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Aboriginal young children's language and literacy development: Progress, promising practices, and needs
Ball, Jessica, April 2007
London, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network.

A compendium of information on the speech and language development of aboriginal children under six years old living in Canada, and a proposal for a national strategy to support the language and literacy development of these children

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Aboriginal young children's language and literacy development: Progress, promising practices, and needs [Executive summary]
Ball, Jessica, April, 2007
London, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network.

A summary of a compendium of information on the speech and language development of aboriginal children under six years old living in Canada, and a proposal for a national strategy to support the language and literacy development of these children

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Centering community services around early childhood care and development: Promising practices in indigenous communities in Canada
Ball, Jessica, 2010
Child Health and Education, 2(2), 28-51

An examination of the relationship between the participation of three groups of Canadian indigenous communities in the First Nations Partnership Program, a bicultural university-accredited diploma program in child and youth care, and the funding, organization, and outreach efforts of locally-based programs that serve those communities' child care and development needs, based on interviews, questionnaires, and group discussions with 76 community members

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The challenge of creating an optimal learning environment in child care: Cross-cultural perspectives
Ball, Jessica, 18 October, 2002
In L. Girolametto & E. Weitzman (Eds.), Enhancing caregiver language facilitation in child care settings: Proceedings from the Symposium (pp. 1.1-1.12). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Hanen Centre.

A discussion of challenges to creating learning environments in child care settings, specifically for Aboriginal children and families

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Community development through community-based bicultural partnerships in ECCE-CYC using a generative curriculum model
Ball, Jessica, 1999
In D. Archambault, J. Whitehead, X. Gordon, & G. Huot (Eds.), Linking research to practice: A Canadian forum (pp. 73-76). Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Child Care Federation.

Findings from an ecologically comprehensive research study of the process and impacts of an innovative approach to training culturally grounded early childhood care and education and child and youth care practitioners using a generative curriculum model

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Enhancing learning of children from diverse language backgrounds: Mother tongue-based bilingual or multilingual education in the early years
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, 2010
Paris, France: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation.

An exploration of the use of bilingual or multilingual early childhood programs to aid in the preservation of native languages between generations, based on a review of literature on second language acquisition by young children

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Enhancing learning of children from diverse language backgrounds: Mother tongue-based bilingual or multilingual education in the early years
Ball, Jessica, 2011
Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

A review of research and program reports on mother tongue-based bilingual and multilingual instruction in early childhood programs

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Enhancing learning of children from diverse language backgrounds: Mother tongue-based bilingual or multilingual education in the early years [Executive summary]
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, 2010
Paris, France: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation.

A summary of an exploration of the use of bilingual or multilingual early childhood programs to aid in the preservation of native languages between generations, based on a review of literature on second language acquisition by young children

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Enhancing learning of children from diverse language backgrounds: Mother tongue-based bilingual or multilingual education in the early years [Executive summary]
Ball, Jessica, 2011
Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

A summary of a review of research and program reports on mother tongue-based bilingual and multilingual instruction in early childhood programs

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First Nations Partnership Programs: Incorporating culture in ECE training
Ball, Jessica, 2004
The Early Childhood Educator, 19(1), 1-5

A discussion of the First Nations Partnership program in British Columbia, an accredited outreach program of Early Childhood and Youth Care training in rural communities, where professionals learn to assess their communities and incorporate their own cultural practices, values, languages, and spirituality into Early Childhood Education programs

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Promoting healthy environments for children and youth through participatory, bicultural, community-based training partnerships
Ball, Jessica, 1999
Notos: Intercultural and Secondary Language Council Journal, 1(1), 26-33

An examination of the Early Childhood Education/Child and Youth Care (ECE/CYC) training program to assist providers and communities in the provision of healthy environments for children and youth living in the First Nations in Canada

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Quality child care and community development: What is the connection?
Ball, Jessica, 2002
In M.V. Hayes & L.T. Foster (Eds.), Too small to see, too big to ignore: Child health and well-being in British Columbia (pp. 75-102). Canada: University of Victoria (B.C.), Western Geographical Press.

A study of the relationship between quality child care and community development in promoting the coordination and integration of services for children and their families in Canada

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Supporting indigenous children's development: Community-university partnerships
Ball, Jessica, 2006
Vancouver, Canada: University of British Columbia Press

A description and account of the outcomes of a course of study that stresses the importance of community partnerships and aboriginal values instead of Western best practices, designed for preservice teachers intending to work in aboriginal communities in Canada

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Two sides of an eagle's feather: Co-constructing ECCD training curricula in university partnerships with Canadian First Nations communities
Pence, Alan R., 1999
In H. Penn (Ed.), Theory, policy and practice in early childhood services. Buckingham, United Kingdom: Open University Press

A description of the partnerships between First Nations’ Tribes and universities for the betterment of early childhood education and care in western Canada

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