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The following is a list of nation-wide resources, listed alphabetically.

• American Academy of Pediatrics dedicates to the attainment of optimal, physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

• American Disabilities Act provides the ADA statute, ADA title II and III regulations, technical assistance materials, enforcement information, and general ADA information on this website.

• Baby signs introduces a baby sign program that teaches a natural sign language that allows infants and parents to better communicate with each other.

• Baby TALK's mission is to positively impact child development and nurture healthy parent-child relationships during the critical early years. Baby TALK collaborates with schools, libraries, hospitals, health clinics and literacy projects. Founded in Decatur , Illinois in 1986, Baby TALK is a national model found in 31 states and Canada .

• Brazelton Touchpoints Center The Touchpoints Model is a training porgram for multi-disciplanary professionals. Its goal is to provide them with skills and strategies with which they can build alliances with parents of children aged zero to three.

• Bright Futures  Current and emerging national preventative and health promotion of infants, children, and families. This site features guidelines for health promotion of infants, children, and families. This site features guidelines for health supervisors, a section for developmental issues and strengths in the infancy period, and related publications.

• The Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) at the University of Minnesota has spent over 30 years helping children from infancy through age eight to learn and develop to the best of their abilities. Through research and community outreach, they strive to effect positive change in early education, child care, and public policy.

• Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)'s child care and early education is dedicated to promoting policies that support both child development and the needs of low-income working parents.

• Center on Infant Mental Health and Development: The mission of the Center on Infant Mental Health and Development (CIMHD) is to improve the social and emotional aspects of development for young children during their formative years. Special emphasis is placed on vulnerable children at risk due to maternal mental health problems, extreme poverty and homelessness, absence of social supports, parental substance abuse, and related factors. Children already exhibiting developmental delays.

• Child Care and Early Education Research Connections provides researchers, policymakers, policy influencers, and practitioners with one-stop access to a continually updated, comprehensive, and searchable collection of original research, related resources including syntheses, datasets, statistics, instruments and measures, comparative state data tools.

• Child Care Aware  Child Care Aware, a program of NACCRRA, is funded through a cooperative agreement with the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Child Care Aware is committed to helping parents find the best information on locating quality child care and child care resources in their community.

• Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving the lives of children by conducting and disseminating research to improve the decisions, programs, and policies that affect children and their families. In advancing its mission, Child Trends collects and analyzes data; conducts, synthesizes, and disseminates research; designs and evaluates programs; and develops and tests promising approaches to research in the field.

• Council for Exceptional Children  This professional organization is dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with disabilities and the gifted. The Web site offers resources for people working with and advocating for students with special needs.

• Creative Curriculum® for Infants and Toddlers  Teaching Strategies, Inc. offers curriculum resources, training manuals and parent resource booklets related to infant and toddler care, including the Creative Curriculum® for Infants and Toddlers, which emphasizes the importance of early learning in the context of relationships.

• CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) Early Childhood Research Institute identifies, collects, reviews, catalogs, abstracts, and describes materials and practices developed for children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and professionals who work with them.

• Dr. Greene offers a variety of resources for professionals and parents. This website includes featured articles covering topics from nutrition to baby sign language, as well as chat rooms highlighting relevant topics.

• Early Care and Education Collaborative  The Early Care and Education Collaborative is a multi-year project of eight state-based child advocacy organizations working on child care issues.

• Early Childhood Research and Practice is a peer-reviewed electronic bilingual journal sponsored by the Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to age 8.

• Early Head Start National Resource Center is a storehouse of early childhood expertise that promotes the building of new knowledge and the sharing of information.

• Every Child by Two: The Carter/Bumpers Campaign for Early Immunization  This Web site offers resources and information on early immunization. The new 1997 immunization schedule is posted. A program of the American Nurses Foundation, the campaign offers an Immunization Partners Conference and community action activities.

• The Family to Family Initiative provides a place for parents of children with disabilities, developmental delays, and special health care needs to share knowledge, experiences, and concerns with one another.

• Finding Our Way — a new book by Dr. Moncrieff Cochran of Cornell University . A comprehensive and far-reaching analysis of the principles and practices of early care and education in the United States and Europe . Compares/contrasts those practices with other developed countries.

• Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute research and outreach has shaped how the nation cares for and educates young children. FPG has a proud history of serving as an objective, knowledgeable force for social change to enhance the lives of children and families. Researchers focus on parent and family support; early care and education; child health and development; early identification and intervention; equity, access and inclusion; and early childhood policy.

• Harvard Family Research Project strives to promote more effective educational practices, programs, and policies for disadvantaged children and youth by generating, publishing, and disseminating our and others’ research.

• Healthy Child Care America  The Healthy Child Care America (HCCA) program is a collaborative effort of health professionals, child care providers, and families working to improve the health and safety of children in child care.

• Healthy Child Care America Back to Sleep Campaign website  

• High/Scope Foundation  High/Scope Educational Research Foundation is an independent nonprofit research, development, training, and public advocacy organization with headquarters in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Although best known for its preschool programs, High/Scope has also developed key experiences for infants and toddlers and publishes several resources focused on children birth to three.

• I am Your Child  This site provides information regarding key issues in child development, parenting questions, expert advice, resources, and a community action campaign.

• Innovations Series  The Innovations series is a comprehensive curriculum for infants and toddlers. It focuses on the elements of caregiver observation and assessment, child development theory, interactive experiences, adult-child interaction, parent partnerships, and environments.

• Kid Source Online Activities, information and websites concerning newborns.

• National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) The National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) is a nonprofit organization that provides support through programs, workshops, and resources for African American children, their parents and communities in the areas of early health and education, health, child welfare, and parenting.

• National Center for the Education in Maternal and Child Health provides program development, education, and sate-of-the-art knowledge to improve the health of the nation's children and families.

• The National Child Care Information and Center (NCCIC) This is a service of the Child Care Bureau and is a national clearinghouse and technical assistance (TA) center that provides comprehensive child care information resources and TA services to Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) administrators and other key stakeholders.

• National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC)  The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center supports the implementation of the early childhood provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to strengthen service systems to ensure that children with disabilities (birth through five) and their families receive and benefit from high quality, culturally appropriate, and family-centered supports and services.

• National Fatherhood Initiative has a mission to improve the quality of life for children by increasing the number growing up with involved, responsible, and committed fathers. The website offers many resources and links for fathers and those working to expand the role of fathers.

• National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative  The National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative is designed to support Child Care Development Fund (CDDF) State and territory Administrators in their efforts to effect system-wide improvements in infant and toddler child care.

• National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Resource Center provides information services and technical assistance on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and related topics. Our goal is to promote understanding of SIDS and provide comfort to those affected by SIDS through information sharing.

• The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8.

• The National Center for Family Literacy as a leading resource in family literacy, can provide you with expert information, interviews with literacy specialists and program participants, data and statistics, and other resources you may need.

• The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities is a national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and related issues of individuals from birth through 22 years for families, educators, and other professionals.

• The National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

• National Institute for Early Education Research supports early childhood education initiatives by providing objective, nonpartisan information based on research.

• National Network for Child Care (NNCC) unites the expertise of many of the nation's leading universities through the outreach system of Cooperative Extension.

• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care is to promote health and safety in out-of-home child care settings throughout the nation.

• The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child was created to extend the work that culminated in the publication of From Neurons to Neighborhoods (National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, 2000). The ultimate goal of the Council is to enhnace the early development of children through the design and implementation of effective public and private policies and programs.

• The Paid Leave Clearinghouse  The Paid Leave Clearinghouse is a collection of full-text documents, issued from 1999 onward, pertaining to paid family and medical leave. The collection includes legislative texts, policy and advocacy materials, cost benefits analyses of proposed legislation, public opinion surveys, editorial comments, and materials on topics closely related to paid leave, such as child care and early education.

• The Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers is developed by WestEd, Center for Child and Family Studies in collaboration with the California Department of Education Child Development Division to promote responsive caring relationships for infants and toddlers.

• Parents As Teachers is the overarching program philosophy of providing parents with child development knowledge and parenting support.

• Resources for Infant Educators is a non-profit organization that has developed and is teaching a unique philosophy and methodology in working with infants based on Magda Gerber's educational philosophy.

• The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD): The purposes of the Society are to promote multidisciplinary research in the field of child development, to foster the exchange of information among scientists and other professionals of various disciplines, and to encourage applications of research findings.

• Talaris Research Institute works to improve the social, emotional and cognitive development of children from the prenatal period through age five by providing parents with tools to raise their children effectively.

• Talk to Your Baby is a campaign in the UK run by the National Literacy Trust. The goal of the organization is to encourage parents and caregivers to talk more to their children from birth to three. The website offers information, advice, and free resources regarding early language and communication.

• WestEd  WestEd's site offers information on all levels of education including the infant/toddler stage. It also has links to more specific content areas such as charter schools, math and science education and standards and assessment.

• ZERO TO THREE, the National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and their Families is a national non-profit organization that are dedicated to advancing current knowledge; promoting beneficial policies and practices; communicating research and best practices to a wide variety of audiences; and providing training, technical assistance and leadership development.

• Zero to Three Policy Network, Be a voice for babies! Join the Policy Network and learn more about the issues that impact a baby’s ability to grow up healthy, happy and secure.