Child Development Program

Early Childhood Links

State and Local Agencies and Organizations

• Alabama Department of Children's Affairs - http://dca.state.al.us/

• Alabama Department of Human Resources

• Alabama Early Intervention - http://www.rehab.state.al.us/Home/default.aspx?url=/Home/Services/AEIS/Main

• Alabama Partnership for Children - http://www.smartstartalabama.org/

• Childcare Resources - http://www.ccr-bhm.org

• Success by Six - United Way - Success by Six – United Way – http:/www.uwca.org/successby6/index.htm

• Voices for Alabama's Children - http://www.alavoices.org/

• Criminal History Background check information -
  http://dhr.alabama.gov/quicklinks/Criminal_History.aspx

The Professional Organizations

• Association for Childhood Education International - http://www.acei.org/

• National Association for the Education of Young Children - http://naeyc.org

• National Afterschool Association - http://www.naaweb.org/

• Southern Early Childhood Association - http://www.southernearlychildhood.org

State and National Government

• Governor Bentley’s Office - http://www.governor.state.al.us/

• Alabama Legislature - http://clerk.house.gov

• President Barack Obama  - http://www.whitehouse.gov/

• United States Senate - Alabama

  • Senator Jeff Sessions - http://sessions.senate.gov/

  • Senator Richard Shelby - http://shelby.senate.gov/

• United States House of Representatives - Goto http://www.house.gov/ - then enter your zip code in the upper right corner

Alphabetized Links to Other Early Childhood Organizations

• Afterschool Alliance - http://www.afterschoolalliance.org

• Administration for Children and Families  - http://www.acf.hhs.gov/

• American Academy of Pediatrics - http://www.aap.org/

• American Montessori Society - http://www.amshq.org/

• American Speech, Language Hearing Society - http://www.asha.org/

• Born Learning - http://www.bornlearning.org/default.aspx?id-40

• Boys and Girls Clubs of America - http://www.bgca.org/

• Center for the Child Care Workforce - http://www.ccw.org/

• Center of the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning - http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel

• Child Care Aware http://www.childcareaware.org/en/

• Child Care Information Exchange - http://www.childcareexchange.com

• Children's Defense Fund - http://www.childrensdefense.org/

• Child Development Associate (CDA) - http://www.cdacouncil.org

• Children's Music Web - http://www.childrensmusic.org

• Council for Exceptional Children - http://www.cec.sped.org/

• The Council for Professional Recognition - http://www.cdacouncil.org/

• Creative Curriculum - http://www.teachingstrategies.com/

• Database of Award Winning Children's Literature - http://www.dawcl.com/introduction.html

• The Division for Early Childhood  - http://www.dec-sped.org/

• Early Childhood News - http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com

• Early Childhood Research and Practice - http://www.ecrp.uiuc.edu

• Exceptional Parent Magazine - http://www.eparent.com/

• Families and Work Institute - http://www.familiesandwork.org

• Family Support America - http://www.familysupportamerica.org/

• Head Start Bureau - http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs/

• High Scope Education Research Foundation - http://www.highscope.org/

• The Idea Box - http://www.theideabox.com

• International Play Association -  http://www.ipaworld.org/

• International Reading Association - http://www.reading.org/General/Default.aspx

• Kids Health - http://www.kidshealth.org

• Kid Source - http://www.kidsource.com

• Learning Disabilities of America - http://www.ldanatl.org/

• National Afterschool Association - http://www.naaweb.org/

• National Association of Family Child Care - http://www.nafcc.org/

• National Association for Gifted Children - http://www.naeyc.org/

• National Association for Multicultural Education - http://www.nameorg.org/

• National Black Child Development Institute - http://www.nbcdi.org/

• National Center for Family Literacy - http://www.famlit.org/

• National Center for Learning Disabilities - http://www.ncld.org/

• National Child Care Association - http://www.nccanet.org/

• National Head Start Association http://www.nhsa.org/

• National Institute on Out-of-School Time - http://www.niost.org/

• National Network for Child Care - http://www.nncc.org

• National Parent Information Network - http://www.npin.org

• The National Parenting Center http://www.tnpc.com/

• National Program for Playground Safety - http://www.uni.edu/playground/

• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care - http://nrckids.org/

• National Safe Kids Campaign - http://www.safekids.org/

• Parenthood - http://www.parenthood.com

• Parents' Action for Children - http://www.parentsaction.org/

• Parents as Teachers National Center - http://www.patnc.org/

• Perpetual Preschool - http://www.perpetualpreschool.com

• Project Approach - http://www.projectapproach.org

• Resources for Infant Educarers - http://www.rie.org

• Afterschool Notes - http://www.schoolagenotes.com

• Stand for Children - http://www.stand.org/

• Young Men's Christian Association - http://www.ymca.net/index.jsp

• Young Women's Christian Association - http://www.ywca.org/

• Zero-to-Three Organization - http://www.zerotothree.org/