Sharing Web Resources

I have been looking through this website for quite some time and a haven't really ventured out into what is on the outside. When I started in the link titled Young Exceptional Children it discusses how they link was designed for teachers, administrators, therapist, and family members to have some research on children with special needs. At the bottom of the 1st paragraph their is a link that states, "Click here to learn more about YEC." 

When I clicked on the link it lead to page titles SAGE. This page displayed a book called Young Exceptional Children. 

Young Exceptional Children (YEC) offers useful, friendly articles that help readers implement research-based strategies and interventions across many settings.

Each issue covers a variety of intervention strategies; you will find ideas to use in classrooms, in home based programs, with special populations, and in family home routines. YEC also reviews important topics, such as:

• Adapting Physical Activities
• Assessing Intervention Outcomes
• Recommended Practices for Children with Autism
• Addressing Challenging Behaviors
• Culturally Sensitive Interventions
• Developmentally Appropriate Practices
• Early Literacy Development Tools
• Embedding Interventions within Family and Classroom Routines
• Family-Friendly Interventions
• Family-Guided Routines
• Portfolio Assessment
• Positive Behavior Support
• Second Language Acquisition
• Strategies For Successful Inclusion

The items that are provided are helpful to all individuals 

working with children, regardless of a special need or not. 

Being able to implement your own plan and strategies to help 

others is an amazing experience.

In my search I found that many individuals do not have 

resources at hand and this book allows them with these.

I have not received a e-newsletter from this organization. A lot of the information given is blocked because of membership, but their is a fee for the membership. The information that is given just gives you an overview, but in order to receive the best information available to those who are in need is if you purchase the material that it is posted in.

I do understand that we need all information possible to help our children, but I do believe that somethings should be available at hand because are first interest is to provide a better education for our children regardless of their condition.

References:

http://www.dec-sped.org/content.asp?contentid=161

http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201887

Getting to Know International Contacts

In the Harvard website they focused a lot on ensuring the health of our children. The goals of the organization is to invest in the root of the problem that is causing many issues within the early childhood field with children and their families. What I loved about the information is that they collaborate with others within and outside of cultures that ensure that they are providing the best services that will support the children and also target their initiative goal.

Here is the outline of their plan of attack for help and support:

Guided by these strategic objectives, the Global Children’s Initiative has begun to build a portfolio of activities in three domains:

• early childhood development;
• child mental health; and
  
• children in crisis and conflict situations.

"Each of these domains is being guided by a designated faculty working group that will facilitate continuing cross-disciplinary collaboration; design and implement new projects; and engage additional faculty, students, and collaborators beyond the Harvard community. (Global Children’s Initiative)"

The program that I enjoyed reading about was "applying science in Brazil." I understand that we have a lot of problems that occur right here in the United States, but I think it is a plus that their are programs that branch out to assist. What occurs in other cultures might actually be beneficial to the individuals we have here. The whole idea of collaborating is what education is all about. We have to learn how to work together in an effort to do what we were called to do, and that is provide a service for the children and families that will provide them with a foundation that covers all areas; education, mental, physical, social and emotional, and health.

Another program that caught my eye within the website is: 

New Scientific Knowledge Can Inform Innovative Global Strategies

In order to make something work we have understand the changes that are occurring and the language that is being spoken. The article states how we are failing to make a connection with the policies and procedures that have to be in place. Ideas are great, but research need to understand that they have to look at the whole picture and not the part that they are interested in. "International discussions of child-related policies and practices often fail to make the vital connection between child survival, one of the developing world’s most pressing issues, and child development, an equally important prerequisite for productive and harmonious societies. (Global Children's Initiative)"

References:

http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/activities/global_initiative/applying_the_science_of_early_childhood_in_brazi/

http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/activities/global_initiative/