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Colorado Resource for Early Childhood. "Mission of Early Childhood Options The mission of Early Childhood Options is to promote a collaborative system that improves the quality, affordability and availability of early childhood programs in Summit County."

"Who is watching? Thinking ethically about observing children Just how much of a child's life is private? Who has the right to monitor? What judgements are being formed; and what decisions are being made on their behalf? Every day, educators observe, record conversations and capture images of children for analysis and reflection, to guide their curriculum decisions and inform their understanding. While every step is taken to ensure children's confidentiality and privacy, how often is the perspective of the child considered? This article outlines the ethical tensions that arise for early childhood education and care settings, as they manage recording observations of children with multiple requests from students, researchers and visitors to engage with and observe children."

"The Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation was created through a grant from the Office of Head Start. Our target audience includes: Mental Health Consultants Head Start Program Administrators Head Start Staff Training & Technical Assistance Providers Families The Center translates research in healthy mental development into materials tailored to the needs of each of the target audiences, and makes them available on this website. In addition, the Center serves as an online "Community of Learners:" a clearinghouse for the exchange of ideas through traditional and new media. "

The United Nations' International Labor Organization estimates that as many as a million children between ages 5 and 17 work in the small-scale gold mines of Africa for as little as $2 a day. In the African Sahel, a semiarid region that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea across parts of Mali, Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Niger, 30 percent to 50 percent of small-scale mine workers are children, according to ILO estimates. Child labor is against the law in Burkina Faso, where last year the government announced a plan to significantly reduce the numbers of exploited children by 2015. But enforcement is lacking.

"Child Development Tracker Use the Child Development Tracker to get insights on the stages of growth. Select an Age:"

"A conference dedicated to making a difference. Be prepared to be inspired, empowered, perhaps even transformed. An interdisciplinary conference devoted to improving children's lives by highlighting innovative programs and by making the newest research and insights from neuroscience, child development, psychology, & medicine understandable & applicable to those who work directly with children."

"What is a Videative? The word videative [vid´-é-ã-tive]   refers to the combination of text and video segments to create an integrated viewing experience (video + narrative = videative). The text explains the video and the video exemplifies the text. Our videatives help you see what children know™ and thereby help you better support their learning."

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field devoted to understanding how children's minds change as they grow up, interrelations between that & how the brain is changing, and environmental and biological influences on that.