{"id":6,"date":"2021-04-14T14:05:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T18:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T22:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:01:33","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"max-width: 1010px; margin: 0 auto 18px; text-align: center; font-size: 1.12em; line-height: 1.55; color: #1B3940;\">The BU Wheelock Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being is dedicated to providing resources to serve researchers, community members, educators and more. The resources compiled below offer various ideas, theories and methods related to early childhood. Our hope is that they can help in the work you are doing to build nurturing early childhood ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"max-width: 1010px; margin: 0 auto 40px; padding: 14px 20px; background: #E8EDED; border-left: 5px solid #B48A00; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.55; color: #5F6463;\"><em>This resource list is not an endorsement of the organizations or information presented by them. It is solely a list to guide and provide knowledge about resources related to early childhood.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(330px, 1fr)); gap: 20px; margin: 0 auto 2.5em; max-width: 1010px; align-items: stretch;\">\n<div style=\"background: #E8EDED; border-top: 6px solid #E63B28; padding: 22px 24px; min-width: 0;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.3; color: #1B3940;\"><strong>Advocacy &amp; Policy<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 18px; font-size: 0.93em; line-height: 1.5;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/learningpolicyinstitute.org\/topic\/early-childhood-learning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early Childhood Learning Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clasp.org\/publications\/report\/brief\/anti-racist-approach-supporting-child-care-through-covid-19-and-beyond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An Anti-Racist Approach to Supporting Child Care Through COVID-19 and Beyond<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naeyc.org\/our-work\/public-policy-advocacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NAEYC: Public Policy and Advocacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/ecdpeace.org\/work-content\/early-childhood-development-policy-global-context\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early Childhood Development &amp; Policy in a Global Context<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org\/student-success\/smart-just-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smart &amp; Just Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #E8EDED; border-top: 6px solid #397885; padding: 22px 24px; min-width: 0;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.3; color: #1B3940;\"><strong>Child Development<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 18px; font-size: 0.93em; line-height: 1.5;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/nurturing-care.org\/nurturing-care-framework-executive-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nurturing Care Framework<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childcareaware.org\/our-issues\/research\/ccdc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Child Care Aware<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"http:\/\/nrckids.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/occ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HHS Office of Child Care<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childcare.gov\/state-resources-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChildCare.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childcarelaw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Child Care Law Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotothree.org\/early-development\/brain-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zero to Three: Brain Development<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/developingchild.harvard.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center on the Developing Child<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/ecd\/child-health-development\/watch-me-thrive\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #E8EDED; border-top: 6px solid #B48A00; padding: 22px 24px; min-width: 0;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.3; color: #1B3940;\"><strong>Early Childhood Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 18px; font-size: 0.93em; line-height: 1.5;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wokekindergarten.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woke Kindergarten<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/shop\/asianlitforkids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asian Lit for Kids<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/education-policy\/early-elementary-education-policy\/centering-equity-innovations-and-local-solutions-early-childhood-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centering Equity: Innovations and Local Solutions in Early Childhood Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcd-us.org\/assets\/2020\/11\/RacialWageGapManifesto102020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Manifesto Demanding the End of Exploitation of Black and Brown Women in Early Childhood Education<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #E8EDED; border-top: 6px solid #1B3940; padding: 22px 24px; min-width: 0;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.3; color: #1B3940;\"><strong>Equity<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 18px; font-size: 0.93em; line-height: 1.5;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naeyc.org\/resources\/topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Association for the Education of Young Children<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ncte.org\/nctefiles\/equityearlyedbrief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Equity and Early Childhood Education: Reclaiming the Child<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.literacyworldwide.org\/blog\/literacy-now\/2018\/01\/25\/a-pathway-to-equity-resources-for-early-childhood-educators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Pathway to Equity: Resources for Early Childhood Educators<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/early-childhood\/reports\/2021\/02\/22\/496164\/6-ways-ensure-preschool-contributes-equitable-early-childhood-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6 Ways to Ensure Preschool Contributes to an Equitable Early Childhood System<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.embracerace.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EmbraceRace<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #E8EDED; border-top: 6px solid #B94D41; padding: 22px 24px; min-width: 0;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.3; color: #1B3940;\"><strong>Health &amp; Mental Health<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 18px; font-size: 0.93em; line-height: 1.5;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthaffairs.org\/do\/10.1377\/hpb20190325.519221\/full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Effects of Early Care and Education on Children&#8217;s Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/childcareta.acf.hhs.gov\/centers\/national-center-health-behavioral-health-and-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/massaimh.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massachusetts Association for Infant Mental Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/mchb.hrsa.gov\/research\/project_info.asp?ID=327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life Course Intervention Research Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nctsn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Child Traumatic Stress Network<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #E8EDED; border-top: 6px solid #BAC106; padding: 22px 24px; min-width: 0;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.3; color: #1B3940;\"><strong>Social Services<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 18px; font-size: 0.93em; line-height: 1.5;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childwelfare.gov\/topics\/preventing\/prevention-programs\/earlychildhood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Child Welfare Information Gateway<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/early-childhood-services-and-resources-for-families\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mass.gov: Early Childhood Services and Resources for Families<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"http:\/\/csefel.vanderbilt.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childcarecircuit.org\/for-parents\/family-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Child Care Circuit: Family Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #E8EDED; border-top: 6px solid #007481; padding: 22px 24px; min-width: 0;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.3; color: #1B3940;\"><strong>Global Early Childhood<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 18px; font-size: 0.93em; line-height: 1.5;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/ecdpeace.org\/work-content\/2030-sustainable-development-goals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early Childhood Peace Consortium<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/what-we-do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNICEF<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 9px;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unicefusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNICEF USA<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\"><a style=\"color: #007481;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/topic\/earlychildhooddevelopment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The World Bank<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BU Wheelock Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being is dedicated to providing resources to serve researchers, community members, educators and more. 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