Early Childhood News

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CONFERENCES

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Early Care & Learning Council annual Leadership Summit

November 14–15, 2012

Syracuse, New York

http://nysleadershipsummit.wordpress.com/

Eastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting

March 1-4, 2013

New York City, NY

Submission Deadline Nov. 8

http://www.easternpsychological.org/

National Child Care Aware of America Policy Symposium

April 10-13, 2013

Washington, D.C.

http://www.naccrra.org/conferences/2013-national-child-care-aware-of-america-policy-symposium

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RESOURCES

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Hurricane Sandy Recovery Fund

Early Care & Learning Council

http://www.earlycareandlearning.org/hurricanesandyrecovery.cfm

Hurricane Kit

Sesame Street

http://www.sesamestreet.org/parents/topicsandactivities/toolkits/hurricane

Responding to Children in Crisis

ExchangeEveryDay

http://ccie.com/eed/view/3201/

Helping Children After a Natural Disaster: Information for Parents and Teachers

National Association of School Psychologists

http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/naturaldisaster_ho.aspx

Coping with Disasters

National Association for the Education of Young Children

http://naeyc.org/newsroom/Resources_on_coping_with_disasters

November 2012 E-News

Society for Research in Child Development

http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=addb5e7d7d66625647754af3f&id=ed0a482626&e=

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GRANTS

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Maternal and Infant Health Initiative

New York State Department of Health

http://www.health.ny.gov/funding/rfa/1207271237/index.htm

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NEWS

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For Adults, a Catastrophe. For Children, a Memory

11/01/12, New York Times

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/for-adults-a-catastrophe-for-children-a-memory/

Are Computers Alone Enough to Educate Children?

11/01/12, Wall Street Journal

http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2012/11/01/are-computers-alone-enough-to-educate-children/

It Takes a Village to Raise a Child, But Does Anyone Care?

10/31/12, Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cindy-krischer-goodman/it-takes-a-village-to-rai_b_2041277.html

Post-Sandy, Tips for Parents with Anxious Kids

10/30/12, Wall Street Journal

http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2012/10/30/post-sandy-tips-for-parents-with-anxious-kids/

On Supermarkets and Oral Language

10/30/12, Eye on Early Education

http://eyeonearlyeducation.org/2012/10/30/on-supermarkets-and-oral-language/

Stressed-out parents more likely to serve up fast food; Also more likely to have obese kids

10/25/12, Daily News

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/stressed-out-parents-serve-fast-food-article-1.1191915#ixzz2AnZHO5Yg

Obama breaks silence on child poverty

10/16/12, Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/obama-breaks-silence-on-child-poverty/2012/10/16/ad72f93e-17d4-11e2-8792-cf5305eddf60_blog.html

W. Babylon Woman Honored for Child Care Training

10/02/12, Patch Network

http://babylonvillage.patch.com/articles/w-babylon-woman-honored-for-child-care-training

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ADVOCACY

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Press Release: Leadership Summit: Children, politics and the economy

Early Care & Learning

http://www.earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2012/10/press-release-leadership-summit.html

Policy Forum: Looking Forward: Improving the Well-Being of Children and Families

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Albany, NY

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=uwphqhcab&oeidk=a07e6d8ewkja60cdc72

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