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Podcasts and Teleconferences

A podcast from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) features autism expert Dr. Amy Wetherby discussing the importance of early diagnosis and evidence-based intervention in treating children with autism. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Parent Involvement: Key to Success podcasts
The National Center for Family Literacy, in partnership with the Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center, has created a series of free podcasts titled Parent Involvement: Keys to Success. Each podcast is 7- to 10-minutes long. Read more... about the partnership and research-based podcasts.

Listen to experts in the fields of early childhood education, child development, physical education, neuroscience, play, and more. Rae explores every stage of child development, from birth to age 8.

Teleconference on Program-Wide PBS: The Pyramid Model
What is program-wide PBS (Positive Behavior Support) for early childhood? Is it different from the school-wide PBS effort that is being implemented across the nation? How is it related to the adoption of the Pyramid Model? This web and teleconference event included an on-line presentation and teleconference question and answer discussion about program-wide adoption of the Pyramid Model and its relationship to PBS. Visit the TACSEI website to watch the presentation, listen to the teleconference, and browse the many supporting materials.

Webcasts and Webinars

"Preventing Challenging Behavior: A Model for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder" Web Event Recordings Now Available!
Challenging behaviors of young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are the most serious impediment to healthy social, emotional, and intellectual development. Challenging behaviors are a major barrier to inclusive and optimal education and they detract from a family’s quality of life. As a result, there is a great need for strategies that are effective at preventing challenging behaviors and promoting adaptive social-emotional development. This web presentation and teleconference provided a discussion of issues related to ASD and prevention of challenging behaviors, and presented a three-tiered framework for organizing prevention and intervention strategies applicable for home, community and preschool settings.

Ear ly Head Start National Resource Center (EHS - NRC) Building Blocks: The Essentials of Early Head Start Webcasts Series is a three-part series on the Essentials of Early Head Start. Each webcast relates Early Head Start practices to the Head Start Program Performance Standards. This series takes a closer look at some of the fundamental principles of caring for infants and toddlers and illustrates how those principles look in practice. The format includes lively group discussions, video clips, interactive exercises for participants, a live Q&A session, and more.

The AAC-RERC is a collaborative research group dedicated to the development of effective Augmentative and Alternative communication (AAC) technology. AAC refers to ways (other than speech) that are used to send a message from one person to another. Check out their free webcasts including AAC Interventions to Maximize Language Development for Young Children presented by Janice Light, PhD.

Zero to Three's Policy Center continues to host a series of webinars/web-based conference calls for state policymakers, early childhood advocates, and infant and toddler professionals across the country.

NECTAC Conference Call and Webinar Series are held live and then archived. Various series include: Early Identification and Part C Eligibility, Early Childhood inclusion Supporting Administrators of Section 619 Programs. and Identifying and Serving Young Children and Their Families. The series includes pre-recorded presentation and discussions, as well as multimedia presentations and MP3 audio.

Online Audio and Video Resources

Early Childhood News Radio provides weekly audio updates. Listen to experts in the fields of early childhood education, child development, physical education, neuroscience, play, and more, interviewed by Rae Pica, well-known author and early childhood expert. Rae explores every stage of child development, from birth to age 8 - another free resource from Earlychildhood NEWS!

Family Connect offers a comprehensive collection of free online videos showcasing personal stories from parents, siblings, and children with visual impairments.

The Teaching Diverse Students Initiative (TDSI) highlights Sonia Nieto from the University of Massachusetts who discusses how the initiative helps educators by providing research-based resources for improving the teaching of racially and ethnically diverse students.

What Children Learn in Pre-K tells the stories of five young children who had an opportunity that is still unavailable to millions of children in the U.S.: the opportunity to attend a high-quality pre-kindergarten program.