by WHSA | Aug 3, 2011
The Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Program at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) along with the Waisman Center’s Community of Practice on Autism Spectrum Disorders and other Developmental Disabilities (CoP ASD/DD) have...
by WHSA | Jul 19, 2011
The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) has released a new report, The State of America’s Children 2011, which finds that in the past year children have fallen further behind in many of the leading indicators as the country slowly climbs out of the recession. ...
by WHSA | Jun 30, 2011
The Spring 2011 edition (vol. 13, no. 1) of the free online journal Early Childhood Research & Practice (which features articles related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age eight) includes a special section on...
by WHSA | Jun 23, 2011
The ZERO TO THREE Policy Center has released A Window to the World: Promoting Early Language and Literacy Development, a set of a new policy brief and video illustrating how early language and literacy development contributes to a child’s success throughout life, as...
by WHSA | Apr 20, 2011
The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder (or, NPDC on ASD), a multi-university center to promote the use of evidence-based practice for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders, has identified 24 evidence-based practices...
by WHSA | Mar 10, 2011
Stress can take a toll on the health and effectiveness of both early childhood providers and parents. As such, it can also impact the quality of care young children receive. If caregivers are stressed, it may be difficult for them to offer the praise, nurturing,...
by WHSA | Feb 21, 2011
As Response to Intervention (RTI) becomes more and more common practice in early childhood, three national organizations are working to provide the field with critical guidance on this emerging trend to help programs define and implement RTI practices based on...
by WHSA | Nov 29, 2010
The newest and fourth CONNECT module, Family-Professional Partnerships, from the Center to Mobilize Early Childhood Knowledge is now available. Family-Professional Partnerships focuses on effective practices for developing trusting family-professional partnerships in...
by WHSA | Nov 19, 2010
The Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI) has developed a “Making Life Easier” series of tipsheets for parents and caregivers to help them make often challenging situations easier to navigate for both...
