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Early Childhood Professionals - Resources

Growing, Moving & Learning Infant Toddler Toolkit

Growing, Moving & Learning Infant Toddler Toolkit is a new resource featuring activities focused on Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Infants and Toddlers

Delaware State Agencies and Related Resources

Additional Resources

  1. Child Traumatic Stress and Treatment
    *  NCCTS Questions and Answers about Child Sexual Abuse Treatment
    *  Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
    *  Delaware Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Roster
    *  Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
    *  Delaware Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) roster
    *  Children and Trauma - Update for Mental Health Professionals
    *  Children and Trauma - Tips for Mental Health Professionals
  2. Family Voices
    http://www.familyvoices.org/states.php?state=DE
  3. Contact Lifeline
    http://contactlifeline.org/contact.html
  4. Early Childhood Outcomes Center
    http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~eco/index.cfm
  5. Evidence-Based Social-Emotional Curricula for Children 0-5 Years and Their Families
    http://www.challengingbehavior.org/do/resources/documents/roadmap_2.pdf
  6. Promoting Social Behavior of Young Children in Group Settings: A Summary of Research
    http://www.challengingbehavior.org/do/resources/documents/roadmap_3.pdf
  7. Administrator Strategies that Support High Fidelity Implementation of the Pyramid Model for Promoting Social-Emotional Competence & Addressing Challenging Behavior
    http://www.challengingbehavior.org/do/resources/documents/brief_administrator.pdf
  8. Quality Benchmark for Cultural Competence
    http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/policy/state/QBCC_Tool.pdf
  9. The Annie E. Casey Foundation: 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book
    http://datacenter.kidscount.org
  10. Parent Information Center of Delaware, Inc.
    http://www.picofdel.org
  11. Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative
    http://www.dati.org/
  12. Autism Information
    http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer
    http://medicalhomeinfo.org/about/cocwd/autism.aspx
  13. SIDS Back to Sleep Campaign
    http://www.nichd.nih.gov/sids
  14. Connecting with Parents in the Early Years
    http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/pubs/connecting.html
  15. Reaching out to and supporting families: Cooperative Extension
    http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/index.htm
  16. Directory of Human Services in Delaware
    http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dssc
  17. Asperger’s Network in Delaware
    http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/suppDE.html
  18. Autism Delaware
    http://www.delautism.org
  19. Lower Delaware Autism Foundation
    http://www.ldaf.com
  20. Nemours
    http://www.nemours.org/content/nemours/wwwv2/service/health.html
  21. Center for Disabilities Studies
    http://www.udel.edu/cds
  22. Delaware Assistive Technology
    http://www.dati.org
  23. Resource & Referral
          Delaware Helpline
          http://www.delawarehelpline.org/helpline/index.jsp
          Children & Families First
          https://www.familyandworkplace.org/families/referrals.asp
          Cooperative Extension
          http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/Help.htm
  24. Delaware Association for Education of Young Children (DAEYC)
    http://www.daeyc.org
  25. Delacare: Rules for Early Care and Education and School-age Centers (PDF 445K)
  26. Infant Mental Health and Early Care and Education Providers (PDF 510K)
  27. Response to Intervention & the Pyramid Model (PDF 1.1M)
  28. What works: An introductory teacher guide to early language and emergent literacy instruction (PDF 680K)
  29. The professional’s guide to reporting child abuse and neglect (PDF 622K)
  30. Delaware Guidelines for Young Children with Communication Delays (PDF 129K)
  31. Guide to promoting inclusion in early care and education (PDF 1.5M)
  32. Parent Information Center of Delaware
    http://www.picofdel.org
  33. UD Cooperative Extension, Families Matter!
    http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/FM/index.htm
  34. UD Cooperative Extension, Great Beginnings
    http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/gb/gb-list.htm
  35. UD Cooperative Extension, Finding Help and Resources for Parents, Grandparents and Mentors
    http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/Help.htm
  36. UD Cooperative Extension, The Family Well-Being Across the Lifespan Extension Cord
    http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/index.htm
  37. UD Cooperative Extension, Child Care and Out-of-School School Care
    http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/professionalresources/ed/childcare.htm
  38. UD Cooperative Extension, Resources for Professionals
    http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/professionalresources/index.htm
  39. UD Cooperative Extension, Just in Time Parenting
    http://www.extension.org/parenting
  40. Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting
    http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu
  41. Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative (ECAP)
    http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu
  42. Governor's Advisory Council for Exceptional Children (GACEC)
    http://gacec.delaware.gov
  43. Consultation and Professional Development for Early Childhood and Elementary Education
    http://www.bestpracticesinc.net
  44. Children's Beach House
    http://www.cbhinc.org/index.html
  45. Delaware Center for Youth Development
    http://www.cbhinc.org/TrainingDescriptions.html
  46. Delaware Center for Youth Development
    http://www.cbhinc.org/TrainingSchedules.html
  47. Council for Professional Recognition
    http://www.cdacouncil.org
  48. Commission for Environmental Cooperation
    http://www.cec.org
  49. Child Care Exchange
    http://www.childcareexchange.com
  50. Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP)
    http://www.ecrp.uiuc.edu
  51. U.S. Department of Education
    http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml
  52. Education Atlas
    http://www.educationatlas.com/early-childhood-education.html
  53. Education World
    http://www.education-world.com
  54. Education Week
    http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
  55. Family Communications
    http://www.fci.org
  56. The Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Child Development Institute
    http://www.fpg.unc.edu
  57. Kid Writing
    http://www.kidwriting.com
  58. National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
    http://www.naeyc.org
  59. Nursery-Kindergarten Association of Delaware (NKAD)
    http://www.nkad.org
  60. Positive Behavior Support Teachers
    http://www.pbs.org/teachers
  61. Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations of Early Learning
    http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel
  62. Zero to Three
    http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer
  63. Children and Families First - Child Care Capacity - Building Program
    http://www.familyandworkplace.org/providers/provider.capacity.asp
  64. Connecting Generation
    http://www.connecting-generations.org
  65. Creative Mentoring
    http://www.creativementoring.org
  66. Healthy Children
    http://www.healthychildren.org/
  67. Birth Defects 
    http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/index.html
  68. Report injuries or hazards posed by consumer products.  U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission  
    http://www.saferproducts.gov/
  69. "Learn the Signs, Act Early" program to improve early identification of children with autism and other developmental disabilities.
    1. Track Your Child's Developmental Milestones 
      English - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/pdf/parents_pdfs/TrackChildsDevMilestonesEng.pdf
      Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/pdf/parents_pdfs/TrackChildsDevMilestonesSpanish.pdf
    2. Milestone Moments  http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html
  70. CDC Fragile X Syndrome
    http://www.cdc.gov/Features/FragileX/

On-line courses:

  1. Associates Degree for Teachers of Infants and Toddlers, University of Cincinnati
    http://www.eclc.uc.edu
  2. Keys to Interactive Parenting
    http://www.comfortconsults.org

Toll-Free Crisis Hotline Numbers - Related Organizations List

Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway Year Published: 2009

Child Abuse

Childhelp®
Phone: 800.4.A.CHILD (800.422.4453)
Whom They Help: Child abuse victims, parents, concerned individuals

Child Sexual Abuse

Darkness to Light
Phone: 866.FOR.LIGHT (866.367.5444)
Whom They Help: Children and adults needing local information or resources about sexual abuse

Crime Victims

National Center for Victims of Crime
Phone: 800.FYI.CALL (800.394.2255)
Whom They Help: All victims of crime

Family Violence

National Domestic Violence Hotline
Phone: 800.799.SAFE (800.799.7233)
Whom They Help: Children, parents, friends, offenders

Human Trafficking

National Human Trafficking Hotline
Phone: 888.373.7888
Whom They Help: Victims of human trafficking and those reporting potential trafficking situations

Mental Illness

National Alliance on Mental Illness
Phone: 800.950.NAMI (800.950.6264)
Whom They Help: Individuals, families, professionals

Missing/Abducted Children

Child Find of America
Phone: 800.I.AM.LOST (800.426.5678)
Whom They Help: Parents reporting lost or abducted children, including parental abductions

Child Find of America—Mediation
Phone: 800.A.WAY.OUT (800.292.9688)
Whom They Help: Parents (abduction, prevention, child custody issues)

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Phone: 800.THE.LOST (800.843.5678)
Whom They Help: Families and professionals (social services, law enforcement)

Rape/Incest

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
Phone: 800.656.HOPE, Ext. 1 (800.656.4673, Ext. 1)
Whom They Help: Rape and incest victims, media, policymakers, concerned individuals

Substance Abuse

National Alcohol and Substance Abuse Information Center
Phone: 800.784.6776
Whom They Help: Families, professionals, media, policymakers, concerned individuals

Suicide Prevention

National Suicide Hopeline
Phone: 800.784.2433
Whom They Help: Families, concerned individuals

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Phone: 800.273.8255
Whom They Help: Families, concerned individuals

Youth in Trouble/Runaways

National Runaway Switchboard
Phone: 800.RUNAWAY (800.786.2929)
Whom They Help: Runaway and homeless youth, families