Sunday, August 7, 2011

Exploring the Zero To Three website

There are two additional links that I have found on the site.  They lead to the National Infant and Toddler Care Initiative and Early Head Start.  In addition, there are links to a funded project for military families and to their national training institute, listing the upcoming conference they are having in December.

After exploring the project that supports military families, I am excited about the work they are doing.  Here is a description of one of the projects:

ZERO TO THREE is committed to supporting young children and families within the military community. Coming Together Around Military Families® (CTAMF), an initiative at ZERO TO THREE supporting military families, strengthens the resilience of young children and families across all military service by increasing awareness and collaboration throughout the military community. In turn this knowledge allows parents and professionals to more effectively care for very young children and their families.
One newsletter I receive from the site is like an "ages and stages" informative newsletter for families.  In the most recent, "From Baby to Big Kid: Month 8", it has various links back to the website for information on what to expect from your 8 month old.  It gives specific examples of milestones and what to do to support the child.

Though this newsletter does not offer specific information on the current study we are doing on equity and excellence in early childhood, I was impacted by the link on the site to the projects they are doing to support military families.  I think this is often an overlooked community of people that are looking for ways to maintain consistency in their lives when one or both primary caregivers are away on duty.

www.zerotothree.org

 

2 comments:

  1. I love the Zero to Three website! I had not realized they had links to resources for military. I have explored Naccrra's website (www.naccrra.org) and they, too have a large section dedicated to resources for military families.

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  2. I am happy to hear of the work to support military families. These families are often on the move, so I am sure that these children can easily be left out when it comes to high-quality early education. These children need to receive the cognitive and social emotional development experienced in a quality program. I have not thoroughly navigated through this website...sounds interesting!

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