Infant/Toddler Education
REPRISE: Babies’ Mental Health Matters
As professionals working with very young children, you know first-hand that mental health is not something that pertains only to adults or older children. ZERO TO THREE’s 2015 Huffington Post blog focused on how parents, caregivers, and professionals can promote a baby’s mental health. The blog post is the first in a three-part series exploring the mental health needs of very young children. Stay tuned for future posts on strategies to prevent mental health problems in young children, and effective treatment for those with diagnosed mental health disorders.
- Start a conversation about infant and early childhood mental health. Encourage your colleagues to read Babies’ Mental Health Matters. Be sure to share your perspective as an infant-toddler professional. How do you promote mental health with young children as part of your work? To provide more information about infant and early childhood mental health, share this link: bit.ly/ZTTIMH .
- Share Babies’ Mental Health Matters on social media. Use the sample posts below to spread the word! Twitter: #DidYouKnow that babies have mental health? Learn more from @ZEROTOTHREE’s latest @HuffPostParents blog: http://huff.to/1e3Ttjk Facebook: Babies’ Mental Health Matters! Learn more from ZERO TO THREE’s recent Huffington Post blog – the first in a three-part series exploring the mental health needs of very young children. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-melmed/babies-mental-health-matters_b_7213290.html
More Than Baby Talk
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“More Than Baby Talk” recommends one-on-one and small-group interactions that are tried and tested to support the development of language and communication in infants and toddlers from a variety of backgrounds. Among the FPG team’s recommended interactions are responding to children’s vocalizations and speech, eliciting conversations, and using complex grammar and a rich vocabulary. Each practice includes the science that supports it and examples of how to use it. By using these strategies, educators and parents can provide children with the rich language exposure and opportunities they need to enhance their language and communication. Download your copy today! |
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Stepping Stones to Caring for Our Children, 3rd Edition
Stepping Stones to Caring for Our Children, 3rd Edition (SS3)
SS3 presents 138 essential standards intended to reduce the rate of morbidity and mortality in child care and early education settings.
You may access and download this document through the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education (NRC) website.
CITE founder, June Moss Handler, 94, died on November 6, 2017 at her home in Hackensack, NJ. (read more...)