Three Other Resources

Links-Childen's Advocate/The online nagazine of the Action: Information affecting children and families on the web.
http://www4children.org/.rss.xml/

Earyl Childhood Intervention: Viers from the Field:Views from the field and young children have on each other.
http://feeds.map.edu/hap/new

Foster Care Statistics: From Early Childhood Programs: Learn the most recent national statiscal estimates from fiscal year 2008 from children in foster care.
www.acf.hhs.gov./programs/cb/stats_research/afcars/tar/report12.htm

MY COURSE RESOURCES

Part 1.Position Statements and Influential Practices

• NAEYC(2009).Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children form birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26,2010,from  http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/files/positions/dap
• NAEYC.(2009).Where we stand on child abuse preventio.Retrieved May 26,2020,from http://www.naeyc,org./files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf
• (NAEY2009).Where we stand on school readiness.Retreieved May 26,2010,from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf
• NAEYC.(2009).Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26,2010,from http://www.naeyc.org.files/naeyc/file/position/diversity.pdf
• NAEYC.(2009). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26,2010,from http://www.naeyc./.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC-NAEYCEC-SUMMARY_A.pd
• NAEYC.(2003).Early childhood curriculum,assessment,and program evaulation:Building an effective,accountable sytem in programs for children birth through age 8.Retrieved May 26,2010 from http://www.naeyc.org/files/postions/pscape.pdf
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants,Toddlers,and Families.(2010).Infant-toddler policy agenda.Retrieved May 26,2010,from http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?patename=ter_pub_infanttodler
• FPG Child Development Institute.(2006,September).Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families.(FPG Snapshot No.33).Retrieved May 26.2010,from http://www,fpg.unc.edu~images/pdfs/smapshots/snap33.pdf

Part 2:  Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being

• Article:UNICEF(n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.Retrieved May 26,2010,from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights-overview.pdf
• Websites:

World Forum Foundation

http://www.worlforumfoundation.org/wf/about.php

This links connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the video on this webpage

World Organization for Early Chilhood Education

http://www.omep.org.gu.se/English/about%20-OMEP/

Read about OMEP's mssion.

Association for Childhood Education

http://acei.org/about/

click on"Mission/Vision"and "Guiding Principles and Beliefs"and read these statements.

Part 3:Selected Early Childhood Organizations

•  National Association for the Education of Young Children http://www.naeyc.org/
• The Divison for Early Childhood http://www.dec-sped.org/
• Zero to Three:National Center for Infants,Toddlers,and families http://www.,zerotothree.org/
• WESTED http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm
• Harvard Education Letter http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85
• FPG Child Development Institute http://www.fpg.unc.,edu/main/about.cfm
• Administration for Children and Families Headstart's National Research Conference http://www.acfr.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/
• HighScope http://www.highscope.org/
• Children's Defense Fund http://www.chldrensdefense.org/
• Center for Child Care Workforce http://www.ccw.org./
• Council for Exceptional Children http://www.cec.sped.org.//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
• Institute for Women's Policy Research http://www.iwpr.org/index/cfm
• National Child Care Association http://www.,nccanet.org/
• National Institute for Early Education Research http://nieer.org/
• Pre[K]Now for America's Children http://voices,org./pages/page.asp?page-id= 22807
• The Erikson Institute http://www.erikson.edu/

Part 4:Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library

• YC Young Children
• Childhood
• Journal of Child & Family Studies
• Child Study Journal
• Mulitcultural Education
• Early Childhood Education Journal
• Journal of Early Chldhood Research
• International Journal of Early Childhood
• Early Childhood Research Quartely
• Developmental Psychology
• Social Studies
• Maternal & Chidhood Health Journal
• Inernational Journal of Early Years Edcuation

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