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Internet Sites for Early Childhood
Disclaimer: These links are provided for your convenience. However, the resources to which they
link are maintained by other entities and do not represent Isothermal Community College.
General Sites
Child Development &
Parenting Information
http://www.cdipage.com/
Founded by Robert Myers, Ph.D, a Clinical Child Psychologist with
20 years of experience. “Award winning site for information on child
development, psychology, parenting, learning, health and safety as well as
childhood disorders such as attention deficit disorder, dyslexia and
autism….Recommended by Psychology today and the American Psychological
Association.”
Early Child Development
http://www.worldbank.org/children/
A World Bank website, “designed to assist policy makers, program managers,
and practitioners in their efforts to promote the healthy growth and integral
development of young children.” Links to articles and related sites
(especially see Resources and Data & Statistics links.)
Foundation for Child Development
http://www.ffcd.org/
“A national, private philanthropy dedicated to the principle that all
families should have the social and material resources to raise their children
to be healthy, educated and productive members of their communities.” Links to
articles and information.
National Black Child Development Institute
http://www.nbcdi.org/Welcome/
Website of “a nonprofit organization has provided and supported programs,
workshops, and resources for African American children, their parents and
communities…” Tip: use the Search function to look for info.
National Network for Child Care
“An Internet source of over 1000 publications and resources related to child care. Publications are research-based and reviewed.” Click on Learn from our articles and resources.
UNC FPG Child Development Institute
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/
Website for a multidisciplinary institute at the University of NC at Chapel
Hill. Articles, news, info on projects.
Primarily Socially-Related Sites
NC Division of Child Development
http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/general/home.asp
Website of official state entity for child development. Child care
demographics at NC Child Care Snapshot and news articles at What’s
New.
Society for Research in Child Development
http://www.srcd.org/
“The Society is a multidisciplinary, not-for-profit, professional
association…” Under Table of Contents, “Summaries of Articles in Child
Development - for the public” is useful for finding article summaries. (Actual
full-text articles from this journal can be found on NC LIVE, from Academic
Search Elite database via EBSCOhost and from InfoTrac OneFile database
via Gale.)
Success INC
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/success/
"The mission of Success Inc. is to support efforts
to meet the needs of all young children and their families through In-service,
Networking, and Collaboration among early childhood
professionals, families, and agencies."
Primarily
Medically-Related Sites
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--Child Development
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/child/
Department of Health and Human Services site. Provides
developmental milestones, info on child development, ADHD, and links to
related sites.
National Association for Child Development
Website of “an international organization that distributes information to parents and professionals while providing techniques and strategies to assist both children and adults in reaching their full potential.” Tip: use the Search function to look for articles and other information on a subject.
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
“The mission of the NICHD is to ensure that every person is born healthy and wanted … and that all children have the chance to achieve their full potential for healthy and productive lives, free from disease or disability...” Check out News & Events and Health Information & Media.
