Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Early Childhood News

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JOBS
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Child Care Jobs
Care.com



Research Project Manager or Senior Research Project Manager
Child Trends



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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



Webinar: Children and Cars: What You Need to Know
August 1, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT



NAEYC’s Training-of-Trainers for Program Administrators
August 15-16, 2012
Washington, DC



11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education
January 6-9, 2013
Honolulu, Hawaii
Submission/Proposal Deadline: August 10th, 2012



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



2013 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
April 27 - May 1, 2013
San Francisco, CA
Deadline for submitting proposals is Monday, July 23



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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



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



Top Tips for Preventing Hyperthermia
Safe Kids USA



Child Development Perspectives
Early view



Early Care & Learning Council
July 2012 Newsletter



Annie E. Casey Foundation

2012 Kids Count Data Book

Interactive Data Wheel



National Association for the Education of Young Children

Helping Children Cooperate

Building a Lasting Legacy Campaign Annual Conference Scholarships

Summer Giveaway



Child Care Aware

In The States: Child care licensing

Child Care State Fact Sheets

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



Zero to Three

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

Talking to Very Young Children About Divorce

On Your Lap, In Your Heart: Resources for 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



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



US Department of Education
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) Program CFDA Number 84.215G Modification 1



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



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



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NEWS
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Mental Abuse of Kids Leaves Lifelong Scars
07/30/12, USNews Health



Election chatter glosses over our child-care morass
07/30/12, Washington Post



Does having kids make you less happy?
07/30/12, CNN



Using an iPad in a Grade One Classroom
07/30/12, Learning and Sharing with Ms. Lirenman



Writing children's apps
07/29/12, nosy crow



Child Care Aware® of America Supports the Infant and Toddler Quality Improvement Act
07/26/12, Child Care Aware® of America



Caregivers nationwide urged to think ‘Where's baby? Look before you lock.'
07/26/12, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration



Homework overload gets an 'F' from experts
07/27/12, NBC News



Why Does The New York Times Rely on Opinion Instead of Evidence When it Comes to Breastfeeding?
07/26/12, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine



Kindergarten Class of 2011: A Snapshot
07/26/12, Education Week



How Parents' Stress Can Hurt a Child, From the Inside Out
07/25/12, Forbes



Economic distress does a number on children
07/25/12, USA Today



Improving Children’s Well-Being Must Include Policy Focus on Racial, Ethnic Backgrounds
07/25/12, CLASP



Bernanke Champions Early Childhood Education
07/24/12, Wall Street Journal



Early Childhood Education
07/24/12, Federal Reserve



Social deprivation hurts child brain development, study finds
07/24/12, Los Angeles Times



Special Education Problems We Aren’t Solving
07/23/12, walrus51



Parenting: How Money Struggles Change Things -- And How They Don't
07/23/12, Huffington Post



Putting Learning Connections to Work with Early Childhood Technology
07/20/12, ECETech



Group: Early childhood education is good business sense
07/20/12, Journal Star



US Childcare System Makes 'Having It All' All the More Difficult
07/18/12, Huffington Post



PNC Foundation Targets Early Childhood Education, Community Development
07/17/12, Forbes



Top 5 Worst Lunch Foods for Kids
07/17/12, Shine from Yahoo



Is your child media savvy?
07/17/12, Boston Children's Hospital



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ADVOCACY
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Policy Update: NAEYC Children's Champions Alert
National Association for the Education of Young Children



Be Careful What You Cut
Children's Defense Fund



Jumpstart's Read for the Record® National Campaign
October 4, 2012



Quality for Kids Campaign
Early Care & Learning Council



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