Resource Guides for early childhood professionals
Find relevant resource guides covering topics of interest to child care providers and early educators that are applicable during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Virtual Early Education Center (VEEC)
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.
The Importance of Stories and Narratives
This downloadable PDF includes links to stories and videos aimed at helping young children make sense of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stress Detectives and Safe Harbors: Helping Children Feel Secure
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.
Better Kid Care—Infant–Toddler Care: Guiding Behavior
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.
Toxic Stress – Introduction: A Story for Early Childhood Educators
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.
It Takes Two: The Role of Co-Regulation in Building Self-Regulation Skills
Explore co-regulation and discover how children learn self-regulation through the caring relationships in their lives.
Understanding the Science of Early Development and the Core Story
Learn important concepts around early brain development as well as practical ways to enhance brain-boosting interactions with children.
Behavior Has Meaning
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.
Thriving Child Care, Social-Emotional Health, and COVID-19 Guidelines
Child care and child development experts present a webinar on operating child care programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.