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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Early Care & Learning Council and NYS Head Start Collaboration Project - Healthy Active Living Summit
RESOURCES: The Alliance of Children's Trust & Prevention Funds - Birth Parent National Network; Cornell Cooperative Extension: Parenting In Context - Why Spanking Should Be Discouraged; The Children's Bureau - Use of Research Evidence: Building Two-Way Streets; The Children's Bureau - Collaborative & Effective Evaluation in Tribal Communities; Harvard University - Center on the Developing Child; Brandis University: The Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy - DiversityDataKids.org
Early Care & Learning Council • NYS Head Start Collaboration Project
Healthy Active Living Summit
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
DoubleTree by Hilton Binghamton • Binghamton, NY
Keynote speaker, Dr. Diane Craft, will address early childhood obesity, the most prevalent health issue facing New York State's young children. Learn fun and easy activities that build healthy brains and bodies. Learn how to implement program strategies for improving nutrition, increasing physical activity, and changing caregiver practice. Early childhood professionals, educators, trainers, supervisors and staff are welcome to attend.
For more information and to register, please CLICK HERE.
The Alliance of Children's Trust & Prevention Funds
Birth Parent National Network
The Alliance of Children’s Trust & Prevention Funds has joined with Casey Family Programs and other key partners, including birth parents, to establish the Birth Parent National Network (BPNN). BPNN promotes birth parents as leaders and partners in child welfare system reform. BPNN invites organizations and birth parents to join as partners in promoting the voices of parents in child welfare systems reform.
For more information, please CLICK HERE.
Cornell Cooperative Extention - Parenting In Context
Why Spanking Should Be Discouraged
Authored by Eliza Cook and Kimberly Kopko, "Why Spanking Should Be Discouraged" research brief highlights research, summarized in a recent publication, which supports the elimination of spanking as a form of discipline. A companion parent page "To Spank or Not to Spank: Why Spanking Should Be Discouraged" offers strategies parents can use instead.
To access the Research Brief, please CLICK HERE.
To access the Parent Page, please CLICK HERE.
The Children's Bureau - Child Welfare Evaluation
Use Of Research Evidence: Building Two-Way Streets
Research and evaluation have the potential to improve child welfare practice and outcomes for children, youth, and families. Dr. Vivian Tseng challenges the traditional paradigm of moving from research to practice and suggests new ways to think about closing the gaps between research and practice. Available as a 10-minute video or PDF transcript.
To access the video and transcript, please CLICK HERE.
The Children's Bureau - Child Welfare Evaluation
Collaborative & Effective Evaluation In Tribal Communities
There are eight federally recognized Tribes in New York State. Learn how intrusive research and judgmental evaluations have caused harm to indigenous peoples. A workgroup of experts introduce a vision for the future of Tribal child welfare and evaluation along with a guide for developing culturally and scientifically rigorous evaluation. Available as a 12-minute video or PDF transcript.
To access the video and transcript, please CLICK HERE.
Harvard University Website
The Center On The Developing Child
New knowledge about the developing brain reveals that early experiences are built into children's bodies and that early childhood is a time of great promise and considerable risk. Key concepts include Brain Architecture, Serve and Return, Toxic Stress, Executive Function, and Innovation. This online website includes multimedia, news, publications, and more.
To access this website, please CLICK HERE.
Brandis University - The Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy
DiversityDataKids.org
This website offers a comprehensive, equity-focused information system to monitor progress towards improved wellbeing for children of all racial/ethnic groups. Users can query the database, explore and overlay contextual child opportunity maps, read analysis of select policy and program areas relevant to child wellbeing, and access infographics, briefs and reports.
To access this website, please CLICK HERE.
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