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Julie Law

Julie Law
Senior Research Associate
WestEd

Julie Law is a Senior Research Associate at WestEd. Law has extensive background in early childhood education, teacher training, and professional development of the workforce. Currently as Infant Toddler Specialist for the State Capacity Building Center, a Service of the Office of Child Care, she builds relationships within state systems to develop and deliver innovative professional development and technical assistance to support quality infant/toddler initiatives.

Christina Lopez Morgan

Christina Lopez Morgan
Professor Emeritus
De Anza Community College

Christina Lopez Morgan retired in June 2010 from the faculty of De Anza College in Cupertino, California where she was a faculty member since 1988. She is currently Professor Emeritus teaching part time for the Child Development and Education Department.

Guide

Infant/Toddler Caregiving: A Guide to Routines, Second Edition

Caregiving routines are opportunities for caregivers to build a close personal relationship with each child while attending to the child's physical, emotional, and other developmental needs. Concepts presented by Janet Gonzalez-Mena include greetings and departures, feeding, diapering and toileting, dressing and bathing, sleeping and naptime, health and safety, record keeping, and special issues with children and families. Lists of appropriate and inappropriate practices and suggested readings are also included

Gonzalez-Mena, J. (2002). Infant/toddler caregiving: A guide to routines (2nd ed.). Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.
Guide

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

Caregiving routines are opportunities for caregivers to build a close personal relationship with each child while attending to the child's physical, emotional, and other developmental needs. Concepts presented by Janet Gonzalez-Mena include greetings and departures, feeding, diapering and toileting, dressing and bathing, sleeping and naptime, health and safety, record keeping, and special issues with children and families. Lists of appropriate and inappropriate practices and suggested readings are also included

Gonzalez-Mena, J. (2005). Infant/toddler caregiving: A guide to routines (2nd ed.). Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.

Jennifer Marcella-Burdett

Jennifer Marcella-Burdett
Senior Research Associate
WestEd

Jennifer Marcella-Burdett is a Senior Research Associate at WestEd. She co-directs an evaluation of the California Statewide Early Math Initiative. Additionally, she is a lead content developer for the National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning, a project funded by Head Start to promote the implementation of research-based practices that lead to positive child outcomes in early childhood programs.

Guide

Infant/Toddler Caregiving: A Guide to Language Development and Communication, Second Edition

Child care programs increasingly have children of diverse races and cultures. This second edition is an update and contains the latest research findings about the role of a family's culture in the child's development of communication. A new chapter adds a discussion of how parents and teachers can build a foundation for literacy in infants and toddlers. One of the new appendixes contains the infant/toddler learning and development foundations for language development. You may order the above resource directly from the California Department of Education.

Mangione, P. L., & Greenwald, D. (Eds.). (2011). Infant/toddler caregiving: A guide to language development and communication (2nd ed.). Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.
Guide

El cuidado de los niños de cero a tres años en grupo: Una guía para el desarrollo del lenguaje y la comunicación, Segunda edición

Child care programs increasingly have children of diverse races and cultures. This second edition is an update and contains the latest research findings about the role of a family's culture in the child's development of communication. A new chapter adds a discussion of how parents and teachers can build a foundation for literacy in infants and toddlers. One of the new appendixes contains the infant/toddler learning and development foundations for language development. You may order the above resource directly from the California Department of Education.

Mangione, P. L., & Greenwald, D. (Eds.). (2016). Infant/toddler caregiving: A guide to language development and communication (2nd ed.). Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.

Sandra Moore

Sandra Moore
Early Childhood Education Department Chair
Contra Costa College - Early Childhood Education

Sandra Moore is a full-time faculty member and Department Chair of the Early Childhood Education Department at Contra Costa College.

Moore taught preschool for many years before beginning her work with children and families at the Regional Center of the East Bay, then embarked on a 10-year career in the field of social work. She eventually committed to her love of teaching at Contra Costa College. She considers herself a lifelong learner and works to immerse herself in learning environments related to diversity, equality, and social justice.

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