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Learning the Landscape: Infant and Toddler Care Systems

The infant and toddler care delivery systems within states and territories can be challenging to navigate. Furthermore, technical assistance (TA) providers work in a variety of settings with a range of priorities. A strong understanding of the infant and toddler care delivery system can help...
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Promoting Reflective Practice

Supporting reflective practice may be one of the best things a TA provider can do to improve quality. Reflection helps teachers think about their caregiving practices and develop greater self-awareness. Ideally, TA providers not only serve as reflective partners for caregivers and teachers, they...
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Observation: Strategies for Thoughtful Observers

Developing thoughtful observation skills can help infant and toddler caregivers improve quality. This article contains resources to support technical assistance (TA) providers as they help infant and toddler caregivers develop stronger observation skills.
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Developing a Statewide Network of Infant/Toddler Specialists

This revised publication focuses on the development of statewide networks of infant/toddler (I/T) specialists. These specialists work directly with infant/toddler providers to increase their skills, knowledge, and practice-based competencies, which helps the workforce offer high-quality early...
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Statewide Infant/Toddler Specialist Networks: An Overview of Networks’ Structures and Functions

The State Capacity Building Center’s Infant/Toddler Specialist Network has developed this resource to highlight the varied approaches states and territories use to administer statewide networks of infant/toddler (I/T) specialists. It provides an overview of the structures and functions of such...
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Promising Practices Shared by the 2017 Infant/Toddler Specialist Network Community of Practice

The promising state practices listed in this resource are based on the information shared by state infant/toddler leads participating in the Infant/Toddler Specialist Network Community of Practice and have been reviewed and approved by CCDF Administrators. If you would like to have your state or...
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Inclusion of Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities or Other Special Needs

In group care settings, what does inclusion of infants and toddlers with disabilities or other special needs involve? And how can teachers find out what they need to know? To begin with, inclusion involves a process of developing an understanding of inclusive child care settings and acting with...
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Creating Inclusive Environments and Learning Experiences for Infants and Toddlers

A sense of authentic belonging is essential to inclusion. Just sharing physical space is not enough; when caregivers work to create meaningful relationships and experiences to fully include infants and toddlers with identified or suspected disabilities or other special needs, everyone benefits....
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Building Relationships with Families of Children with Special Needs: Relationships with Families.

Family members have important information about their own children, and this information is valuable to anyone involved in a child’s care. Parents and guardians have a special understanding of their children’s unique qualities and characteristics, such as temperament, strengths, and interests....
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Respectful and Responsive Relationships Are Key to Supporting Optimal Infant and Toddler Development

Responsive relationships truly make up the heart of what you do in your work with young children and families. For infants and toddlers, all learning happens in the context of their relationships with the important adults in their lives.
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