Calaveras Child Care Council Needs Assessment 2018

California Association for the Education of Young Children

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. To support this goal, CSEFEL has developed a conceptual model of evidence-based practices for promoting young children's social emotional competence and preventing and addressing challenging behavior.

Change the First 5 Years and You Change Everything (4 min video)

Children’s Success Foundation: Nurtured Heart Approach
The Nurtured Heart Approach® is a relationship-focused methodology for helping children build their Inner Wealth® and use their intensity in successful ways. It has become a powerful way of awakening the inherent greatness in all children. It has a proven impact on every child, including those who are challenged behaviorally, socially and academically.

CSEFEL California (CA Map to Inclusion & Belonging)

Early Childhood Investigators

Early Edge California
Works to ensure all children have the early experiences necessary to be successful learners by the end of 3rd grade.

Greater Good Science Center
Based at the University of California, Berkeley, the Greater Good Science Center studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.

Mind in the Making
Developed by Families and Work Institute (FWI), Mind in the Making shares the science of children’s learning. The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs (Ellen Galinsky) presents the science of children’s early development in an accessible, engaging, and inspiring way.

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Neurosequential Network COVID-19 Stress, Distress & Trauma Video Series with Dr. Bruce Perry

The Understanding Inclusion series contains 6 topics that explore key ideas about inclusion in early childhood. The series covers a range of topics from defining inclusion to understanding the benefits to advocating for inclusion.  Developed for families with family input, it is just as meaningful and useful for practitioners working with families who have children from birth to 5.

Zero to Three