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Act up, calm down: Mental health consultants for preschools surprise with their success
Waldman, Hillary, 18 June, 2007
Hartford Courant,

An overview of Connecticut’s Early Childhood Consultation Partnership, a measurement of the effect of the child- and classroom-management advice of mental health professionals on the number of classroom behavior problems, and the quality of teacher-child interaction, and teacher beliefs, practices, and job satisfaction

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Afterschool: Creating pathways to college
Tagle, Richard, 2007
In Afterschool advantage: Powerful new learning opportunities (pp. 53-64). Moorestown, NJ: Foundations, Inc. (http://www.foundationsinc.org/files/Afterschool_Advantage.pdf)

A proposal for the use of after school programs to encourage students post-secondary academic plans and achievement

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Afterschool for the global age
Asia Society, 2007
New York: Asia Society.

A discussion of after school programs as settings to provide students with a global education and prepare them to compete in an international marketplace

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Afterschool for the global age
Levine, Michael H., 2007
In Afterschool advantage: Powerful new learning opportunities (pp. 43-52). Moorestown, NJ: Foundations, Inc.

A discussion of after school programs as settings to provide students with a global education and prepare them to compete in an international marketplace

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Afterschool: An opportunity to develop 21st century skills
Wilson, John I., 2007
In Afterschool advantage: Powerful new learning opportunities (pp. 5-10). Moorestown, NJ: Foundations, Inc. (http://www.foundationsinc.org/files/Afterschool_Advantage.pdf)

A discussion of the use of after school programs as a platform for the preparation of students to be competitive members of the workforce within the global economy

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The benefits and costs of Head Start
Ludwig, Jens, March 2007
(NBER Working Paper Series No. 12973). Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

A discussion of issues related to the measurement of the benefits and costs of the Head Start program

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The benefits and costs of Head Start
Ludwig, Jens, February 28, 2007
(National Poverty Center Working Paper Series No. 07-09). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, National Poverty Center.

A discussion of issues related to the measurement of the benefits and costs of the Head Start program

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The benefits and costs of Head Start
Ludwig, Jens, 2007
Social Policy Report, 21(3)

A discussion of the long-term benefits and costs of Head Start and state prekindergarten programs

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Buenos principios: Latino children in the earliest years of life
Calderon, Miriam E., 2007
Washington, DC: National Council of La Raza.

An overview of demographic and school readiness characteristics of the Latino infant and toddler population in the United States, with an examination of four federally-funded early childhood education programs that address Latino families' early childhood needs

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Building professional development systems for the afterschool field
Afterschool Investments Project, September, 2007
Washington, DC: Finance Project.

An overview of state and local strategies for building professional development systems for after school program workers

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A call for a more responsive federal policy framework
Knitzer, Jane, Winter 2007
Journal of Early Intervention, 29(2), 111-113

A discussion of the need for a responsive federal policy and reimbursement framework for the screening, early identification, and interventions for children with or at risk of developing social or emotional delays

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Characteristics of early childhood system building initiatives in communities: A summary of the scan of thirty-two local early childhood initiatives conducted by Zero To Three
Zero to Three (Organization). Policy Center, May 2007
Washington, DC: Zero to Three Policy Center.

Findings and conclusions from a survey of the structure, governance, planning, services, financing, and accountability of 32 community intitiatives focused on developing comprehensive systems of services and policies for young children aged birth to five

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Children and place: Reggio Emilia's environment as third teacher
Strong-Wilson, Teresa, 2007
Theory into Practice, 46(1), 40-47

A discussion of the notion from the Reggio Emilia approach that the environment acts as a third teacher and can be arranged to be used as a key source of educational promotion and insight

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Cultural diversity and Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage in England
Ling-Yin, Lynn Ang, June 2007
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 15(2), 183-195

A discussion of the extent of the promotion of cultural diversity and difference in English early childhood education and in the curriculum

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Culture and language elements within nine state early learning standards documents
Wright, Michelle S., December, 2007
Cross Lanes, WV: Build Initiative.

A description of states’ recognition of cultural and language components of early education as reflected in early learning standards in nine states

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The current state of afterschool in Georgia: Building a strong foundation
Georgia Afterschool Investment Council, January 2007
Atlanta: Georgia Afterschool Investment Council.

An overview of afterschool programs in Georgia, including how quality is defined and assessed as well as how the programs are funded

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Desired family outcomes of the early childhood transition process
Harbin, Gloria, December 2007
Lexington: University of Kentucky, National Early Childhood Transition Center.

A description of the Transition Conceptual Framework, an outcomes-based system for selecting policies and practices to prepare special needs children for their transitions to preschool and school

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Early childhood development activities and expenditures and early learning and child care activities and expenditures: Government of Canada reports 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
Canada. Human Resources and Social Development Canada, 2007
Canada: Social Union.

An overview of all programs receiving funds from the Government of Canada that support early childhood development, including programs supporting early learning, child care, parenting, communities, services for aboriginal peoples, research, and health

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Early childhood program evaluations: A decision-maker’s guide
National Forum on Early Childhood Program Evaluation, December 2007
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, Center on the Developing Child.

A presentation of guidelines for the development and assessment of rigorous and comprehensive early childhood program evaluations

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Early Head Start and infant mental health
Chazan-Cohen, Rachel, March/April 2007
Infant Mental Health Journal, 28(2), 99-105

An introduction to a special issue of the journal Infant Mental Health Journal, focusing on aspects of Early Head Start designed to promote infant and maternal mental health

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Early Head Start and infant mental health [Special issue]
Chazan-Cohen, Rachel, March/April 2007
Infant Mental Health Journal, 28(2)

A special issue of the journal Infant Mental Health Journal, focusing on aspects of Early Head Start designed to promote infant and maternal mental health

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Early intervention systems of care for Latino families and their young children with special needs: Salient themes and guiding implications
Denney, Maria K., October/December 2007
Infants and Young Children, 20(4), 326-335

An overview of policies, practices, and themes appearing in research about access to special services for children with disabilities in the Latino population of the United States

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The Early Promotion and Intervention Research Consortium (E-PIRC): Five approaches to improving infant/toddler mental health in Early Head Start
Beeber, Linda, March/April 2007
Infant Mental Health Journal, 28(2), 130-150

Overviews of the research projects of the Early Promotion and Intervention Research Consortium (E-PIRC) on the topic of infant and toddler mental health within the framework of Early Head Start, including descriptions of two training programs for Early Head Start staff, an intervention for teen mothers, an intervention for Latina mothers with depression, a program to enhance mother-child interaction, and the development of a database of literature

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Enhancing school readiness: The Early Head Start model
Olsen, Lenore, January 2007
Children & Schools, 29(1), 47-50

A description of the Early Head Start program in terms of how it has helped promote young children's school readiness through descriptions of local implementation and program monitoring

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Entrepreneurial advantage: "Out-of-the-box" afterschool
DeLargy, Paul L., 2007
In Afterschool advantage: Powerful new learning opportunities (pp. 37-42). Moorestown, NJ: Foundations, Inc.

A discussion of the importance of the inclusion of an entrepreneurial support system in children's educational and after school program curricula and learning

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