Developmental Checklists

Child Development Institute http://www.cdipage.com/

American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/healthtopics/stages.cfm#inf

Early Childhood Resources in the Portland Area

Northwest Early Childhood Institute

Infant Mental Health Certificate Program: Portland State

Early Intervention/Early Childhood Programs

Multnomah County: http://w3.mesd.k12.or.us/ece/mecp.index.html

Washington County: http://www.nwresd.k12.or.us/specialed/eiecse.html

Clackamas County: http://www.clackesd.k12.or.us/earlychildhood/index.htm

For other areas see the Oregon Department of Education website at http://www.ode.state.or.us/gradelevel/pre_k/eiecse/contactinfo.aspx

Programs for Young Children

Early Head Start http://www.ehspdx.org/

Head Start  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/region10/programs/region_10_head_start_or_grantees.html

Healthy Start (Portland) http://www.mchealth.org/services/chs.shtml#connections

Healthy Start (statewide) http://www.healthystartassoc.org/hswdir6.html

Web Resources

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning has training materials for teachers and parents for promoting social and emotional competence in young children.

The Teacher's Toolbox has a quality inclusion curriculum for preschool children.

CrossCultural Developmental Education Services has a variety of materials on second language development and identifying disabilities in second language learners.

The Learning Sciences and Brain Research website has a variety of resources relating to how brain science impacts educational approaches.

The Circle of Security website offers downloadable handouts for parents on building secure attachments with infants and toddlers.

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