Have you heard that J. Ronald Lally’s latest book For Our Babies: Ending the Invisible Neglect of America’s Infants is available as a Kindle edition on Amazon.com? If you haven’t done so yet, I hope you’ll order your copy today. Paperback is available too of course. For the last forty years, J. Ronald Lally has [...]
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NAEYC’s 2013 National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development
NAEYC’s 2013 National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development will be held in San Francisco June 9-12th. This year’s theme is “Developmentally Appropriate Practice: The Next Era”. Will you attend? It’s not too late to register. We’d love to see you there. J. Ronald Lally and Peter Mangione are presenting a featured session on Tuesday, [...]
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Birth to Three Institute Goes Virtual!
The 17th Annual virtual Birth to Three Institute (vBTT) sponsored by the Office of Head Start is a FREE five-week online professional development experience that will run from May 28 – June 27, 2013. This year’s theme is: Nurturing the Foundations for Success with Children and Families. Each week will focus on one content track [...]
Yahoo Expands Its Paid Parental Leave
Yahoo just announced a revised paid parental leave policy. Under the new policy, mothers can take 16 weeks of paid leave with benefits when they give birth to a child. New dads can take 8 weeks. Both parents can take eight weeks of paid leave for new children via foster child placement, adoption or surrogacy. [...]
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News Roundup April 30th
More Benefits of Maternity Leave Two studies out of the University of California, Berkeley, suggest that maternity leave makes economic sense in addition to improving health outcomes for mothers and babies. The findings were part of the “Juggling Work and Life During Pregnancy” study, funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the U.S. [...]
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For Our Babies Book Signing!
Are you attending the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA? J. Ronald Lally will be signing his book on Monday April 29th between 11-12pm at the WestEd Booth #800. We hope you’ll stop by and say hello! Download the event flyer.
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The President’s Budget Proposal Makes Babies a Priority!
Today the President released his 2014 budget proposal, which includes important investments in our nation’s infants and toddlers including: • $1.4 billion to expand Early Head Start and create Early Head Start/Child Care partnerships; • $500 million in increased mandatory funding through the Child Care and Development Fund, which would serve an additional 100,000 children; [...]
News Roundup April 5th
Screen Time Vs. Social Interaction In ECE PolicyMatters, Susan Ochshorn writes about how new technology may affect human development. Beginning in infancy, children’s interactions with caregivers encourage intellectual, social and emotional growth. The parent infant relationship helps the infant build trust and encourages the child’s desire to engage in the world. But what happens if [...]
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Healthy Minds Handouts
What does research tell us about the early years? How can you nurture a baby’s healthy development? ZERO TO THREE, in conjunction with the American Academy of Pediatrics, developed a nice series of handouts for parents and professionals called Healthy Minds that gives some of the answers to these important questions. The handouts, which are [...]
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For Our Babies: Ending the Invisible Neglect of America’s Infants
J.Ronald Lally’s latest book For Our Babies: Ending the Invisible Neglect of America’s Infants is available April 2013. The book shares the hopes, worries, and frustrations of American parents, who receive little support for their children or themselves as parents. It also reveals their lack of awareness about how little assistance they receive compared to [...]
