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Measuring Success: Within and Cross-Domain Predictors of Academic and Social Trajectories in Elementary School, by Amy Pace, Rebecca Alper, Margaret Burchinal, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. Read summary at UW News.

Can the relationships between skills predict children’s future growth? That’s the question researchers at the University of Washington sought to answer as they conducted this study. They found that the language skills a child had when they started schools predicted his or her performance from first through fifth grade.

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What's brewing at DTL
In the first few years of life, children's brains grow and develop at an incredible rate. Learn how back-and-forth interactions and routines help children grow in the webinar Supporting Children’s Early Brain Development.
 
Can I get that to go?
When children are with the same teachers over time, they get the attention and affection they need to have meaningful relationships. In this tip sheet, explore how continuity of care helps children learn and grow.
 
We like this a latte

Recently on MyPeers, our users shared some tips to help children thrive in their programs.

“I am trying to develop a strategic work plan to help support teachers in the classroom when there is a high percentage of children facing additional mental or physical health challenges. Most of our classrooms have about 20% kids on an IEP/ISFP and any support is helpful. What are some creative ways that you all have helped meet the needs of teachers and students in the classroom? Here are some of the things we do now:
  • bring in mental health/disability consultants
  • let teachers shadow/train other teachers
  • provide resources specifically for working with kiddos with MH/D
  • getting parent engagement
  • creating a resource library for classroom parents
  • destigmatizing mental health at policy council
 
I know there is so much else out there, so please share your great thoughts! Thank you.”

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Un poco de café?
Did you know that the 15-Minute In-service Suites are available in Spanish? These suites are designed with busy teaching staff in mind. Each suite provides short, focused, professional development resources on effective teaching and assessment practices.
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Double shot of espresso
Several newly updated resources have been added to the Planned Language Approach toolkit on the ECLKC website. These are great resources for trainers and technical assistance providers as well as for grantees.
 
Where has this bean all our lives?
NCECDTL is excited to share the following resources that have recently been posted on the ECLKC:
The DTL Café Newsletter is produced monthly by the National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning. Submit questions or suggestions for 2018 newsletter topics to ecdtl@ecetta.info.

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