Including Infants and Toddlers in Preschool Development Grant BirthFive (PDG B5) Resource List
This annotated resource list provides links to briefs, tools, and videos that go into detail about how the strategies outlined in the PDG B-5 tool, Preschool Development Grant Birth-Five (PDG B-5) Offers A New Opportunity to Support Babies and Toddlers: A Tool to Intentionally Include Infants and Toddlers in PDG B-5, can be implemented.
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Summary of Research on the Dimensions Contributing to Expulsion and Suspension in Early Childhood Settings
Report March 1, 2021
As States and Territories consider strategies to prevent and ultimately eliminate expulsion and suspension in the early years, they need to explore why early learning programs suspend or expel young children. This document summarizes the four dimensions of the problem: 1) the structure of quality with policies that increase the likelihood of expulsion and suspension; 2) the absence of deep understanding of child development, 3) racial disparities in discipline, and 4) young children who need more and different support than can be provided by an educator or an early learning setting alone.
The Voices of Michigan’s Early Care and Education Teachers: Children’s Challenging Behavior, Expulsion, Disparities, and Needed Program Supports
Report September 1, 2020
Michigan leaders and stakeholders are working to strengthen a system of supports for young children’s mental health. This report presents results of a statewide survey on ECE teachers’ experiences related to children’s challenging behaviors and recommendations for further strengthening social-emotional supports for children in Michigan’s ECE settings.
Opportunities in CCDBG to Support Infants and Toddlers
Slide Deck September 1, 2019
Overview • This moment in state and federal child care policy – federal context • The current state of access and equity • Opportunities in CCDBG to support infants and toddlers • First steps and next steps