Early Childhood News

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CONFERENCES

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Free Webinar: Family, Culture, Program Administration, and Social-Emotional Development- A Lens for ECE Administrators

June 27, 2012 2:00 PM Eastern Time

http://www.earlychildhoodwebinars.org/presentations/family-culture-program-administration-and-social-emotional-development-a-lens-for-ece-administrators/

Cross-modal Integration of Early Category Learning Symposium

6 July 2012

Amsterdam

http://www.csca.uva.nl/csca_news/news.cfm/90D106AD-FA5F-4D51-9D3BB27C53B3C3DD

National Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

October 18–20, 2012

Lawrence, KS

http://www.continuinged.ku.edu/programs/clinicalchild/

National Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference

November 7-10, 2012

Atlanta, Georgia

http://www.naeyc.org/conference/

15th Annual International Conference Education

20-23 May 2013

Athens, Greece

http://www.atiner.gr/

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RESOURCES

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Training in Early Childhood

Beltsville, MD

http://www.pskskids.com/

2012 Summer Courses for Continuing Professional Studies

Bankstreet College of Education, New York City

http://bankstreet.edu/cps/courses/cpssummer2012/

Pathways: Child Development Resources

Brochures and Handouts http://pathways.org/

Videos http://www.pathways.org/top/pathways-videos/

Child Development Perspectives

Early View (Online Version of Record published before inclusion in an issue)

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1750-8606/earlyview

Family-Like Environment Better for Troubled Children and Teens

American Psychological Association, Research in Action

http://www.apa.org/research/action/family.aspx

Full-Day Kindergarten in the States

Children's Defense Fund

http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/state-data-repository/full-day-k/full-day-kindergarten-states-2012.html

Talking to Very Young Children About Divorce

ZERO TO THREE

http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/ONE_PAGE_FINAL_5-14-12.pdf?docID=13461

The Child Indicator: The Child, Youth, and Family Indicators Newsletter

Spring 2012 Vol. 12, Issue No. 2

http://www.childtrends.org/Files/Child_Trends-2012_06_13_CI_Spring2012.pdf

Journal of Early Childhood Research

1 June 2012; Vol. 10, No. 2

http://ecr.sagepub.com/content/vol10/issue2/?etoc

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Using Graphic Organizers in Preschool

http://www.naeyc.org/tyc/article/using_graphic_organizers_in_preschool

“Goodest” Guidance: Teachers and Families Together

http://www.naeyc.org/yc/files/yc/file/201205/GuidanceM_YC0512.pdf

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GRANTS

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Dept of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services: Office of Special Education Programs

Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities: Early Childhood Personnel Center CFDA Number 84.325B Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=177555

Dept of Health and Human Services, Health Resources & Services Administration

Affordable Care Act - Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Grants to Nonprofit Organizations Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=178153

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NEWS

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Does Your Child Really Have ADHD? Perhaps an unchecked sleep problem could be to blame

06/20/12, US News Health

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2012/06/20/does-your-child-really-have-adhd

Using Observation to Evaluate Teachers of Young Children

06/20/12, eye on early education

http://eyeonearlyeducation.org/2012/06/20/using-observation-to-evaluate-teachers-of-young-children/

Do you use technology to teach DLLs?

06/17/12, Language Castle

http://languagecastle.com/wordpress/?p=185

It all starts with early childhood

06/17/12, Indystar

http://www.indystar.com/article/20120617/OPINION06/206170310/

Apple Makes Girls Smarter: How Early Computer Use Among Girls Will Close the Technological Gender Gap

06/16/12, Policymic

http://www.policymic.com/articles/9767/apple-makes-girls-smarter-how-early-computer-use-among-girls-will-close-the-technological-gender-gap

Childhood Obesity Affects Math Performance

06/14/12, ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/childhood-obesity-affects-math-performance/story?id=16559097#.T9oJ_xdfFWJ

My View: Let preschoolers, kindergartners play to learn

06/14/12, CNN

http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/14/my-view-let-preschoolers-kindergartners-play-to-learn/

Fatherhood could alter men's behavior

06/14/12, USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-06-14/fatherhood-alters-behavior/55587288/1

No! Promoting the Self-Regulation of Toddlers and Twos

06/05/12, Teaching Strategies

https://www.teachingstrategies.com/blog/26-no-promoting-the-self-regulation-of-toddlers-and-twos

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ISSUES

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PUBLIC COMMENT SOUGHT FOR RACE TO THE TOP--EARLY LEARNING CHALLENGE - PHASE 2 PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS

U.S. Department of Education, 06/20/2012

http://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USED-457348