Provider Resources on Early Brain and Child Development

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Provider Resources

 

• AAP Resources
• Bright Futures
• Connected Kids
• Early Brain and Child Development (Zero to Three Journal)
  
• Head Start National Center on Health
• Healthy Child Care America
  (includes information on Building Bridges Program and Resources)
• Healthy Foster Care America
• Literacy Toolkit
• Section on Child Abuse and Neglect
  
• Trauma Guide
• Toxic Stress Video (Annual Leadership Forum, 2013)
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Studies: Shows the associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being (CDC)
• Spokane Study on ACEs exposure in elementary aged children
• ACEs Connection: A community of practice network, using trauma-informed practices to prevent ACEs & further trauma, and to increase resilience.
• Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health: Advances the effective use of public data on the status of children’s health and health-related services for children, youth and families in the United States.
• Addressing and Preventing ACEs: Hear from leading experts (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
  
• The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative (Norlien Foundation)
• The Center for Early Literacy Learning
• Center on the Developing Child
• Tackling Toxic Stress
• Science of Early Childhood
• Three Core Concepts in Early Development: This 3-part video series provides a better understanding of how early experiences are built into our bodies and brains.
• In Brief Series: This series offers short summaries of essential findings from recent scientific publications and presentations 
• The Foundations of Lifelong Health
• The Science of Early Childhood Development
• The Impact of Early Adversity on Children's Development
• Early Childhood Program Effectiveness
  

• The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
  Translating Developmental Science Into Healthy Lives
  Video presentation  |   Powerpoint presentation
• Articles
• Routine vs. Catastrophic Influences on the Developing Child - Long-term effects of adversity on children and how to buffer the effects of toxic stressors
  
• Paying Later: The high costs of failing to invest in young children (Issue Brief from The Pew Center on the States)
• Child and Adult Outcomes of Chronic Child Maltreatment (Pediatrics, May 2012)
• Early childhood stimulation benefits adult competence and reduces violent behavior (Pediatrics, May 2011) 
• A new science of early childhood reveals urgency of protecting developing brains (AAP News, January 2012)
• The science of success (The Atlantic, December 2009)
• Salivary Cortisol Mediates Effects of Poverty and Parenting on Executive Functions in Early Childhood (National Institute of Health, 2012)
• Structural variations in prefrontal cortex mediate the relationship between early childhood stress and spatial working memory (The Journal of Neuroscience, June 6, 2012)
• The impact of ACEs on an urban pediatric population (Child Abuse & Neglect, 2011)
• Home Visiting (July 2012)
• A Poverty Solution that Starts with a Hug (Nicholas Kristoff, NY Times)
• The Kids Are (Not) All Right (Charles M. Blow, NY Times)
• Brochures/Handouts
• 5 Rs of Early Education
  
• Helping Foster and Adoptive Families Cope with Trauma
• Partnering with Parents: Apps for Raising Happy, Healthy Children
• Toxic Stress Interventions/Models
• SEEK
• VIP
• Family-Nurse Partnerships
• Toxic Stress Treatments
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
• Child-Parent Psychotherapy
• Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Other Helpful Resources
• Zero to Three (National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families)
  Little Kids, Big Questions Podcast series
  Your Child’s Development- a series of age-based handouts
  Healthy Minds
  Nurturing Social-Emotional Development
  Baby Brain Map
  Everyday Ways to Support Your Child’s Learning
  Brain FAQs
  Supporting Early Brain Development
• The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative (Norlien Foundation)
• The Center for Early Literacy Learning
• Circle of Security International
  (early intervention program for parents and children)
• Parents as Teachers
  (home visitation model)
• Promoting First Relationships
  (training program to promote children’s social-emotional development)
• Docs for Tots
  (promotes practices, policies and investments in children from prenatal to age five that foster children’s healthy development and future success)
  

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