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100Playgroups Curriculum: Outcome-Based Activities
101Signing with Young Children
102A Major Collaboration to Improve Children's Health
105Developing an Employee Handbook
108Measuring for Impact
109How to Get Home Before Midnight: Effective Meeting Strategies and Basic Parliamentary Procedure
111Applying Best Practice in Child Developmental Services in the Primary Care Office Setting
116Lessons Learned in the NC Infant Toddler Enhancement Project
121Tools for Supporting Culturally Responsive Programs
122Authentic Leadership: Growing the Capacity to Reflect and Respond to Diversity
123What's Leadership Got to Do With It? How Leaders Impact Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Development
124Strengthening Administrative Leadership through Assessment and Director Peer-Mentoring
125Unlock Your Team's Potential: Workplace Excellence through the 7 Childhood Treasures
126Beyond Basics: The Benefits and Challenges of Collecting State and Local Level Data on Children
127Healthy Families: Where Are We Headed in North Carolina?
128Encouraging You and Your Kids to 'Be Active'!
130Getting "On-Board": Board Member Roles and Responsibilities
131Family Support to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect: The Parent-to-Parent Model
134What Would a Culturally Relevant Curriculum Look Like for Diverse Young Learners?
135Reaching Out to Latino Parents and Families
137Enough Already with the Warm and Fuzzies: The Global Economic Case for Quality Early Education
138Parents as Teachers: An Evidence-Based Home Visiting Program for School Readiness
139Linking Early Learning Standards to Outdoor Play and Learning
140Just Who's Running This Show Anyway? Sustainable Governance in Changing Times
141Harnessing the Power of Data for Effective Decision Making (Part I)
142Partners for a Healthy Baby Home Visiting Curriculum Evaluation
143Rules and Regulations in Outdoor Learning Designs
146Childhood in Peril: The Necessity for Reconnecting Children to Nature
147Neurotoxins: Their Effects on Development, Learning and Behaviors
149Facilitating Play with Children on the Autism Spectrum in the Inclusive Classroom
151Using Community Collaboration to Build a Comprehensive Early Childhood System
153Facilitation Methods for You to Use
154Supporting New Immigrant Families: A Multidisciplinary Collaborative Approach
155Facilitative Leadership: Making the Most of the Gifts Around You
157Virginia's Alignment Project
158Reality, Not Reality TV: Improving Childhood Development through Reduced Media Use
159Building a Village to Raise the Children
160RBA Initiative: Children Ready For and Succeeding in School
161Parents Advocating for Change: Empowering Parents to Be a Voice for Their Children
162Changing Federal Landscape
163The Child Care WAGE$ Project: Feedback from the Field
164FAMOSA: A Holistic Model of Family Support for the Latino Community
165Creating a Community of Collaboration to Strengthen the Early Intervention Community
167Supporting Families of Medically Fragile Infants from Hospital to Home
168Seeing Your Community with New Eyes: Conducting Community Assessments
169Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviors: The Power of Relationships
170Off to School: Transition Into Kindergarten
172What To Do About Grants - A Primer in Grant Writing
175Creating a Community of Problem Solvers: Winners Not Whiners
180Building Collaborative Relationships with Families: Partnerships that Work
181NAEYC Associate Degree Accreditation: A New Resource for Professional Development Programs
182Supporting Adolescent Parents and Their Children
183Transition to Kindergarten Program: A Three-County Perspective
185Polliwog Project: Beating the Odds of Preschool Expulsion
186A Journey Along the Pathways to Ready Schools
187No Money and 100 Mouths to Feed
188FirstSchool: Uniting the Best
189Creating Our Image in the Community
190Star Searchers
191Engaging School Leaders in Early Childhood: A Win-Win Proposal
192Dealing with Harassment in the Workplace
193Effective Leadership: A Critical Element for Success
194Professional Development Partnerships that Really Work!
195Recruitment - Getting it Right the First Time
196Questionnaire Writing - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
197Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care: How State Policies Can Help Families
198ECE-Learning: A National Distance Learning Scan for the Early Childhood Workforce
199Reclaiming Our Voice: How to Talk About the Role of Government in Child Care
202Oh See What I Say - Teaching Children through Visual Supports
203Overloaded, Overwhelmed and Over It!
205Going Outside with Your Infants and Toddlers
208Appreciative Inquiry: Discovering What Works and Doing More of It
210Extending the Welcome Mat to Men: What's the Secret?
211SCHOLARSHIPS and INCENTIVES - Professional Development Programs in Early Care and Education
212Ready Communities: Building the Community's Capacity to Support Early Education
213Logic Models for Program Design, Evaluation and Management
214Using Existing Individual and Organizational Highlights to Create an Energized Future
215Early Childhood Leadership Development: A Multi-level Approach
216From the Ground Up: Essential Components of Successful Fundraising
217Triple P Positive Parenting - Implementing an Evidence-based Lifeline for Parents
219Intentional Teaching Using The Creative Curriculum for Preschool
220Autism 101: Building Relationships, Building Bridges
222Collaboration: Integrating Programs to Benefit Children, Families and Communities
224Friendraising as Fundraising
225Comprehensive Insurance Benefits for Child Care Providers - YES, It's Do-able!
227Leading from Behind
230Developing Effective Early Childhood Teachers: Findings from Three Language/Literacy Interventions
231Parenting Across the Autism Spectrum: Unexpected Lessons We Have Learned
232Early Learning Guidelines and the At-Risk Child
234Proving a Comprehensive Quality Maintenance Initiative
236NC Early Learning Guidelines (Birth-36 Months): The Research Behind the Guidelines
237Linking with Economic Development - The Latest and Greatest from the Field
238Rural Communities Have Kids, Too! How to Get More by Linking with Economic Development
239Early Childhood Oral Health
241Birds Fly, Fish Swim and Children Play
242Violence in the Family - Approaches to Building Family Peace
243The Price of Silence: Raising Issues that Aren't Discussed Enough
245Building Business Support for Early Learning: Ideas, Insights and Innovations
251Conflict Resolution: The Partnership Way
253Prenatal Intelligence: The Unfolding Story
255Early Parenting is Prenatal Parenting
257Developing a State Consortium of Home Visiting Programs
262A Guide to Developing Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers
264Early Learning, Later Success: The Abecedarian Study
265Timely Tips for Effective Time Management
266Taking the Stress Out of Managing Stress
267Meeting Education Standards for the NC Star-Rated License
269Evaluation that Matters: A Practical ("Utilization") Approach
277Florida Transition Tools
278QUINCE - Results, Reflections and Implications for the Field
280Web-Based Early Learning System: Managing Your Data Just Got Easier
284Promoting the Health and Healthy Birth Outcomes Among Hispanic/Latino Farmworkers in North Carolina
286Principles of Governance that Power Exceptional Boards
287Leading for Success: Perspectives on Exceptional Leadership
288Building Strategic Communities for Children
289Using Digital Photos and Written Language as Powerful Classroom Tools
290Collaborative Efforts of Investigations of Child Abuse/Neglect in Child Care Settings
292Smart Start Fiscal Update
293IRS Form 990
294Making Evaluation an Integral Part of Your Organization
296Findings from the National Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
297NAP SACC and Smart Start: A Statewide Collaboration to Address Childhood Obesity in Child Care
298Interviews, Assessments and Evidence Used to Evaluate Ready Schools
299Inclusion and Professional Development: What We Know and What We Should Do
300Promoting Healthy Social Behaviors - a Statewide Initiative in Action!
301Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: Strategies for Linking and Integrating Early Childhood Data Systems
302Explore the Creating Transition Tools for Young Children with Challenging Behaviors Toolkit
303Motivate Your Board to Raise Funds and Awareness
304Nurse-Family Partnership Initiative
305Your Education, Your Certification
306The Power of K
307Wage and Hour Law for Small Businesses
308Are We Doing It Right? - Personal and Workplace Ethics
309Managing the Performance Appraisal Process
310A Statewide Initiative: The Incredible Years - BASIC Parent Training Program
312Introduction to NC's Infant and Toddler Early Learning Guidelines
313Our Hands Are Tied! The Teacher's Role in Fostering Healthy Social Emotional Skills
314Smart Start Program Match (Cash & In-Kind)
315Smart Start Accounting Basics
316Emotional Development from Conception to Birth: Understanding Prenatal Parenting
318Start Strong: Virginia's Preschool Initiative
319For the Sake of the Baby: FAST Babies
320Early Childhood FAST: For the Sake of the Child
322T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood: Increasing Employee Education, Compensation and Benefits
323Paying Your Employees Fairly and Equitably
324Becoming an Employer of Choice
325Early School Success for English Language Learners: A Review of Evidence-based Instruction
326Fragile Families Fatherhood Curriculum Training
327Making the Dream Real - Alaska's Best Beginnings
329Virginia's New Parent Kit: A Governor's Initiative
330Year-End Close Training
331Story Exploring
332Come See Our B.A.B.Y.: A Motheread Curriculum for Expectant and New Parents
333Effective Sharing Resources for Latino Families
338Blogs, Podcasts and Webinars: Getting Your Message Out Electronically
341Include Me: A Model for Including Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs
342Play Outside! North Carolina's Outdoor Learning Environment (OLE) Alliance
343Inclusion in Community Child Care: The Inclusion Resource Project
344Sustaining Quality: Enhancing Child Care Management Practices
345The Lone Ranger Syndrome: Help Others Find Solutions, Ride into the Sunset, Then What?
346Early Intervention Services for Children and Families Referred from the Intensive Care Nursery
347Starting and Scaling a Raising A Reader Bookbag Movement in Your Community
348Older Employees and Today's Workforce: Recruiting and Retaining Older Employees
351Accessing Your Potential: Finding Ways to Use MS Access to Track Your Counts
352Working with Military Families: The Parents as Teachers' Heroes at Home Program
353The Content of Infant-Toddler Early Learning Guidelines: What Has Been Addressed and Why It Matters
355Steps to Success: Early Childhood/Education Curriculum Improvement Project
356From Policy to Practice: Implementing the Medical Home Approach
357Quality Child Care: Reaching for the Next Steps
358T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood and PreK - A Partnership for the Early Childhood Workforce
359Planning for Change: A Guide for Getting from Here to There
360Lessons from Four Years of Model Work Standards Projects
361The Telluride Economic Summit on Early Childhood Investment, Follow Up and Outcomes
362Applying System Mapping and Strategic Planning: Case Studies from Michigan
363Updates and Questions About the Assessment Process and FCCERS-R
364Making the Connection: Linking What Takes Place in Preschool Classrooms to the ECERS-R
366Mix and Match Funding Streams to Serve Children and Families
367Making A Difference: Supporting Families with Children Who Have Special Needs
368Helping the Early Care and Education Industry Succeed in a Market Economy
369Let's Talk 2nd Language
370Widening the Lens: Looking at Quality from a Program Administration Perspective
371One More Point Toward Quality for Family Child Care Home Providers
372New Partners, New Approaches: Strategies for Connecting Immigrant Families with Early Care and Education
373Strengthening Our Businesses: Shared Services for the Early Care and Education Industry
374Quality Rating Systems: Keys to Successful Design and Implementation
375Evaluating the System Components in Comprehensive Early Childhood Systems
376Creating State Agency Partnerships: Keys to Building an Early Childhood System
377Building a Comprehensive Early Childhood System: Colorado's Early Childhood Councils
378Measuring Parent Outcomes: South Carolina's Experience with an Observational Scale
379Cultivating the Seed of Leadership
380Measuring Outcomes: SC's Efforts to Assess the First Steps to School Readiness Initiative
381Endowments: Do you Want or Really Even Need One?
382Working with Resistance in the Consultation Relationship
383Round Table Discussion for North Carolina Smart Start Evaluators
384Promoting Evidence-Based Programs to Strengthen Families: North Carolina's Approach
386Health Check/NC Health Choice: A New Decade of Culturally/Linguistically Diverse Children
387Early Learning Guidelines: Multi-State Approaches to the Development, Rollout and Use of Guidelines
388Helping Teachers to Effectively Use Outdoor Environments: Teaching Strategies for Early Childood Faculty
389Professional Development Connections
390Improving and Rating the Quality of Early Care and Education
391Will My AAS Degree Transfer?
393Updates and Questions about the Assessment Process and the ITERS-R and ECERS-R
394Development's Key with ABCD
395Do Away with BORED Committees
396The Regulatory Process for Improving Quality Care: How NC has Managed Ongoing Improvement
397Best Practices and Quality Assurance for CCR&R Provider Services
399Thriving at Three: More Than Just a Home Visit
400Elections 2008: The Impact of Legislation on Children and the Way We Can Impact Legislation
401Stronger Families, Stronger Children: Successful Strategies for Change
402Issues, Challenges and Strategies Involved in Providing Quality Prekindergarten and Strengthening Mixed Delivery Systems
403Strengthening a Community through Healthy Families
404Adult Learners and Their Role in Training
405Child Care Business Basics
406Lessons Learned from a Learning Community for QRS and Infants/Toddlers
408Building on the Promise: Ideas from States on How to Expand Access to Early Head Start Services
412Just Down the Hall: Mental Health in Primary Care Pediatric Practice
413Unions and Home-based Child Care Providers
414Protecting Children from Lead Poisoning
500Bridging the Social Synapse: Using Relationships to Promote Children's Development
501School Readiness and Early Childhood Systems: Measurement Trends and Issues
502Parents as Teachers - Beyond Self-Assessment
503Using Emotion to Help Children Behave: Implications of Social Neuroscience
505Federal Head Start Update
506We Are All in This Together: Partnering to Improve Professional Development and Quality in Center and Family Home Settings
507The Politics of Quality Rating Systems: An Early Childhood Governance System Approach
509Ready Schools and PK-3: Education's Base Camp Continues to Grow
511Planning and Implementing Kindergarten Transition Efforts Across Systems
512Calling All Early Childhood Advocates: Are You Ready for the NC General Assembly Short Session?
513Financial Planning for Preschool Classes in Public Schools
514Two States' Journeys to Comprehensive Prenatal to Five Systems
515Professional Development Forum
516How to List, Map, Track and Serve ALL Babies from Birth into School
517Developing a 0-8 Model of Early Care and Education
518The Ready School District
520Public Awareness Network Pre-Conference Day
521Understanding and Working with Different Ages and Generations
522Using the Earned Income Tax Credit to Finance Child Care Providers
523Exploring Political Will, Public Will and Why They Are NOT the Same: How to put the proper political strategy in play
524Using Tax Credits to Promote High Quality Early Care and Education Services
525Getting Child Care on the Front Burner: Integrating Child Care and Economic Development Planning
526More than Merely Translating: How to Market to Hispanics
52815 Years of Lessons Learned in Building a Statewide Early Education System
529It's All About Relationships
530Claiming Personal and Organizational Leadership: Exploring the Things Effective Leaders Do
531An Assessment Guide on Father-Friendly Practices
532Building Communities Where Everyone Works Together to Make Sure Children Thrive
533Venture Grantees Meeting
534Building Comprehensive Early Childhood Systems: A Focus on Governance
535Designing an Effective Message on Early Care
536Harnessing the Power of Data for Effective Decision Making (Part II)
537Building Public Awareness with the Business Community
538Can Preschoolers Learn History & Have Fun? Discovering the Children's Gallery of Black History
539Subsidized Child Care Monitoring in North Carolina - A Model
540Raising Young Children to the Top of the Policy Agenda: Lessons from Illinois
541Shifting the Odds: How to Advance State Policies & Increase Investments in At-Risk Children Birth to Five
542Using Real Time Results to Meet Stakeholders' Needs for Information