Explains how a child’s early development from birth through age 8 is critical to making an effective transition into elementary school and for long-term academic achievement.
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Early Care and Education | Education
Provides early childhood resources that include the President’s early learning agenda, the monthly newsletter from the Department of Education’s Office of Early Learning, and the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge.
Early Care and Education | Education
Offers a series of tutorials designed to enhance skills and knowledge about how to implement effective mental health consultation in community-based programs.
Early Care and Education | Education | Behavioral Health/Mental Health
Makes the case for creating opportunities for families by addressing the needs of parents and their children simultaneously.
Early Care and Education | Education | Family Strengthening/Family Engagement | System Change
Provides a description of the emerging evidence base that many of the beliefs and much of the current body of knowledge about consultation is grounded in literature and the experiences of mental health and early care and education (ECE) providers, educators, and other experts (i.e., practice-base...
Early Care and Education | Education | Behavioral Health/Mental Health
Describes the general process of Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation using candid, unfiltered stories to illustrate what consultants do within early care and education settings in collaboration with families, teachers, children and other partners every day.
Early Care and Education | Education | Behavioral Health/Mental Health
Provides tips for parents of young children, early education and child care providers, and pediatricians to promote social-emotional health among young children.
Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Early Care and Education | Education | Parent Skills Training | Integration of Behavioral Health into Primary Care | Social and Emotional Well-Being
Supports consultants working in child care settings, especially those who have not had education or training specific to infants and toddlers in group care.
Early Care and Education | Education | Screening and Assessment
Provides resources and a guide to a public awareness campaign that was launched by The Departments of Health and Human Services and Education which is targeted at numerous sectors (e.g.
Early Care and Education | Education | Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Integration of Behavioral Health into Primary Care | Screening and Assessment | System Change
Covers topics such as initiating consultation; getting to know the program; adult relationships; beginning case consultation; gathering information and creating a picture of the child; interpreting behavior and developing hypotheses; and translating hypotheses into responsive action within the ch...
Early Care and Education | Education | Behavioral Health/Mental Health
