Course Resources!!!!!

Video Program: “The Resources for Early Childhood”
Five early childhood professionals discuss their preferred and trusted resources.

• NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/63694/CRS-CW-5364582/educ6005_readings/naeyc_dap_position_statement.pdf
  
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.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/positions/diversity.pdf
  
• NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf
  
• NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.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?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller
  
• 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/~snapshots/snap33.pdf
  
  Note: The following article can be found in the Walden University Library databases.
  
• Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al.  (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42–53.
  Use the Academic Search Complete database, and search using the article's title. 

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.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/about.php
    This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the video on this webpage 
    
  • World Organization for Early Childhood Education
    http://www.omep-usnc.org/
    Read about OMEP’s mission. 
    
  • Association for Childhood Education International
    http://acei.org/about/
    Click on “Mission/Vision” and “Guiding Principles and Beliefs” and read these statements.

Note: Explore the resources in Parts 3 and 4 in preparation for this week’s Application assignment.

Part 3: Selected Early Childhood Organizations

• National Association for the Education of Young Children
  http://www.naeyc.org/
  
• The Division 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.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/
  
• HighScope
  http://www.highscope.org/
  
• Children’s Defense Fund
  http://www.childrensdefense.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 Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
  http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/
  
• National Child Care Association
  http://www.nccanet.org/
  
• National Institute for Early Education Research
  http://nieer.org/
  
• Pre[K]Now
  http://www.preknow.org/
  
• Voices for America’s Children
  http://www.voices.org/
  
• The Erikson Institute
  http://www.erikson.edu/
     

Part 4: Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library
Tip: Use the A-to-Z e-journal list to search for specific journal titles. (Go to “How Do I...?”, select “Tips for Specific Formats and Resources,” and then “e-journals” to find this search interface.)

• YC Young Children
• Childhood
• Journal of Child & Family Studies
• Child Study Journal
• Multicultural Education
• Early Childhood Education Journal
• Journal of Early Childhood Research
• International Journal of Early Childhood
• Early Childhood Research Quarterly
• Developmental Psychology
• Social Studies
• Maternal & Child Health Journal
• International Journal of Early Years Education

MY THREE ADDTIONAL RESOURCES:

http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=615

http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=204

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_childhood_education

Quotes and Quotes

The Department of Human Sciences at North Carolina Central University intends to continue on its trailblazing past to

empower individuals, strengthen families and enable communities. This is evident in the departmental motto which states,

“Together we can achieve the extraordinary!”

Prepared by Debra J. Parker, Ph.D.

October 23, 2009 (http://web.nccu.edu/shepardlibrary/pdfs/centennial/HumanSciences.pdf)

From the beginning, when it was known as the National Religious Training

School and Chautauqua for the Colored Race, its purpose has been the character development

of young men and women emphasizing sound academic training as a requisite for real

service to the nation. ( http://www.nccu.edu/formsdocs/proxy.cfm?file_id=956)

STRIVING TO MAKE A BETTER TODAY AND TOMORROW FOR OUR YOUTH

A QUOTE ABOUT CHILDREN: "Guidance and love towards children makes learning and growing so much easier."

A STORY ABOUT A CHILD: The story that I want to elaborate on is about a young african american 4 year old little girl.  She touches my heart tremendously.  She has sickle cell anemia as well as asthma.  She also has a speech impetimete, but she is the sweetest little girl that you would ever want to meet.She has 2 younger siblings that she helps take care of as much as possible.  The siblings are one years old and 5 months old.  She touches my heart because even though she has a few medical problems she still strives to be the best that she can be. Her mother trys but being that she is a very young mopther with 3 children it gets hard for her. She does not sit long enough to help her daughter with educational things. Being that my daughter is advanced in all areas I get her to help the lil girl out as much as possible and I do what I can as well.I gave her some personal belongings as well because she doesnt have much around her house. She likes to show affection and I show it right back to her because she does not get it often at home. I kind of clinged to her as well as she did to me because she is a fighter when it comes to her medical conhditions and she is a learning when it comes to learning. I feel like no child should have to lack because of there parents mishaps if they can help it.
SOMETHING ESLE THAT FUELS MY PASSION ABOUT YOUNG CHILDREN: iI feel like children did not ask to be here so they should get all the attention in the world that they deserve. They are our most precious assets. This world is ruff and they are our diamonds in the ruff. I just love the fact that they are going to learn regardless of getting help from teachers or parents so why not teach the right things the right way as parents and as educators. That strive is another one of my passions.

Intellient, Smart, Outgoing, Thriving, Black Woman

Hello My Name is Shereva Brown.  I just recently graduated from North Caolina Central Unversity with a Bachelor of Science degree in Family and Consumer Science majoring in Child Development and Family Relations. I am pursuing my career in my field working at a childcare center where I have a teaching position and I start July 11, 2011.  Some professional experiences that have have encountered are doing my practicum in undergrad, where I had to complete a 100 hours doing something that pertained to my major. I chose to do my hours at a home daycare center just to see if teaching was something that I wanted to do.

Some interests that I have are to reach out to young children in need of love and nurturing because I always was taught that If I could touch one child'slife my teaching will not be in vain.  The qualities that I have are amazing. I have a passionate love for children as well as a love for my job that I will be starting soon. The challenges that I face are not being able to be in a face to face classroom if I need to, but I am strong minded as well as a go getter so im pretty sure that I will be ok throughout this couseof my life.
Some strengths that I bring to the table being that this is an online community is, I can help those that are not familiar with online classes because upon completion of my undergraduate degree I too at least five online classes and it is very so much the same as this online community. The slight difference is that my undergraduate school is in the town where I reside. Whereas I could go up there and speak with my proffessor of the class face to face. Since the university is out of state for my master's program I will have to understand every thing differently now and read closely. That would be the challenge that I have with this course thus far.