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For Our Babies: Ending the Invisible Neglect of America's Infants
New book by early childhood expert J. Ronald Lally is a call to action against the invisible neglect of babies. The book shares the hopes, worries, and frustrations of American parents, who receive little support for their children or themselves as parents. In addition, the book provides crucial testimony from developmental psychologists, child care providers, health and mental health professionals, economists, specialists in brain development, and early learning educators.
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California Infant/Toddler Curriculum Framework
The purpose of the Infant/Toddler Curriculum Framework is to provide early childhood professionals with a structure they can use to make informed decisions about curriculum practices. The framework is based on current research on how infants and toddlers learn and develop in four domains described in the Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations—social-emotional, language, intellectual, and perceptual and motor development. It presents principles, a planning process, and strategies to assist teachers in their efforts to support children’s learning from birth to three years of age. Download this Publication (PDF) or you may order the resource directly from the California Department of Education.
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Infant/Toddler Caregiving: A Guide to Social-Emotional Growth and Socialization, Second Edition.
The second edition contains updated approaches to nurturing the social and emotional growth of infants and toddlers. Current research about brain development and its relationship to children's emotional growth and socialization are also discussed. An appendix of the social-emotional development foundations is included. You may order the resource directly from the California Department of Education.
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Infant/Toddler Caregiving: A Guide to Language Development and Communication, Second Edition.
Child care programs increasingly have children of diverse races and cultures. This second edition is an update and contains the latest research findings about the role of a family's culture in the child's development of communication. A new chapter adds a discussion of how parents and teachers can build a foundation for literacy in infants and toddlers. One of the new appendixes contains the infant/toddler learning and development foundations for language development. You may order the above resource directly from the California Department of Education.
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You may order PITC Resources from the Resource Catalog (PDF) by calling the California Department of Education at 1-800-995-4099 or by using the PITC Order Form (PDF).