The Campaign is a volunteer-driven network of academics, attorneys, child and human rights advocates, educators, members of religious and faith-based communities, physicians, representatives from non-governmental organizations, students, and other concerned citizens, dedicated to the ratification and implementation of this extraordinary human rights treaty that our country helped to create.

"TeachUNICEF is a portfolio of global education teacher resources designed and collected by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF's Education Department for teachers, afterschool instructors, and parents. "

Provides a description of Articles 1-53 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in child friendly language.

NAEYC's mission is to serve and act on behalf of the needs, rights and well-being of all young children with primary focus on the provision of educational and developmental services and resources (NAEYC Bylaws, Article I., Section 1.1).

We help moms have full-term pregnancies and healthy babies. If something goes wrong, we offer information and comfort to families. We research the problems that threaten our babies and work on preventing them.

The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a non-profit child advocacy organization that has worked relentlessly for more than 40 years to ensure a level playing field for all children. We champion policies and programs that lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education and a moral and spiritual foundation. Supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations, CDF advocates nationwide on behalf of children to ensure children are always a priority.

UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes us unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young.

UNICEF maintains a Web site that includes the history of the Convention on Children's Rights, the principles, and the 41 articles (see http://www.unicef.org/crc/).

A link to The Convention on the Rights of the Child web site.

Provides a summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Articles 1-54).

Discusses the issues of early-later experience and nature versus nurture.

Discusses continuity and discontinuity in developmental psychology.

Discusses the nature-nurture issue in psychology.

Provides a description of basic research methods used in psychology and a guide to help you identify which method to use in your research.

Provides an overview of psychology research methods.

Provides an overview of Bowlby's Attachment Theory.

John Bowlby (1907 - 1990) was a psychoanalyst (like Freud) and believed that mental health and behavioral problems could be attributed to early childhood.

Provides an overview of Ivan Pavlov's classical conditioning.

Narrated by Erikson's colleague, Margaret Brenman-Gibson, Ph.D. and Ruthie Mickles, Ph.D. Using archival materials and newly shot footage, this film introduces students to the rich wisdom of Erik H. Erikson. Best known for his identification of the eight stages of the life cycle, Erikson spent a lifetime observing and studying the way in which the interplay of genetics, cultural influences and unique experiences produces individual human lives. This film combines biographical information about Erikson with his theoretical proposals to give students an understanding of the relationship between the life experience of a theorist and the work that is produced. Further information is available at www.davidsonfilms.com.

"The work of Jean Piaget has become the foundation of current developmental psychology and the basis for changes in educational practice. David Elkind, author of The Hurried Child and Miseducation, and a student of Jean Piaget, explores the roots of Piagets work and outlines important vocabulary and concepts that structure much of the study of child development. Using both archival film of Dr. Piaget and newly shot sequences of Dr. Elkind conducting interviews with children of varying ages, this film presents an overview of Piagets developmental theory, its scope and content. The film can serve either as an introduction to Piagets work or as a review of it. With David Elkind, Ph.D. This is a short clip from the film. Further information is available at www.davidsonfilms.com."