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Infant/Toddler Learning & Development Program Guidelines: The Workbook

This companion to the Infant/Toddler Learning & Development Program Guidelines is designed as a training tool for child care providers and staff. It shows step by step how to implement the guidelines. The activities are based on what happens daily in child care programs and are intended to foster change in the way infant care and education are conducted. Helpful information is provided on including children with disabilities or special needs as well as reaching out to families of various ethnicities.
California Department of Education. (2009). Infant/Toddler Learning & Development Program Guidelines: The Workbook. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.

Betty Blaize

Betty Blaize
CEO/Infant Toddler Specialist
Excellence for Children

Betty B. Blaize is the CEO of Excellence for Children, providing leadership in childcare training throughout the country for over 25 years. She has also been an Early Head Start Implementation Planner for the past year and a half.

Linda Brault

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Beginning Together Director
Beginning Together - WestEd

Linda Brault directs Supporting Inclusive Early Learning for the California Department of Social Services, Child Care and Development Division within WestEd. Supporting Inclusive Early Learning includes Beginning Together: Caring for Young Children with Disabilities in Inclusive Settings, the California Map to Inclusion & Belonging, and the California Collaborative on the Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CA CSEFEL) Teaching Pyramid.

Manual

Manual pedagógico, Módulo II: El cuidado infantil en grupo

The Module II Trainers Manual presents lesson plans, prepared text for handouts, and overhead transparencies in a loose-leaf binder-insert format

WestEd. (2007). The program for infant/toddler care trainer's manual, module II: Group care. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.
Manual

Trainer's Manual Module II: Group Care, Second Edition

The Module II Trainer's Manual provides easy-to-follow guidelines for effectively presenting materials in the module. Annotated lesson plans outline adult learning activities, support materials, and video content. Handouts are also included. The second edition has been revised to include updated content information and recommended practices for high-quality infant/ toddler group care. Health and safety information has been revised to align with current recommendations. There is a strong emphasis on including children with disabilities or other special needs in infant/toddler care programs.

WestEd. (2014). The program for infant/toddler care trainer’s manual, module II: Group care, (2nd ed.). Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.
Guide

Infant/Toddler Caregiving: A Guide to Setting Up Environments, Second Edition

This guide offers tested ideas for setting up a child care environment that fosters early learning and is safe and healthful. The second edition includes updated resources, sample layouts of exemplary child care settings, and a new section on ways to accommodate children with disabilities or special needs. It contains practical ideas for designing an environment suited to both mobile infants and active toddlers. The needs of caregivers are also considered in the environmental design.

Lally, J. R., Stewart, J., & Greenwald, D. (2009). Infant/toddler caregiving: A guide to setting up environments (2nd ed.). Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.
Guide

El cuidado de los niños de cero a tres años en grupo: Una guía para crear los ambientes del cuidado infantil, Segunda edición

This guide offers tested ideas for setting up a child care environment that fosters early learning and is safe and healthful. The second edition includes updated resources, sample layouts of exemplary child care settings, and a new section on ways to accommodate children with disabilities or special needs. It contains practical ideas for designing an environment suited to both mobile infants and active toddlers. The needs of caregivers are also considered in the environmental design.

Lally, J. R., Stewart, J., & Greenwald, D. (2014). Infant/toddler caregiving: A guide to setting up environments (2nd ed.). Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.
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Infant/Toddler Learning & Development Program Guidelines

Taking a family-oriented approach, this publication defines the components of high quality care that foster optimal development for all infants and toddlers. It presents research-based guidelines on early care and education that help prepare young children for success in their school years. This resource complements the document Prekindergarten Learning and Development Guidelines.

Available for download in English at https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/documents/itguidelines2019.pdf

Available for download in Spanish: Coming Soon

California Department of Education. Infant/Toddler Learning & Development Program Guidelines. (2006). Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.
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