Early Childhood News

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JOBS

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Child Care Jobs

Care.com

http://www.care.com/child-care-jobs

Research Project Manager or Senior Research Project Manager

Child Trends

https://home2.eease.adp.com/recruit2/?id=2876282&t=2

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CONFERENCES

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Webinar: The Secret Ingredients of Early Childhood App Development That Will Make Your Apps Rise to The Top

August 1, 2012, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/345334225

Webinar: Children and Cars: What You Need to Know

August 1, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/491603506

NAEYC’s Training-of-Trainers for Program Administrators

August 15-16, 2012

Washington, DC

http://www.cvent.com/events/training-of-trainers-for-program-administrators/event-summary-cc7fdc059edc4ec58c3e6a4622b4cb57.aspx

11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education

January 6-9, 2013

Honolulu, Hawaii

Submission/Proposal Deadline: August 10th, 2012

http://www.hiceducation.org/

2013 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting

April 18 - 20, 2013

Seattle, Washington, USA

Submission Deadline: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT

http://www.srcd.org/submissions2013/2013_Call_for_Submissions.pdf

2013 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting

April 27 - May 1, 2013

San Francisco, CA

Deadline for submitting proposals is Monday, July 23

http://www.aera.net/tabid/10208/Default.aspx

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RESOURCES

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Interview With Jane Annunziata About A Child's First Book About Play Therapy

American Psychological Association

http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/interviews/4317180-annunziata.aspx

First-Time Kindergartners in 2010-11: First Findings From the Kindergarten Rounds of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11

National Center for Education Statistics

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012049

Top Tips for Preventing Hyperthermia

Safe Kids USA

http://www.safekids.org/safety-basics/safety-guide/kids-in-and-around-cars/never-leave-your-child-alone-tips.html

Child Development Perspectives

Early view

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

Early Care & Learning Council

July 2012 Newsletter

http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/media-room/documents/EarlyCareandLearningCouncilNewsletterJuly2012.pdf

Annie E. Casey Foundation

2012 Kids Count Data Book

http://datacenter.kidscount.org/DataBook/2012/

Interactive Data Wheel

http://datacenter.kidscount.org/databook/2012/datawheel.aspx

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Helping Children Cooperate

http://www.naeyc.org/yc/files/yc/file/201111/Helping_Children_Cooperate_Online_1111.pdf

Building a Lasting Legacy Campaign Annual Conference Scholarships

http://www.naeyc.org/legacy/scholarship

Summer Giveaway

http://www.naeyc.org/summer_giveaway

Child Care Aware

In The States: Child care licensing

http://www.naccrra.org/node/2495

Child Care State Fact Sheets

http://www.naccrra.org/public-policy/resources/child-care-state-fact-sheets-0

Why Aren’t We Outraged? Children Dying in Child Care Across America

http://www.naccrra.org/sites/default/files/default_site_pages/2012/why_arent_we_outraged_july_22.pdf

Zero to Three

Free Journal Article: Child–Parent Psychotherapy and Traumatic Exposure to Violence

http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/Reyes_copy_for_the_Insider.pdf?docID=13741

Talking to Very Young Children About Divorce

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

On Your Lap, In Your Heart: Resources for grandparents

http://www.zerotothree.org/child-development/grandparents/

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GRANTS

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Young Scholars Program

Foundation for Child Development

The deadline for proposals is Thursday, November 1, 2012

http://fcd-us.org/our-work/new-american-children/young-scholars-program-ysp

2012 Victoria S. Levin Award for Early Career Success in Young Children’s Mental Health Research

Society for Research in Child Development

http://www.srcd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=656&Itemid=255

US Department of Education

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) Program CFDA Number 84.215G Modification 1

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=183113

US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health

Development of Mathematical Cognition and Reasoning and the Prevention of Math Learning Disabilities (R01) Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=186693

US Department of Health and Human Services

Health Resources & Services Administration Affordable Care Act? Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Grants to Nonprofit Organizations Modification 1

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

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NEWS

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Mental Abuse of Kids Leaves Lifelong Scars

07/30/12, USNews Health

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/07/30/mental-abuse-of-kids-leaves-lifelong-scars

Election chatter glosses over our child-care morass

07/30/12, Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/election-chatter-glosses-over-our-child-care-morass/2012/07/30/gJQAnZ9RLX_story.html

Does having kids make you less happy?

07/30/12, CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/30/opinion/etzioni-children/index.html

Using an iPad in a Grade One Classroom

07/30/12, Learning and Sharing with Ms. Lirenman

http://learningandsharingwithmsl.blogspot.com/2012/07/using-ipad-in-grade-one-classroom.html

Writing children's apps

07/29/12, nosy crow

http://nosycrow.com/blog/writing-childrens-apps

Child Care Aware® of America Supports the Infant and Toddler Quality Improvement Act

07/26/12, Child Care Aware® of America

http://www.naccrra.org/news-room/press-releases/2012/7/child-care-aware%C2%AE-of-america-supports-the-infant-and-toddler-quality

Caregivers nationwide urged to think ‘Where's baby? Look before you lock.'

07/26/12, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

http://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/Press+Releases/2012/NHTSA+and+Safe+Kids+Worldwide+Announce+New+Partnership+to+Prevent+Child+Heatstroke+Deaths+in+Hot+Cars

Homework overload gets an 'F' from experts

07/27/12, NBC News

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/48343652/ns/today-back_to_school/#.UBK1Y2HY8aB

Why Does The New York Times Rely on Opinion Instead of Evidence When it Comes to Breastfeeding?

07/26/12, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

http://www.healthcanal.com/pregnancy-childbirth/31133-Why-Does-The-New-York-Times-Rely-Opinion-Instead-Evidence-When-Comes-Breastfeeding.html

Kindergarten Class of 2011: A Snapshot

07/26/12, Education Week

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2012/07/kindergarten_class_of_2011_a_snapshot.html

How Parents' Stress Can Hurt a Child, From the Inside Out

07/25/12, Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2012/07/25/how-parents-stress-can-hurt-a-child-from-the-inside-out/

Economic distress does a number on children

07/25/12, USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-07-25/children-welfare/56465992/1?csp=34news

Improving Children’s Well-Being Must Include Policy Focus on Racial, Ethnic Backgrounds

07/25/12, CLASP

http://www.clasp.org/issues/in_focus?type=child_care_and_early_education&id=0385

Bernanke Champions Early Childhood Education

07/24/12, Wall Street Journal

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/07/24/bernanke-champions-early-childhood-education/

Early Childhood Education

07/24/12, Federal Reserve

http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20120724a.htm

Social deprivation hurts child brain development, study finds

07/24/12, Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-orphan-brains-20120724,0,1723553.story

Special Education Problems We Aren’t Solving

07/23/12, walrus51

http://walrus51.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/special-education-problems-we-arent-solving/

Parenting: How Money Struggles Change Things -- And How They Don't

07/23/12, Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peggy-drexler/parenting-how-money-strug_b_1694698.html

Putting Learning Connections to Work with Early Childhood Technology

07/20/12, ECETech

http://www.ecetech.net/uncategorized/putting-learning-connections-to-work-with-early-childhood-technology/

Group: Early childhood education is good business sense

07/20/12, Journal Star

http://journalstar.com/news/local/education/41c5d88e-022a-59ee-8608-61a26e38cba5.html

US Childcare System Makes 'Having It All' All the More Difficult

07/18/12, Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-grindal/us-childcare-system-makes_b_1684461.html

PNC Foundation Targets Early Childhood Education, Community Development

07/17/12, Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rahimkanani/2012/07/17/pnc-foundation-targets-early-childhood-education-community-development/

Top 5 Worst Lunch Foods for Kids

07/17/12, Shine from Yahoo

http://shine.yahoo.com/team-mom/top-5-worst-lunch-foods-kids-185900216.html

Is your child media savvy?

07/17/12, Boston Children's Hospital

http://childrenshospitalblog.org/is-your-child-media-savvy/

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ADVOCACY

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Policy Update: NAEYC Children's Champions Alert

National Association for the Education of Young Children

http://www.naeyc.org/policy/federal/7_20_12

Be Careful What You Cut

Children's Defense Fund

http://www.childrensdefense.org/be-careful-what-you-cut/index.html

Jumpstart's Read for the Record® National Campaign

October 4, 2012

http://www.jstart.org/campaigns/read-record

Quality for Kids Campaign

Early Care & Learning Council

http://qualityforkids.org/

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NRCCFPP 2012

A Look at Legally-Exempt Child Care in New York State

Asil Ali Özdoğru, Rebekah M. Widrick, and Jessica Klos Shapiro

Legally-exempt care is a type of informal child care in New York State that is exempt from licensing. New York State ranks high among the states in terms of its percentage of subsidized children in license-exempt care settings. Given the importance of quality early care and education experiences on individual well-being and societal progress, status and conditions of legally-exempt child care in New York State deserves more attention and investigation. This paper provides a descriptive and exploratory look at legally-exempt child care and provides policy recommendations after a review of the literature, a survey of a select group of states, and key informant interviews.

The literature shows that unlicensed child care, provided by family, friends, and neighbors (FFN), has strengths and weaknesses like all other forms of care. The quality of care provided by FFN providers shows a great variety depending on the provider competence and motivation as well as structural and procedural arrangements of the care. A small number of studies on the developmental outcomes of children attending these care settings show a mixed set of findings. A mixed-mode survey of eight other states, CA, IL, MI, NC, OK, OR, PA, and WA, was conducted in order to compare New York State to those selected states. Results from the survey show that there is diversity among states in terms of funding, reimbursement, inspections, provider requirements, and support services for license-exempt child care. Interviews with a select group of key informants provided perspectives from different parts of the system including providers, Child Care Resource & Referral agencies, unions, benefits experts, and researchers.

This paper provides three sets of recommendations for policymakers based on its findings: 1) Increase requirements for legally-exempt care to receive state/federal funding; 2) Support and strengthen the legally-exempt system; and 3) Develop a stronger regulated system that is focused on quality.

Citation: Özdoğru, A. A., Widrick, R. M., & Klos Shapiro, J. (2012, July). A look at legally-exempt child care in New York State. Paper presented at the 5th annual National Research Conference on Child and Family Programs and Policy, Bridgewater, MA, USA.

Early Childhood News

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JOBS

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Project Coordinator for research in developmental psychology

Temple University

https://hospats.adminsvc.temple.edu/css_external/CSSPage_JobDetail.ASP?T=20120716113842&

Currently available job announcements

New York State Office of Children and Family Services

http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/hr/jobtitlesAll.asp

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CONFERENCES

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Free Webinar: The Secret Ingredients of Early Childhood App Development That Will Make Your Apps Rise to The Top

August 1, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/345334225

American Psychological Association 120^th Annual Convention

August 2-5, 2012

Orlando, FL

http://www.apa.org/convention/

Free Webinar: Challenging Behavior is Everyone’s Challenge! How to support ECE staff who work with children with challenging behaviors

August 15, 2012 2:00 PM Eastern Time

http://www.earlychildhoodwebinars.org/presentations/directors-prepare-your-ece-program-to-support-children-who-are-chronically-challenging-by-barbara-kaiser/

National Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference & Expo

November 7-10, 2012

Atlanta, GA

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

NYSAEYC 2013 Annual Conference

April 4-6, 2013

Turning Stone Resort and Conference Center

Presentation proposals are due by September 21, 2012

http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1102180028907-147/2013+Presenter+RFP.pdf

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RESOURCES

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Money As You Grow

Interactive site with tips on teaching children about money

http://moneyasyougrow.org/

Never leave your child alone in a car

Safe Kids USA

http://www.safekids.org/safety-basics/safety-guide/kids-in-and-around-cars/never-leave-your-child-alone.html

Technology in Early Education

Progress of Education Reform

http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/01/03/00/10300.pdf

National Institute for Early Education Research

Online News, Volume 11, Issue 15, Friday, July 13, 2012

http://www.nieer.org/publications/online-newsletters/volume-11-issue-15

Developments: Newsletter of the Society for Research in Child Development

Volume 55, Number 3, July 2012

http://t.co/i690QRkM

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Developing Young Children’s Self-Regulation through Everyday Experiences

http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/201107/Self-Regulation_Florez_OnlineJuly2011.pdf

What is Big Body Play and Why is it Important?

http://families.naeyc.org/learning-and-development/child-development/what-big-body-play-and-why-it-important

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GRANTS

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Innovative Approaches to Literacy Program

US Dept of Education

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovapproaches-literacy/applicant.html

2012 Victoria S. Levin Award For Early Career Success in Young Children’s Mental Health Research

Society for Research in Child Development

http://www.srcd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=656&Itemid=255

ABC Mini-Grant Program

Cribs for Kids

http://cribsforkids.org/abc-mini-grant-program/

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NEWS

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Early Learning Coalition Introduces Stars Ratings on Child Care Quality

07/18/12, Naples News

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2012/jul/18/guest-column-early-learning-coalition-introduces/

Report: States Can Harness Technology to Improve Early Education

07/18/12, Education Week

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2012/07/as_states_move_to_create.html

A New Digital Campaign Model for Early Learning in the Age of Social Media

07/17/12, Thrive by Five

http://thrivebyfivewa.org/2012/07/17/a-new-digital-campaign-model-for-early-learning-in-the-age-of-social-media/

Where to start when working with “digital natives” …

07/17/12, ECEtech.net

http://www.ecetech.net/blog/where-to-start-when-working-with-digital-natives/

Oversight for Preschool Special Education

07/16/12, NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/opinion/oversight-for-preschool-special-education.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

The high cost of raising kids: It's a struggle for balance in the mad dance of jobs and child care, homework and Little League

07/16/12, Kansas City Star

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/07/16/3707066/the-high-cost-of-raising-kids.html

Want your kid to be an athlete? Turn off the TV, study suggests

07/16/12, LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-watch-tv-fail-in-sports-20120716,0,53973.story

Child Abuse Rises When Economy Sags: Study

07/16/12, US News HealthDay

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/07/16/child-abuse-rises-when-economy-sags-study

When you can’t afford your kids

07/16/12, Salon.com

http://www.salon.com/2012/07/16/mommy_class_war_on_rise_salpart/

If You See Abuse, Report Abuse: The Lessons Of Penn State

07/12/12, Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-belkin/if-you-see-abuse-report-a_b_1669653.html

Childhood obesity

07/12/12, WNYT

http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s2687766.shtml

Baby Tech

07/12/12, Scholastic

http://blogs.scholastic.com/practical_leadership/2012/07/baby-tech.html

How parents make homesickness worse

07/10/12, Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-parenting/post/how-parents-make-homesickness-worse/2012/07/10/gJQAriRraW_blog.html

The Opportunity Gap

07/09/12, NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/opinion/brooks-the-opportunity-gap.html

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OUTREACH

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New NY Education Reform Commission

New York State Governor’s Office

http://www.governor.ny.gov/puttingstudentsfirst

Press Release: Newly Revised Manual Promotes Health, Nutrition, and Safety of Children in Early Childhood Settings

National Association for the Education of Young Children, 07/12/12

http://www.naeyc.org/content/press-release/healthy_young_children

First 2000 Days

Early Investment A Lifetime of Results

http://www.first2000days.org/

Pledge for a National Movement

Voices for America’s Children

http://www.voices.org/take-action/pledge-for-a-national-movement/

Background Checks: It is Time to Protect Children in Child Care.

Child Care Aware, White Paper, July 2012

http://www.naccrra.org/sites/default/files/default_site_pages/2012/background_checks_white_paper_final_july_6.pdf

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Early Childhood News

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JOBS

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40 positions

NAEYC Career Forum Database

http://careerforum.naeyc.org/jobs/

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Social-Emotional Development

The School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University

http://jobs.phds.org/job/36547/arizona-state-university/post-doctoral-research-fellow-in-social-emotional

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CONFERENCES

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Webinar: Family Leave Insurance in New York State: Engaging the Early Childhood and Public Health Communities

Thursday, July 12, 2012 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EDT

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/636690682

Webinar: Connecting Children to Kin: An Exploration of Family Finding

Thursday, July 12, 2012, 2 - 3:30 PM EDT

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/422128969

Webinar: Findings from the Flourishing Children Positive Indicators Project

Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/625895048

Child Care Call: How State and Local Advocates Stopped Cutbacks and Achieved Successes

Tuesday, July 24, 3:00 p.m. Eastern

http://action.nwlc.org/site/Survey?SURVEY_ID=14460&ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&autologin=true

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RESOURCES

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6 secrets of kids who rarely get sick

Shine from Yahoo, Team Mom

http://shine.yahoo.com/photos/6-secrets-kids-rarely-sick-slideshow/

Michigan Great Start Readiness Program Evaluation 2012: High School Graduation and Grade Retention Findings

HighScope Educational Research Foundation

http://bridgemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/GSRP-evaluation-may-21-12.pdf

Math Access for Teachers and Home Child Care Providers

Free access online professional development center

http://www.mathathome.org/

Resource Directory for Children and Young Adults with Special Health Care Needs

New York State Dept of Health

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/0548/

Society for Research in Child Development

July 2012 E-News

http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=addb5e7d7d66625647754af3f&id=e6def2a31c&e=

Problem-Solving Program Teaches Kids How To Use Their Heads Instead of Their Fists

American Psychological Association

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

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Assessing and Scaffolding Make-Believe Play

http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/201201/Leong_Make_Believe_Play_Jan2012.pdf

Summer Learning with Children

http://www.naeyc.org/content/summer-children

Video: NAEYC Accreditation - The Right Choice for Kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge30ELAtQes&feature=plcp

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GRANTS

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US Dept of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health

Research on Children in Military Families: The Impact of Parental Military Deployment and Reintegration on Child and Family Functioning (R13) Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=181833

National Child Care Consumer Education Referral Hotline and Website

US Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2012-ACF-OCC-LH-0554

Innovative approaches to literacy program birth through 12th grade with a competitive priority for early learning

U.S. Department Of Education Award

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-07-11/html/2012-16930.htm

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NEWS

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For poor children, trying hard is not enough

07/12/12, CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/12/opinion/shanks-education/index.html

Children with Disabilities Four Times as Likely to Experience Violence

07/12/12, Education Week

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2012/07/children_with_disabilities_fou.html

Harnessing Technology to Support Young Families: What States Can Do

07/09/12, Early Ed Watch

http://earlyed.newamerica.net/blogposts/2012/harnessing_technology_to_support_young_families_what_states_can_do-69353

The Mind of the Prodigy

07/09/12, Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-barry-kaufman/the-mind-of-the-prodigy_b_1655853.html

Babies with Pets Not Dogged by Colds

07/09/12, US News

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/07/09/babies-with-pets-not-dogged-by-colds-study

Where Apps Become Child’s Play

07/07/12, NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/technology/in-a-fisher-price-lab-apps-are-childs-play-prototype.html

Kids above water

07/05/12, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.hhs.gov/news/healthbeat/2012/07/20120705a.html

Undernutrition Still a Major Issue in Developing Countries

07/05/12, Doctors Lounge

http://www.doctorslounge.com/index.php/news/pb/30329

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OUTREACH

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Early Care & Learning Council

2011 Annual Report

http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/resources/documents/AnnualReport2011_000.pdf

Call for Comments: Response to Intervention in Early Childhood Education

National Association for the Education of Young Children

http://naeyc.org/content/frameworks-for-rti-in-ece

The University of Dayton

Online Early Childhood Leadership and Advocacy Program

http://www.udayton.edu/education/cel/ecla/index.php

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Early Childhood News

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JOBS

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One-year visiting position in developmental psychology

Psychology Department, Hamilton College

http://www.upstatenyherc.org/c/job.cfm?t2719=&sort=date%5F&t3961=&vnet=0&t2712=37786%2C37787&t3960=&keywords=&t2718=41218&site%5Fid=671&jb=10513407

Psychology - Assistant Professor in Childhood Development

Department of Psychology at the University of Richmond

http://as.richmond.edu/teaching/faculty-postings/psychology_assistant.html

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Development or Perception/Cognition

Rutgers University-Newark

http://www.ncas.rutgers.edu/assistant-professor-psychology-development-or-perceptioncognition

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CONFERENCES

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Free Webinar: Lined up around the block: Build Waiting Lists for Your ECE Program with ideas from the Fortune 500

July 11, 2012 2:00 PM EST Time

http://www.earlychildhoodwebinars.org/presentations/lined-up-around-the-block-steal-ideas-from-the-fortune-500-to-build-waiting-lists-for-your-early-childhood-center/

Growing Up Under a Foreboding Budget Cloud: The Forecast for Government Spending on Children

Thursday, July 19, 2012, Noon-1:30 p.m. ET

In person or online

http://www.urban.org/events/Government-Spending-on-Children.cfm

2013 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting

April 27 - May 1, 2013

San Francisco, California

http://www.aera.net/tabid/10208/Default.aspx

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RESOURCES

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For Families

National Association for the Education of Young Children

http://families.naeyc.org/

Families Together in New York State

June 2012 Newsletter

http://www.ftnys.org/pdfs/june2012%20online%20newsletter.pdf

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GRANTS

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KaBoom! Let's Play Community Construction Grants

Application Deadline: July 20, 2012

http://kaboom.org/about_kaboom/programs/grants

US Dept of Education

Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities:

Technical Assistance Center to Support Implementation of Evidence-based Practices CFDA Number 84.326K Grant

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=181154

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NEWS

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Young Brains Lack Skills for Sharing

07/05/12, Scientific American

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=young-brains-lack-skills-sharing

Childhood abuse linked to adult obesity in black women, study says

07/04/12, LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-abuse-obesity-20120703,0,7647143.story

How to get kids reading and writing over the summer

07/03/12, Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-to-get-kids-reading-and-writing-over-the-summer/2012/07/03/gJQADjOgKW_blog.html

More time in womb tied to better academic performance later in life

07/02/12, CBS News

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57465252-10391704/more-time-in-womb-tied-to-better-academic-performance-later-in-life/

Study links physical punishment to later mental disorders

07/02/12, USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-06-28/spanking-mental-problems/55964610/1?csp=34news

Report: CEOs Must Push for Investment in Early Education

06/28/12, Education Week

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2012/06/a_new_report_is_calling.html

New Detergent Pods Pose Poisoning Risk

06/27/12, NY Times

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/new-detergent-pods-pose-poisoning-risk/

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Policy Update: NAEYC Children's Champions Update

NAEYC

http://www.naeyc.org/policy/federal/7_3_12

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