Some
new or updated information for you:
Youth
Development Training and Technical Assistance Resource Toolkit
Youth workers need training and ongoing professional development to enhance their
skills and keep them current. This toolkit focuses on a strategy for meeting
that need: community based training and technical assistance resource centers
for youth workers. It contains three major topics: Making the Case; Getting the
Right Start; and Tools and Resources and within each a wealth of information
to help begin and effectively maintain these crucial organizations.
Get
Children's Books for Free
The primary goal of First Book is to work with existing literacy
programs to distribute new books to children who, for economic
reasons, have little or no access to books. First Book distributes
books to community-based programs serving children from low-income
families through our National Book Bank. The National Book Bank
provides a mechanism for publishers to make large donations to
First Book for distribution to children from low-income families
across the country periodically throughout the year.
Bullying Prevention is Crime Prevention (Download
177k PDF)
This report provides information about three promising prevention
programs. The report also links bullying behavior to future criminal
behavior. It is a must read for educators and administrators thinking
about implementing a bully prevention program.
Set for Success: Foundation for School
Readiness Based on the Social-Emotional Development of Young Children:
Executive Summary (Download
432k PDF)
Links
from the Education Development
Center for early
childhood education & supporting children & families
Ready,
Set, Go ... Getting Children Ready for School
Four educational bulletins
about school readiness for
parents of children aged three to six, focusing on
reading, math, science and art.
