Read these brief informative pieces from For Our Babies, early child care groups, and guest bloggers. Topics cover a wide range of ideas from reading, to follow-up care for children with disabilities or other special needs, to taking action for our babies and our future.
What could we be doing differently? What could we do to be smarter? These questions are at the heart of a 5- minute video titled “Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change”. This short video, narrated by Jack Shonkoff, MD, explains the Frontiers of Innovation community’s theory of change for improving […] Read more
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 […] Read more
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, […] Read more
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 […] Read more
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. […] Read more
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. […] Read more
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. Read more
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; […] Read more
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 […] Read more
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 […] Read more
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