Links to resources family child care providers can use to support young children in military families as they deal with stresses of military life

1. Helping Young Children Handle the Changes that Come with
Military Life: The Role of the Early Childhood Professional
National Association for Family Child Care Annual Conference, Atlanta
July 28, 2012
Presenter: Dr. Diane Bales (dbales@uga.edu)
For a copy of the presentation slides, go to bit.ly/NAFCCmilitarychildcare2012.
Resources for Child Care Providers Working with Military Families
eXtension Resources (extension.org/militaryfamilies)
• Military Families Learning Network Child Care Blog
(blogs.extension.org/militaryfamilies/child-care/)
• Recorded Web Conferences
o “Secure Attachments: Building Caring Relationships with Parents and Children in
Military Families” (learn.extension.org/events/443)
o “Using Books in Child Care to Connect with Military Children’s Lives”
(learn.extension.org/events/488)
• Printable List of Children’s Books for Young Children in Military Families
(create.extension.org/sites/default/files/books_for_young_military_children.pdf)
• Articles on Military Topics (extension.org/category/military_child_care)
o List of Military Acronyms (extension.org/pages/60271/military-acronyms)
o How Child Care Providers Can Help Deployed Parents and Their Children Stay
Connected (extension.org/pages/61674/how-child-care-providers-can-help-deployed-
parents-and-their-children-stay-connected)
o Reflections of Military Life in Children’s Pretend Play
(extension.org/pages/63345/reflections-of-military-life-in-childrens-pretend-play)
Social Media Connections
• Facebook: Child Care and Military Families page
(facebook.com/childcareandmilitaryfamilies)
• Twitter: Military Child Care (@milchildcare:
twitter.com/milchildcare)
• LinkedIn: Early Care & Education for Military Families group
(linkedin.com/groups?gid=4276983&trk=hb_side_g)

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• Fall 2012 Web Conferences (2 – 3 pm Eastern tim
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• Interactive children book dat
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• Military Culture 101 Free online learning module
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Other Res
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• Zero to Three: Com
T ming Togeth Around Military Fa
her amilies (zero
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rg/about-
us/fundeed-projects/ /military-fam
milies)
o Duty to Care e-learning co
y ourses (zero otothree.orgg/about-us//funded-pro
ojects/milita
ary-
famillies/duty-to-
-care-you-m make-a-diffe erence.htmml)
o Supp porting You Children series (ze
ung n erotothree.oorg/about-u
us/funded-pprojects/miliitary-
famillies/operatio
on-parentin ng-edge.htm ml)
o Hono oring Our Babies and Toddlers (z
B zerotothree .org/about--us/funded-
-projects/military-
famillies/honorin
ng-our-babies-and-toddlers.html)
• Military OneSource (militaryon
O e nesource.m mil)
• Military Child Education Coalit
C tion (militar
rychild.org/)
)
• Penn St tate Extension Childca and You Training and Technical Assist
are uth g tance Projeect
(extension.psu.edu u/cyttap)
• Child Ca Aware Military Fee Assistance Program (naccrra.org/military-f
are M e families)
• Better Brains for Ba
B abies informmation on stress and t brain (b
s the bbbgeorgia.org/stress.php)
This material is based upon
n work supporte ed by the Nation
nal Institute of Fo
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ture, U.S. Depar
rtment of Agricu
ulture,
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and the en and Youth, U..S. Department o of Defense unde
er Award No. 20 010‐48869‐20685 5.