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Council for Exceptional Children - Division of Early Childhood Language: English
Description: This Web site is for anyone that works with or on behalf of children with special needs, from birth through age eight, and their families.
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Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services C.L.A.S Early Childhood Research Institute Language: Spanish, English
Description: The materials and resources available on this site reflect the intersection of culture and language, disabilities and child development. This site is to help inform consumers (e.g., practitioners, families, and researchers) about materials and practices that are available and the contexts in which they might select a given material or practice. Parts of the site can also be read in Spanish and several other languages from links on the home page.
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Institute for Community Inclusion Language: English
Publisher: Institute for Community Inclusion (2008)
Description: This is the Web site of the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI). ICI is committed to developing resources and supports for people with disabilities and their families, fostering interdependence, productivity, and inclusion in school and community settings. A list of publications and a resource section are included.
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Intercultural Development Research Association Language: English
Publisher: Intercultural Development Research Association (2008)
Description: IDRA is an independent, non-profit organization that advocates the right of every child to a quality education. For almost 30 years, IDRA has worked for excellence and equity in education in Texas and across the United States. IDRA conducts research and development activities; creates, implements and administers innovative education programs; and provides teacher, administrator, and parent training and technical assistance.
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National Association for Multicultural Education Language: English
Publisher: National Association for Multicultural Education (2008)
Description: Resources and links related to multicultural education
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National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) Language: Spanish, English
Publisher: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) (2008)
Description: NICHCY (formerly called National Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth) is the national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Their special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22). The Web site is available in Spanish by following a link from the home page.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization: Inclusive Education Language: English
Publisher: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (2008)
Description: This website provides information on inclusive education for teachers, parents, researchers and the community. The issue of inclusive education is looked at in various countries around the world.
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Evaluation

Valuing Diversity Measures Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Publisher: National Network for Child care (2008)
Description: A listing of instruments that assess attitudes and behavior related to diversity.
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General Information

All 4 Kids: Uniquely Me Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Byington, Teresa
Publisher: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (2008)
Description: This brochure is intended for use with parents and caregivers. It provides general information on self-esteem in young children. Children need to be given the opportunity to experience failure and success. Show a positive attitude and appreciation for each child as a unique and special self!
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Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment Language: Spanish, English
Publisher: NAEYC (revised May 2011)
Description: NAEYC's position statement recognizes that those who work with young children face many daily decisions that have moral and ethical implications. The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct offers guidelines for responsible behavior and sets forth a common basis for resolving the principal ethical dilemmas encountered in early childhood care and education. The Statement of commitment is not part of the Code but is a personal acknowledgement of an individual's willingness to embrace the distinctive vales and moral obligations of the field of early childhood care and education. Also available in Spanish at http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Ethics_Spanish%20Position%20Statement2011.pdf. Supplement for Programs Administers at http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Supplement%20PS2011.pdf. Supplement for Early Childhood Adult Educator http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ethics04.pdf.
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Inclusion in Early Childhood Programs Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Byington, Teresa
Publisher: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (2010)
Description: This fact sheet describes inclusion in early childhood programs. Inclusion is described as well as the need for inclusion in high quality programs and the benefits of inclusion both to the special needs children and to the typically developing children.
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NAEYC Anti-Discrimination Statement Language: English
Publisher: NAEYC (2009)
Description: NAEYC's position statement that opposes the implementation of Proposition 187 or any policy, law, etc., that does not allow for equal treatment of children based on their sex, race, culture, or religion.
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Quality Inclusive Child Care Checklist Language: English
Publisher: California Childcare Health Program (June 08)
Description: This checklist will help families determine if a child care setting will be a supportive, nuturing place for their child with special needs. Five key indicators of quality inclusive child care are discussed along with questions parents should ask the program.
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Responding to Linguistic and Culturally Diverse Recommendations for Effective Early Childhood Education Language: English
Publisher: National Association for the Education of Young Children (1995)
Description: This position provides NAEYC's recommendations and strategies on how to promote ethnic and cultural diversity. In addition, it teaches professionals, educators, and parents how to accept, respect, and encourage child with different linguistic capabilites.
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Services in School for Children with Special Needs: What Parents Need to Know (Los Servicios que Proveen las Escuelas Para Los Niños con Necesidades Especiales: Lo que los Padres Deben Saber) Language: Spanish, English
Publisher: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (March 2011 (Spanish version 2002))
Description: This fact sheet briefly explains some of the laws relevant to children with special needs in school, the evaluation process, and what parents can do to help their child. This publication is also available in Spanish as "Los Servicios que Proveen las Escuelas Para Los Niños con Necesidades Especiales: Lo que los Padres Deben Saber" at http://aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/informacion_para_la_familia/los_servicios_que_proveen_las_escuelas_para_los_ninos_con_necesidades_especiales_lo_que_los_padres_deben_saber_no83.
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Speak up at School: How to Respond to Everyday Prejudice, Bias, and Stereotypes Language: English
Author: Willoughby, Brian
Publisher: Southern Poverty Law Center (2012)
Description: This guide from the editors of Teaching Tolerance magazine is a response to colleagues seeking advice about how to respond when someone uses biased language or stereotypes. It offers advice about how to respond to remarks made by students and by other adults and gives guidance for helping others to learn to speak up as well. The editors believe that modeling the kind of behavior we want from others is one of the most effective ways of teaching it.
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Children of Immigrant Families: Analysis Language: English
Publisher: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Summer 2004)
Description: This analysis discusses a background of immigrant families; recommendatios for education, support groups, and community; and article summaries of similar topic. According to the 2000 Census, 1 of every 5 children in the United States is an immigrant, or a child of immigrant parents. To ensure a brighter futher not just for the children of immingrants themselves, but for our entire nation, we must provide the education and supports they need to become American's productive, engaged citizens of tomorrow.
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Children of Immingrant Families: Analysis and Recommendations Language: English
Author: Shields, Margie
Description: This journal issue explores the strengths and challenges that set children of immigrant families apart from the mainstream population. Investing in the healthy development of all our nations' children, including children iof immigrants, is to invest in a brighter future- not just for these children themselves, but for our entire nation.
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Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment Language: Spanish, English
Publisher: NAEYC (revised May 2011)
Description: NAEYC's position statement recognizes that those who work with young children face many daily decisions that have moral and ethical implications. The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct offers guidelines for responsible behavior and sets forth a common basis for resolving the principal ethical dilemmas encountered in early childhood care and education. The Statement of commitment is not part of the Code but is a personal acknowledgement of an individual's willingness to embrace the distinctive vales and moral obligations of the field of early childhood care and education. Also available in Spanish at http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Ethics_Spanish%20Position%20Statement2011.pdf. Supplement for Programs Administers at http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Supplement%20PS2011.pdf. Supplement for Early Childhood Adult Educator http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ethics04.pdf.
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Code of Ethical Conduct Supplement for Early Childhood Adult Educators Language: English
Publisher: NAEYC (Spring 2004)
Description: NAEYC's position statement recognizes that those who work with teachers and caregivers of young children face many daily decisions that have moral and ethical implications. The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct offers guidelines for responsible behavior and sets forth a common basis for resolving the principal ethical dilemmas encountered in early childhood care and education.
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Code of Ethical Conduct: Supplement for Early Childhood Program Administrators Language: English
Publisher: NAEYC (updated May 2011)
Description: NAEYC's position statement recognizes that those who supervise teachers and caregivers that work with young children face many daily decisions that have moral and ethical implications. The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct offers guidelines for responsible behavior and sets forth a common basis for resolving the principal ethical dilemmas encountered in early childhood care and education.
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Demographic Change and the Life Circumstances of Immigrant Families Language: English
Author: Hernandez, Donald
Publisher: Future of Children (updated May 2011)
Description: A description of the major demographic shifts over the past half-century, including a wide range of statistics reflecting cultural, family, social, economic, and housing circumstances of the nation's children across various racial/ ethnic and country-or-origin groups.
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Images We Give Young Children Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Greenstein, Doreen
Publisher: North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service (1998)
Description: This fact sheet discusses strategies for including children with developmental delays in child care settings. The author includes references for additional information.
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Children of Immigrant Families: Analysis Language: English
Publisher: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Summer 2004)
Description: This analysis discusses a background of immigrant families; recommendatios for education, support groups, and community; and article summaries of similar topic. According to the 2000 Census, 1 of every 5 children in the United States is an immigrant, or a child of immigrant parents. To ensure a brighter futher not just for the children of immingrants themselves, but for our entire nation, we must provide the education and supports they need to become American's productive, engaged citizens of tomorrow.
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Children of Immingrant Families: Analysis and Recommendations Language: English
Author: Shields, Margie
Description: This journal issue explores the strengths and challenges that set children of immigrant families apart from the mainstream population. Investing in the healthy development of all our nations' children, including children iof immigrants, is to invest in a brighter future- not just for these children themselves, but for our entire nation.
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Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment Language: Spanish, English
Publisher: NAEYC (revised May 2011)
Description: NAEYC's position statement recognizes that those who work with young children face many daily decisions that have moral and ethical implications. The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct offers guidelines for responsible behavior and sets forth a common basis for resolving the principal ethical dilemmas encountered in early childhood care and education. The Statement of commitment is not part of the Code but is a personal acknowledgement of an individual's willingness to embrace the distinctive vales and moral obligations of the field of early childhood care and education. Also available in Spanish at http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Ethics_Spanish%20Position%20Statement2011.pdf. Supplement for Programs Administers at http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Supplement%20PS2011.pdf. Supplement for Early Childhood Adult Educator http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ethics04.pdf.
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Code of Ethical Conduct: Supplement for Early Childhood Program Administrators Language: English
Publisher: NAEYC (updated May 2011)
Description: NAEYC's position statement recognizes that those who supervise teachers and caregivers that work with young children face many daily decisions that have moral and ethical implications. The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct offers guidelines for responsible behavior and sets forth a common basis for resolving the principal ethical dilemmas encountered in early childhood care and education.
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Images We Give Young Children Land Grant Institution or Extension Resource

Language: English
Author: Brown, Cheryl
Publisher: North Carolina Cooperative Extension (updated May 2011)
Description: This is a training guide aimed at childcare educators and adults to better understand the messages children receive about diversity and stereotyping.
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NAEYC Anti-Discrimination Statement Language: English
Publisher: NAEYC (2009)
Description: NAEYC's position statement that opposes the implementation of Proposition 187 or any policy, law, etc., that does not allow for equal treatment of children based on their sex, race, culture, or religion.
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SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library Language: English
Publisher: Head Start/Hilton Foundation Training Program (2009)
Description: The SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library supports the inclusion of young children with disabilities birth–five and their families, in early care and education settings. The SpecialQuest materials and approach have been used with over 5,000 participants nationwide, refined over the past ten years, and have been shown to create and sustain change. SpecialQuest Birth-Five provides these materials at no cost with funding from the Office of Head Start. May be used as professional development or inservice training for staff. Materials include short videos, training scripts and handouts, and other materials for both early childhood programs and home visitation programs. Some are available in Spanish and other languages.
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Research

School Readiness: Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps Language: English
Publisher: The Future of Children WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION (Spring 2005)
Description: This journal issue features articles pertaining to school readiness among racial and ethnic groups. "Research findings suggest that what happens to children early in life has a profound impact on their late achievement. Children who enter school not yet ready to learn continue to have difficulty later in life."
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