The Virtual Early Education Center (VEEC) is an online tool for early education and care programs. It allows you to explore information on health and safety practices in a virtual environment. Download an info sheet introducing the VEEC.
This downloadable PDF includes links to stories and videos aimed at helping young children make sense of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn about stress and how it impacts children’s behavior. Get to know the “four S’s” and explore evidence-based ways to both prevent and manage challenging behaviors.
Babies and toddlers sometimes interact with their environment and with other children by grabbing, hitting, biting, and engaging in other common behaviors that can be seen as challenging. Learn about guiding the behavior of very young children and get ideas for helping them express themselves.
How can we respond in our work to children who are dealing with trauma and grief? Learn what recent research tells us about the impact of trauma on brain development and behavior.
Explore co-regulation and discover how children learn self-regulation through the caring relationships in their lives.
Learn important concepts around early brain development as well as practical ways to enhance brain-boosting interactions with children.
In the wake of COVID-19, Program Quality Specialist Hannah Riddle explores the ways in which the pandemic has affected child care providers.
Behavior is communication. Children use behavior to show their wants and needs–even before they can talk. When adults learn to understand and respond appropriately to children’s behaviors, we can develop even better caring relationships with them.
Child care and child development experts present a webinar on operating child care programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.