Early Childhood News

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JOBS
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Full-time lab manager
Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, University of Maryland
http://www.dscn.umd.edu/DSCN/DSCNRAad_4website.pdf



Limited Term Researcher/Project Coordinator
The Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood, University of Delaware
https://wahrprd.nss.udel.edu:4450/psp/RESUME/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=100529&SiteId=888&PostingSeq=1



Job Openings in Administration, Fertility & Family Structure, and Youth Development
Child Trends
http://www.childtrends.org/_catdisp_page.cfm?LID=9842F4C6-F2A6-4C33-A5A883616EDEB544



2012 Johns Hopkins University Laboratory for Child Development
Annual Summer Internship Program
http://www.psy.jhu.edu/~labforchilddevelopment/pages/join.html



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CONFERENCES
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Child Care Aware Parent Network Webinar: Speak Up to Protect Kids
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
Dr. Maria McColgan, board certified Child Abuse Pediatrician and the Director of the Child Protection Program at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/295989490



National Child Care Policy Symposium
Child Care and Education: Unequal Opportunities
March 6-10, 2012
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
http://www.naccrra.org/conferences/2012-national-child-care-policy-symposium/



Women and Work: Taking the Lead Conference
Friday, March 9, 2012 from 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 10, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Albany, NY 12211
http://voicecsea.org/pdf/Women_And_Work_Taking_The_Lead.pdf



International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference
July 8th - 10th, 2012
Sheraton Harborside Hotel, Portsmouth NH
Abstract Submission Deadline March 2, 2012
http://www.unh.edu/frl/conferences



Fragile Families Summer Data Workshop
July 11-13, 2012
Columbia University in New York City
Application deadline is March 18, 2012
http://conferences.cdrs.columbia.edu/cprc



The Children’s Defense Fund National Conference
July 22-25, 2012
Cincinnati, Ohio
http://www.childrensdefense.org/



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RESOURCES
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When the Bough Breaks: The Effects of Homelessness on Young Children
CHILD TRENDS: EARLY CHILDHOOD HIGHLIGHTS
http://www.childtrends.org/Files//Child_Trends-2012_02_16_ECH_Homelessness.pdf?utm_source=Homelessness+among+Young+Children



California Association for the Education of Young Children
NAEYC National Dialogue
http://youtu.be/74ICpHHJRyk



Five Numbers to Remember About Early Child Development
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/multimedia/interactive_features/five-numbers/



Healthy Solutions for Picky Eaters: Tips for your toddler
What to Expect
http://www.whattoexpect.com/toddler/photo-gallery/healthy-solutions-for-picky-eaters.aspx



New Research Highlights
Research Connections
http://www.researchconnections.org/childcare/new-research#anchor22570?



Child Trends’ The Child Indicator Newsletter
Winter 2012 issue
http://www.childtrends.org/Files//Child_Chrends-2012_02_21_CI_Winter2012.pdf



A Count for Quality: Child Care Center Directors on Rating and Improvement Systems
CLASP and the National Women’s Law Center
http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/ACountforQualityQRISReport.pdf



Free Journal Articles
Applied Psychological Measurement, Volumes 1-20
http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/93227



Children Living in America's High-Poverty Communities: A KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2012
http://www.aecf.org/KnowledgeCenter/Publications.aspx?pubguid=%7bDF6A3A0E-9AA3-405E-9FB9-E1D9C80C5E5C%7d



A Look at Child Poverty in New York State
NYS Council on Children and Families
http://www.ccf.state.ny.us/Init/KidsCount/kcResources/ChildPoverty.pdf



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GRANTS
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Health Resources & Services Administration
Coordinating Grant for Children’s Vision Screening
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=143693



TEACH GRANT FUNDING, Grand Canyon University
Bachelors/Masters in Education Degree Programs
http://www.gcu.edu/COFAP-Tuition-and-Financing/TEACH-Grant.php



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NEWS
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Preschools add tech to the curriculum
By Michael B. Farrell, Boston Globe, 2/21/12
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2012/02/21/looking-for-budding-engineers-preschool/1uDwK2F0zR6YELyQkIxDzO/story.html



Child-care gains in Westchester being reversed
By Kathleen Halas, Lohud, 2/21/12
http://www.lohud.com/article/20120222/OPINION/302220020/Child-care-gains-Westchester-being-reversed



Study: Puzzle Play May Help Develop Some Math Skills
By Julie Rasicot, Education Week, 2/20/12
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2012/02/study_puzzle_play_may_help_develop_some_math_skills.html



Child Care as a Weapon
Exchange Press, 2/17/12
http://www.childcareexchange.com/eed/issue/3012/



Westchester DSS confronts day-care issue head-on
Kevin McGuire, Lohud.com, 2/16/12
http://www.lohud.com/article/20120217/OPINION/302170012/Westchester-DSS-confronts-day-care-issue-head-on



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OUTREACH
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American Birthright Project
Help Us Name Our Documentary!
http://americanbirthrightmedia.org/help-us-name-our-documentary

Early Childhood News

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JOBS
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Several Positions Available
The Watson Institute
http://www.thewatsoninstitute.org/careerListing.jsp



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CONFERENCES
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Post-Budget Conference Call Update: What to Expect for Early Childhood in 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 3:00 p.m. Eastern
National Women's Law Center
http://action.nwlc.org/site/Survey?ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&SURVEY_ID=13460



2012 SAEYC Early Childhood Educators' Spring Conference
SUPPORTING YOUNG CHILDREN WITH CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Drivers Village in Cicero, NY
http://www.saeyc.org/Calendar%20Events/March.html



10th Annual New York State School Age Care Training Institute
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Rochester Airport Holiday Inn
http://www.afterschoolworksny.org/media/Rochester_Registration12.pdf



National Head Start Association 39th Annual Conference
Research-to-Practice Symposium
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
http://www.nhsa.org/39th_annual_conference__special_events_descriptions



Nutrition Outreach and Education Program's 4th Annual Outreach Convention
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Holiday Inn Albany, NY
http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102343548407-100/Guest+RSVP+form+2012+PDF.pdf



International Network on Early Childhood Health Development
MODELS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES: AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
June 5-6, 2012
Hotel Omni Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Early Bird Fee until April 1, 2012
http://www.ecservicesconf2012.ca/



42nd Annual National Black Child Development Institute Conference
October 6-9, 2012
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Deadline for all submissions is Friday, February 17, 2012
http://nbcdi.org/conferences/2012-2/



ZERO TO THREE’s 27th National Training Institute (NTI)
Thursday, November 29 – Saturday, December 1, 2012
Pre-Institute Wednesday, November 28
Los Angeles Marriott LA Live, Los Angeles, CA
http://www.zttnticonference.org/



ELA 2012: Colloque International Early Language Acquisition
December 5-7, 2012
Lyon, France
http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/colloques/ELA2012/



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Want to Improve Child Well-being? Play Time's a Good Start
By Stephanie Schmit, Center for Law and Social Policy
http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0355



Journal of Early Childhood Research
A new issue: 1 February 2012; Vol. 10, No. 1
http://ecr.sagepub.com/content/vol10/issue1/?etoc



States Can Look to Child Care Policies to Improve Screening Rates
By Christine Johnsohn-Staub, Feb 15, 2012
http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0358



Frequent Residential Mobility and Young Children’s Well-Being
Child Trends, Research Brief
http://www.childtrends.org/Files//Child_Trends-2012_02_14_RB_Mobility.pdf



Powerful Interactions
By Judy Jablon and Amy Laura Dombro, February 13, 2012
http://bankstreetcollege.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/powerful-interactions/



ZERO TO THREE

Free Journal Article: Maximizing Partnerships With Parents and Pediatricians: The Role of Early Childhood Specialists
http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/MaximizingPartnershipsParentsPediatricians.pdf?docID=13061

Little Kids, Big Questions: A series of 12 free on-line podcasts
http://www.zerotothree.org/about-us/funded-projects/parenting-resources/podcast/



National Association for the Education of Young Children

New Book: Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 (3d ed.)
http://www.naeyc.org/store/node/162

Free Article: The Digital Camera: A Tool for Creative Teaching by Bonnie Blagojevic and Anne Sprague
http://www.naeyc.org/files/tyc/file/digital.pdf



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GRANTS
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ED - Department of Education
Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP): Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (KTDRR Center) CFDA Number 84.133A-13 Grant
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=143853



Health Resources & Services Administration
Child and Adolescent Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Centers (CAIVP) Cooperative Agreement Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=143734



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How Much Sleep Do Kids Need? New Study Suggests We Need More Research
by Paul Nyhan, Birth to Thrive, 2/14/12
http://birthtothrive.thrivebyfivewa.org/post/2012/02/14/How-Much-Sleep-Do-Kids-Need-New-Study-Suggests-We-Need-More-Research.aspx



Erie County to Expand Subsidized Day Care Program
By Ed Reilly, WKBW-DT/TV, 2/13/12
http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/Erie-County-to-Expand-Subsidized-Day-Care-Program-139258298.html



Counting Fathers as Babysitters: Why It Matters
Kristin Maschka, The Huffington Post, 2/13/12
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristin-maschka/childcare-census_b_1272219.html



Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies Say
By SABRINA TAVERNISE, NY Times, 2/9/12
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/education/education-gap-grows-between-rich-and-poor-studies-show.html



Helping Preschoolers Develop Healthy Eating Habits
By Julie Rasicot, Education Week, 2/9/12
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2012/02/helping_preschoolers_develop_healthy_eating_habits.html



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ADVOCACY
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Winning Beginning NY
Legislative Agenda 2012
http://www.winningbeginningny.org/documents/wbny_legask_feb2012.pdf



NYS Early Childhood Advisory Council
QUALITYstarsNY brochure
http://www.ccf.state.ny.us/Initiatives/ECACRelate/WG/Quality/Resources/ECAC_BrochureLowRes.pdf



National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
FY 2013 Federal Budget and Appropriations
http://www.naccrra.org/public-policy/policy-issues/budget-and-funding



Petition to Ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
http://www.childrightscampaign.org/take-action/ask-the-president/petition?view=form



National Association for the Education of Young Children
Children's Champions Policy Update, February 9, 2012
http://www.naeyc.org/policy_federal_2_9_12



“Brain Builders” video
From the Invest in US
http://www.investinus.org/brain-builders



Strong Foundations #B25 Social Media Campaign
Birth to Five Policy Alliance
http://www.birthtofivepolicy.org/Advocacy/SocialMedia/tabid/115/Default.aspx

Early Childhood News

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JOBS
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Johns Hopkins University Laboratory for Child Development
2012 Summer Internship Program
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY MARCH 5, 2012
http://www.psy.jhu.edu/~labforchilddevelopment/



Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor of Child Development
Department of Human Development and Family Science
University of Texas at Austin
http://he.utexas.edu/hdfs



Full-Time Research Data Manager
The University of Maryland's Child Development Lab
https://mirroringdevelopment.uchicago.edu/jobs.shtml



Child Protection Clinical Director
Cook County Juvenile Court Clinic
Chicago, Illinois
http://jobs.psyccareers.com/jobs/4633117/child-protection-clinical-director



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Toxic Stress of Early Childhood Adversity: Rethinking Health & Education Policy
Tuesday, February 7, 3-4 P.M. ET
Harvard School of Public Health
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/forum/toxic-stress-of-early-childhood-adversity.cfm



2012 National Child Care Policy Symposium
“Child Care and Education: Unequal Opportunities”
March 6-10, 2012
Washington, D.C.
Regular Registration Ends on February 19
http://www.naccrra.org/conferences/2012-national-child-care-policy-symposium



17th annual New York State Child Abuse Prevention Conference
“Diverse Paths, Common Dreams”
April 16-18, 2012
Marriott Hotel, Albany, NY
http://www.preventchildabuseny.org/news_events/nys-child-abuse-prevention-conference/



18th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
April 16-20, 2012
Washington, DC
http://www.pal-tech.com/web/OCAN/



2012 Military Child Education Coalition Research Training Symposium
“Understanding America’s Military-Connected Youth through Positive Youth Development”
June 26-27th, 2012
Applications are due by April 1, 2012
http://www.militarychild.org/annual-conference/early-career-researchers/



5th Annual Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology
July 30-August 1, 2012, Orlando, FL
March 14, 2013, Washington, DC
Deadline to submit: March 12, 2012
http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/leadership/index.aspx



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Findings from the 2009-2010 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (January 19, 2012)
Multimedia streaming archive of the web conference
http://altarum.adobeconnect.com/p7xqqhftidv/



Children of Alcoholics Week, Feb 12-18
Informational poster
http://www.nacoa.org/coaweek2011_poster.html



5 Tips for Talking to Children at Play
By Marissa Rasavong, Education Week
http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/02/07/tln_rasavong.html?tkn=ZWQFRJkBDSFun23f32QEEkQ2hv5/w5ItyKmC&cmp=ENL-TU-NEWS1



Examining State-Level Patterns in Teen Childbearing: 1991-2009
Child Trends Research Brief
http://www.childtrends.org/Files//Child_Trends-2012_02_01_RB_TeenBirthRate.pdf



Coaching and Quality Assistance in Quality Rating Improvement Systems: Approaches Used by TA Providers to Improve Quality in Early Care and Education Programs and Home-based Settings
National Center for Children in Poverty, January 2012
http://nccp.org/publications/pub_1047.html



Revised Center/School-Based Standards
QUALITYstarsNY
http://qualitystarsny.org/pdf/QUALITYstarsNY_Center-School-Based-Standards_2012.pdf



National Association for the Education of Young Children

Free Article: Assessing and Scaffolding Make-Believe Play
http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/201201/Leong_Make_Believe_Play_Jan2012.pdf

Online Q&A with authors of Spotlight on Infants and Toddlers, Feb 20–24, 2012
http://www.naeyc.org/onlineevents

Playing with Music at Home
http://www.naeyc.org/files/tyc/file/MessageV1N2.pdf



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GRANTS
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AACE Conference Student Scholarship Program
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
https://www.aace.org/foundation/scholarships/



Building a Lasting Legacy Campaign Institute Scholarships
National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/legacy/institute_scholarship



US DHHS, Health Resources and Services Administration
Maternal & Child Health Open Opportunities
http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/index.html#Maternal & Child Health Open Opportunities



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The Census Bureau Counts Fathers as ‘Child Care’
By KJ DELL'ANTONIA, NYTimes, 2/8/12
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/the-census-bureau-counts-fathers-as-child-care/



Researchers to Examine Language Comprehension in Toddlers
By Lesli A. Maxwell, Education Week, 2/8/12
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2012/02/researchers_to_examine_role_of_early_language_comprehension_in_literacy.html



Parenting Skills Prevent Kids' Obesity
Newsmax, 2/8/12
http://www.newsmaxhealth.com/health_stories/parenting_skills_obesity/2012/02/08/432604.html



High-quality child care found good for children -- and their mothers
Sarah Hutcheon, Society for Research in Child Development, 2/8/12
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/sfri-hcc020112.php



Education advocates: State cuts to early learning costly in long term
By Scott Waldman, Times Union, 2/7/12
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Education-advocates-State-cuts-to-early-learning-3106012.php



Groups Call On Cuomo To Restore Aid For Pre-K Programs
Joseph Spector, The Journal News, 2/7/12
http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2012/02/07/groups-call-on-cuomo-to-restore-aid-for-pre-k-programs/



Fair-share payment puzzles some child-care providers
MIRANDA ORSO, Press-Republican, 2/7/12
http://pressrepublican.com/0100_news/x991869395/Fair-share-payment-puzzles-some-child-care-providers



Another Trick for Getting Kids to Eat Their Veggies: Serve Them Less
By Beth Fontenot, Atlantic, 2/4/12
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/02/another-trick-for-getting-kids-to-eat-their-veggies-serve-them-less/252424/



Study: Hugs, Encouragement Help Kids' Brains Grow
By Julie Rasicot, Education Week, 2/3/12
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2012/02/study_hugs_encouragement_help_kids_brains_grow.html



Positive Parenting During Early Childhood May Prevent Obesity
Newswise, 2/3/12
http://www.newswise.com/articles/positive-parenting-during-early-childhood-may-prevent-obesity



Children’s Books Increasingly Ignore Natural World
By Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune, 1/30/12
http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/childrens-books-increasingly-ignore-natural-world-39391/



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Early Education & Development, Call for Papers
Special Issue: Social and Emotional Learning in Early Education
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10409289.2012.654067



Become a Special Education Teacher - NEW Grant-Funded Graduate Program
School of Education, University at Albany, State University of New York
Application Deadline: March 1, 2012
http://www.albany.edu/education/20405.php



Free QUALITYstarsNY Readiness Project Workshops throughout NY
Early Care & Learning Council
http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/programs/management-training/QSNYReadinessProject1.cfm



US Office of Head Start is seeking Grant Reviewers
Application Deadline is February 27th, 2012
http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/hs/dr/grant_reviewers.html



Winning Beginning NY

Media Advisory: New Report Details Years of Pre-K Cuts, Despite Available Funding & Big Economic Benefits
http://www.winningbeginningny.org/documents/press_advisory_prekcutsreport_7feb2012.pdf

Report: Early Childhood Education: Frozen Funding Leads to Cracks in the Foundation
http://winningbeginningny.org/documents/frozenfunding_prekcracks_report_7feb2012_000.pdf

Evaluation Capacity Building through Local Partnerships

Hello. I am Asil Ozdogru, an evaluation specialist with the Early Care & Learning Council in Albany, NY. In the realm of nonprofits and smaller-size organizations, capacity to conduct quality evaluations can be enriched through partnerships with local and regional entities. Establishing or enhancing relationships with key individuals and organizations plays an essential role in attaining additional technical and staffing support.

Hot Tips:

• Form an agency-wide evaluation advisory or steering committee composed of experienced academicians and professionals from higher education institutions and research organizations in your region. Those committees can be very helpful, not only in improving the design and implementation of evaluations, but also in establishing working relationships with other organizations. To identify candidates, check with colleagues and stakeholders in your community of practice.
• Develop a volunteer or internship program for college students in your agency. This kind of experiences helps students to develop skills necessary in workplaces; organizations benefit from additional staff support. You can reach out to the career offices in local colleges to advertise your program.
• Establish relationships with local professors and professionals to solicit help on specialized projects. For example, some of the complex data management needs of evaluators can be appropriate class projects for advanced students in information and computer science programs. Local nonprofit organizations or a small business could be viable partners for design and marketing purposes.

Resources:

• National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator is a free online search tool that helps users find higher education institutions with any given criteria.
• A fact sheet from the U.S. Department of Education on developing and maintaining effective advisory committees.
• Standards and guidelines of internship programs from the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education and the Starting and Maintaining a Quality Internship Program manual from the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania.

Citation: Özdoğru, A. A. (2012, February 2). Asil Ozdogru on Evaluation Capacity Building through Local Partnerships [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://aea365.org/blog/?p=5781

Early Childhood News

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JOBS
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Researcher, Fussy Baby Network
Requisition Number 089033
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
https://jobopportunities.uchicago.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=553715



Director, QRIS National Learning Network
The BUILD Initiative
http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102634765558-39/JobDescription+QRIS+NLN+Dir+Feb+2012+rev.pdf



Associate Director
Job No.: H60048
UCLA TIES for Families
https://jobs2.mednet.ucla.edu/css_external/CSSPage_JobDetail.ASP?T=20120130090430&



Open Rank Tenure Track, Early Childhood Faculty Position
Department of Education, University of California, Irvine
https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/details/JPF01687



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CONFERENCES
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Investing in America's Future Workforce: Effective Workforce Development Starts in Our Children's Earliest Years
Friday, February 10 from 3:00 - 4:00 pm ET
https://www323.livemeeting.com/cc/americaspromise/join?id=G5B34B&role=attend



National Child Care Policy Symposium
Child Care and Education: Unequal Opportunities
March 6-10, 2012
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
Regular Registration Ends on February 19
http://www.naccrra.org/conferences/2012-national-child-care-policy-symposium



2012 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting
April 13 – 17, 2012
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Early bird rates are available only through March 2
http://aera.net/2012AnnualMeeting.htm



Association for Psychological Science 24th Annual Convention
May 24-27, 2012
Chicago, IL
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/convention



NAEYC 21st National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development
“Leadership throughout the Early Childhood Profession: Research, Policy, and Practice”
June 10-13, 2012
Indianapolis, IN
http://www.naeyc.org/institute/



Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Biennial Conference
“Changing Societies: Learning From and For Research, Social Action, and Policy”
June 22-24, 2012
Charlotte, NC
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: February 20, 2012
http://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=480&parentID=473



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Journal of “Infant and Child Development”
New special issue 'Family Processes and Child Adjustment'
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/icd.v21.1/issuetoc



The Recession’s Ongoing Impact on America’s Children: Indicators of Children's Economic Well-Being Through 2011
The Brookings Institution, First Focus, December 2011
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2011/1220_children_wellbeing_isaacs.aspx



From Crib to Classroom: Developing Language and Skills for Reading
invest in us
http://investinus.org/crib-classroom-developing-language-and-skills-reading



FrameWorks year-in-review newsletter
Children's mental health issues
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs040/1102110589910/archive/1108939612160.html



APA Committee on Children, Youth, and Families
Winter 2012 Newsletter
http://www.apa.org/pi/families/resources/newsletter/index.aspx



Child Abuse and Neglect Cost the United States $124 Billion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childmaltreatment/EconomicCost.html



National and State-Level Estimates of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Eligibles and Program Reach, 2000–2009 Final Report
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Research and Analysis, December 2011
http://www.fns.usda.gov/ora/MENU/Published/WIC/FILES/WICEligibles2000-2009Vol1.pdf



National Association for the Education of Young Children

What You Need to Lead an Early Childhood Program: Emotional Intelligence in Practice By Holly Elissa Bruno
http://www.naeyc.org/store/node/17253

Our Inquiry, Our Practice: Undertaking, Supporting, and Learning from Early Childhood Teacher Research(ers)
http://www.naeyc.org/store/node/17248

Information and Resources for the Week of the Young Child
http://www.naeyc.org/woyc

State Early Care and Education Public Policy Developments: Fiscal Year 2012
http://www.naeyc.org/policy/statetrends/state-early-care-education-policy-developments-FY12



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GRANTS
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Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (P30)
National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-12-004.html



National Maternal and Child Health Data Resource Center Cooperative Agreement Program
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/SFO.asp?ID=6EF819B7-8CD4-4FF4-A271-2DA594807AC5



National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Learning Disabilities Innovation Hubs (R24)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-12-203.html



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NEWS
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Common-Core Work Must Include Teacher Development: Standards movement must embrace teacher professional learning
By Stephanie Hirsh, Education Week, January 31, 2012
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/02/01/19hirsh.h31.html



Study: Kindergartners' Attentiveness Key to Later Success
By Julie Rasicot, Education Week, January 31, 2012
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2012/01/study_kindergarteners_attentiveness_key_to_developing_good_work_skills.html



Kids Missing From State of the Union
Billy Shore, Huffington Post, 01/30/2012
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/billy-shore/kids-missing-from-state-o_b_1242388.html



By The Numbers: Autism Is Not a Math Problem
By Ferris Jabr, Scientific American, January 30, 2012
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=autism-math-problem



Ups and downs seen in day care industry
By Blake Jones, The Post-Star, Saturday, January 28, 2012
http://poststar.com/business/local/ups-and-downs-seen-in-day-care-industry/article_5cd652aa-49da-11e1-97d2-001871e3ce6c.html



How the Recession Has Affected Your Kids in an Unexpected Way
By Alice G. Walton, The Atlantic, Jan 26, 2012
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/01/how-the-recession-has-affected-your-kids-in-an-unexpected-way/251475/



USDA Unveils Historic Improvements to Meals Served in America’s Schools
USDA Office of Communications, Jan. 25. 2012
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cga/PressReleases/2012/0023.htm



Early Education a Crime-Fighting Weapon?
By Julie Rasicot, Education Week Early Years blog, January 25, 2012
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2012/01/early_education_a_crime_fighting_weapon.html



Teachers take to Twitter to improve craft and commiserate
By Emma Brown, Washington Post, January 21
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teachers-take-to-twitter-to-improve-craft-and-commiserate/2012/01/19/gIQAGv8UGQ_story.html



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ADVOCACY
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Child Care Tax Credits Outreach
National Women’s Law Center
http://www.nwlc.org/tax-credits-outreach



NYS Legislative Task Force Releases New State Assembly and Senate District Lines
http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-york-state-legislative-task-force.html



National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
Background Check Campaign
http://www.naccrra.org/public-policy/advocacy-campaigns/background-checks



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