TAKE A LOOK...

As Early Childhood Professionals, we frequently use various resources to keep ourselves informred of current and necessary changes in our field that will benefit our children, their families, and communities. Below are a list of resources that have proven their exemplary quality and respectful focus on children. I'm confident that each resource will provide specific topics, current issues, publications, events, video and audio interviews with practitioners, and/or links to other resources that will be of great benefit to you as an Early Childhood Professional.

The resources below include links to Position Statements and Influential Practices, Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being, Selected Early Childhood Organizations, as well as Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden University Library http://library.waldenu.edu/. I've added three additional websites under Blogger's Choice that are of particular interest to me. They deal with the challenges of Sensory Integration Dysfunction/Sensory Processing Disorder. You will also find several links to literature that supports EC Professionals who deal with children with these challenges. I've also highlighted a particular curriculum that I feel effectively deals with the problems of discipline in the classroom settings of disruptive children--Conscious Discipline. These are my exclusive recommendations--I hope they prove beneficial to you.

The Breadth of Early Childhood—Current Thinking

The following resources were used in Walden University's MSECS program, course EDUC6005 studies:

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Articles:
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. (2004, Winter). Children's emotional development is built into the architecture of their brains (Working Paper No. 2). Waltham, MA: Author. Available from Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University website
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/library/reports_and_working_papers/working_papers/wp2/

Shonkoff, J. P. (2006, November). A promising opportunity for developmental and behavioral pediatrics at the interface of neuroscience, psychology, and social policy: Remarks on receiving the 2005 C. Anderson Aldrich Award. Pediatrics, 118(5). 2187–2191. doi:10.1542/peds.2006-1728. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/118/5/2187

The World Bank. (2010). Early childhood development. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTCY/0,,contentMDK:20246241~menu
PK:4697089~pagePK:210058~piPK:210062~theSitePK:396445,00.html

Web Articles:
The National Institute for Play. (2009). Play Science—The Patterns of Play. Carmel Valley, CA: Author. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.nifplay.org/states_play.html

Children Crossing Borders. (2006). Children of Immigrants in Early Childhood Settings in Five Countries: A Study of Parent and Staff Beliefs. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from
http://www.childrencrossingborders.org/index.html

Video:
Davidson, R. (2007). The heart-brain connection: The neuroscience of social, emotional, and academic learning. Edutopia. The George Lucas Foundation. Retrieved June 2, 2010, from http://www.edutopia.org/richard-davidson-sel-brain-video

Podcast:
Spiegel, A. (2008, February 21). Old-fashioned play builds serious skills. NPR Morning Edition. Retrieved June 2, 2010, from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19212514

Web Article:
Alliance for Childhood. (n.d.). Play resource list. College Park, MD: Author. Retrieved June 2, 2010, from http://www.allianceforchildhood.org/play_resources
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