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You spend your day working with, playing
with, and watching children, and you are already
familiar with many milestones – such as pointing at
objects, smiling, and playing with others – that
mark a child’s development. All children are unique,
but sooner or later, you will see a child who is not
developing as they should.
You are a valuable resource to parents! They look to
you for information on their child, and they trust
you. The “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” campaign has
created a series of resources to help you educate
parents on the full range of child development.
Download Materials
You can view or download the various materials for
the "Learn the Signs. Act Early." campaign designed
for child care providers.
Click here to view or download them.
Order Materials
You can order the free “Learn the Signs. Act Early.”
Child Care Provider Resource Kit by
clicking here. The kit includes a CD-ROM with
fact sheets on child development that you can print
out, along with three (3) growth charts, three (3)
small posters, and 50 flyers for parents.
The CD-ROM contains fact sheets on: developmental
milestones from 3 months to 5 years; developmental
disabilities, including autism, ADHD, cerebral
palsy, intellectual disability (also known as mental
retardation), vision loss, and hearing
loss; and developmental screening. It also includes
milestones checklists you can print out and share
with parents as well as tips for talking to them
about child development.
You can also order additional flyers to share with
parents. (50 flyers come in the Child Care Provider
Resource Kit).
Click here to order the Outreach Resource Kit,
which contains a set of 100 flyers.
Hand Out Milestone
Checklists
You can print out milestone checklists for parents
or your staff to complete.
Click here
to print out. This information is useful to all
parents as a child begins a new school year or
celebrates a birthday.
Share Interactive
Milestones Chart
This
interactive chart is a great way to show parents
how children develop. Consider mentioning this great
interactive tool in your parent newsletter or
book marking it on a parent resource computer at your
center.
Link to the “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” Campaign
We have created a “linking kit” that allow you to
easily link to this website from your own website.
Click
here for instructions.
Include “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” Print Ad in
Your Newsletter
We have a print ad that would be great to include in
your newsletter to tell parents about the campaign.
Click here to view it.
Other Resources
American
Academy of Pediatrics’ Healthy Child Care America
American
Academy of Pediatrics’ Bright Futures
Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children
with Challenging Behavior
Center on the
Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
Council for Exceptional Children
Child
Care Bureau
National Association
for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
National
Association of Child Care Resource and Referral
Agencies (NACCRRA)
National
Black Child Development Institute
National Child Care
Information Center
National Early
Childhood Technical Assistance Center
National Resource
Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (NRC)
Zero to Three
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