Educational Institutions offering degrees and/or training in Child Development:
Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD): Enrolls more than 100,000 credit and noncredit students every semester, making it one of the largest higher education institutions in the state of Texas.
Early Childhood Information and Advocacy
Local and State Web Sites:
Children's Learning Institute: The Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and Education (CIRCLE) at The University of Texas Health Science Center is now part of the Children's Learning Institute. Services include clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment of learning disorders, and cutting-edge research on techniques to enhance a child’s home and learning environment.
Dallas Afterschool Network: A non-profit, membership-based agency focused on expanding the quality and quantity of afterschool programs for the 135,000 Dallas children who require afterschool care.
Dallas Association for the Education of Young Children (DAEYC): Dallas AEYC is a professional organization dedicated to improving the lives of young children and families.
Healthy Child Care Texas: Information for early care and education providers to obtain help through consultation and technical assistance to increase their response to the health and safety needs of children.
Prevent Child Abuse Texas: The leading organization working to prevent the abuse and neglect of our state's children.
Texas Association for Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (TACCRRA): Works to promote the partnership, improvement, and preservation of quality child care resource and referral services.
Texas Association for the Education of Young Children (TAEYC): TAEYC, an affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), is committed to excellence in early childhood education.
Texas Association for Infant Mental Health (TAIMH): Addresses infant mental health issues in Texas and is dedicated to improving the quality of nurturing family relationships for infants, young children, and their families.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS): Government agency that manages community-based programs that prevent delinquency, ill-treatment, and exploitation of children, the elderly, and disabled adults.
Texas Early Care and Education Career Development System (TECECDS): Provides an avenue for early childhood practitioners and administrators to pursue their professional development along a continuum of increasingly complex education and skill levels.
Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition (TECEC): TECEC is excited to launch the 2008 "Through the Eyes" public awareness campaign. Over the course of this year, TECEC will look at this issue through 11 very different perspectives to gain a better understanding of how early childhood education impacts so many different sectors of our community and how this issue fundamentally links all of us together.
National Web Sites:
Administration for Children and Families: A federal agency funding state, local, and tribal organizations to provide programs for children and families.
Center for the Child Care Workforce: Works to improve the quality of child care services by upgrading the wages, benefits, training opportunities, and working conditions for child care teachers and family child care providers.
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning: Promotes the social emotional outcomes and enhances the school readiness of low-income children birth to age 5, and serves as a national resource center for disseminating research and evidence-based practices to Head Start and Child Care Programs across the country.
ChildCareAware: Is committed to helping parents locate quality child care and child care resources in their community by connecting them with the local agencies best equipped to serve their needs.
Child Care Lounge: Designed for those who care for and about children. Daycare directors and administrators, preschool teachers and caregivers, education coordinators, advocates, and students will find valuable information and resources.
Children's Defense Fund: Child advocacy organization that works to ensure children a safe and healthy life.
Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition: Works to improve and meet the growing need for qualified staff and offers information on the CDA credential.
Healthy Child Care America: A collaborative effort working to improve the health and well-being of children in child care.
I Am Your Child: Public awareness campaign to make early childhood development a top priority for our nation educating parents and professionals about new discoveries in brain development research.
National After School Association: Mission is to be the leading voice of the after school profession dedicated to the development, education and care of children and youth during their out-of-school hours.
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA): A membership organization whose purpose is to build a diverse, high-quality child care system with parental choice and equal access for all families.
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC): Devoted to assuring the provision of high quality early childhood programs for young children.
National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC): The focus of NAFCC is to provide technical assistance to family child care associations. Assistance is provided through developing leadership, professionalism, addressing issues of diversity, and promoting quality through NAFCC's Family Child Care accreditation.
National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI): Improves and protects the quality of life of African American children and families.
National Child Care Association (NCCA): A professional trade association focused exclusively on the needs of licensed, private childhood care and education programs and is the only organization representing the specific interests of the licensed, private community.
National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC): A project of the Child Care Bureau, that works to ensure that all children and families have access to high-quality comprehensive services.
National Network for Child Care (NNCC): We network with committed individuals around the country to bring you practical information and resources that will be useful to you in your everyday work with children.
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care: Provides child care licensure regulations for each state. Health and safety tips and other resources are also available.
National School-Age Care Alliance (NSACA): Promotes quality school-age care and encourages before and after-school programs seek accreditation through their organization.
Southern Early Care Association (SECA): Brings together preschool, kindergarten, and primary teachers and administrators, caregivers, program directors, and individuals working with and for families, to promote quality care and education for young children.
Zero to Three: Promotes the healthy development of our nations infants and toddlers by supporting and strengthening families, communities and those who work on their behalf.
