childhood Career Pathways (PDF)
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council’s (NRC) 2015 report, Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth to Eight, offers recommendations for building a high quality early childhood workforce…
Policy Statement to Support the Alignment of Health and Early Learning Systems (PDF)
This statement provides policy and program recommendations from HHS and ED to improve young children’s access to needed services and transform delivery systems to improve health and early learning outcomes…
Policy Statement on Expulsion and Suspension Policies in Early Childhood Settings (PDF)
This Information Memorandum (IM) encourages Lead Agencies to adopt policies set forth in the Policy Statement on Expulsion and Suspension in Early Childhood Settings issued by the U.S. Departments of…
Policy Statement on Family Engagement (PDF)
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…
Policy Statement on Inclusion for Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood – 2015 (PDF)
The policy statement was written with the input of early learning professionals, families, and other early learning stakeholders. Though it focuses on including young children with disabilities, it is ED’s…
Policy Statement on Inclusion for Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood – 2023 Update
The U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released an updated joint-policy statement on supporting the inclusion of children with disabilities in early childhood programs.…
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…
Position Statement of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Framework in Early Childhood
This position statement replaces the 2013 Frameworks for Response to Intervention in Early Childhood: Description and Implications. The purpose of the revised statement is to define an early childhood multitiered…
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
The TA Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports has been established by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education to give schools capacity-building information and technical…
Positive Discipline
Positive Discipline is dedicated to providing education and resources that promote and encourage the ongoing development of life-skills and respectful relationships in family, school, business, and community systems. This site…
