Resources
New York's Infant-Toddler Resource Center: Better Care for Babies -The first three years of life are fundamentally different from all others, with the brain growing at breakneck speed and creating the foundation for all later learning. Early experiences can greatly influence that development.
With child care now a critical source of early experiences for a growing number of children, the New York City Infant-Toddler Resource Center arms practitioners and programs with the knowledge and skills they need to get babies and toddlers off to a good start.
This page offers links to a variety of organizations that provide services, research data, programs, etc., useful to our community. Please let us know of other helpful resources by writing to links@nyzerotothree.org.
Research and Publications
World Association for Infant Mental Health waimh.org
Federal Agencies, Divisions, and Programs
- Administration for Children and Families
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov
- Child Care Bureau
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ccb
Head Start Bureau
http://www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb
Family and Youth Services Bureau
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/fysb
Fatherhood Initiative
http://fatherhood.hhs.gov
Child Development Resources & Advocacy Organizations
American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org
American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
http://www.aacpdm.org
The Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy
http://www.yale.edu/bushcenter
Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy (CFFPP)
http://www.cffpp.org
Children, Youth, and Family Consortium÷University of Minnesota
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu
Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org
Committee for Hispanic Children and Families
http://www.chcfinc.org
Division of Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.dec-sped.org
Family Violence Prevention Fund
http://endabuse.org
Family Voices
http://www.familyvoices.org
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition
http://www.hmhb.org
Interdisciplinary Council for Developmental and Learning Disorders
http://icdl.com
Kids Count
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
http://www.naeyc.org
The National Black Child Development Institute
http://www.nbcdi.org
National Head Start Association
http://www.nhsa.org
Society for Research in Child Development, University of Michigan
http://www.srcd.org
Tufts University Child & Family Web Guide
http://www.cfw.tufts.edu
Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org