Child Development Center

• About the Center
• Applying to the Center
• Our Mission
• Staffing Plan
• Center Policies & Procedures
• Center Tour
• Learning Through Play
• Parent Resources
• Current Research
• Child Development
  Program (credit program)

Child Development Program

• MiraCosta College Child Development Program

To Schedule Student Projects at the Center

• Learning Plan (Word document)

Planning Your Career in ECE
Professional Standards

• Child Development Permit Information
  California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
• Child Development Permit Matrix
  Child Development Training Consortium
• San Diego CARES
  Stipend Program for Early Childhood Educators
• California Early Childhood Mentor Program
  Student Teaching with Community Mentors   
• Child Development Training Consortium
  Reimbursement for Classes & Permit 

Multicultural Resources in Early Care and Education

• Cultural Diversity and Early Education
• USC Center for Multilingual/Multicultural Research
• Diversity in the Classroom
• Responding to Lingusitic & Cultural Diversity
• Poverty USA Something for us all to think about...

Agencies and Organizations
Places to Go and Lots to Learn

• California Early Childhood Mentor Program (CECMP)
• California Preschool Instructional Network (CPIN)
• National Coalition for Campus Children's Centers (NCCC)
• Department of Social Services - Community Care Licensing (DSS/CCL)
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
• California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC)

• San Diego Association for the Education of Young Children (SDAEYC)
• Center for the Child Care Workforce (CCCW)
• California Department of Education  (CDE)
• Child Development Division (CDD)

• Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative (ECAP)
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
• Council for Exceptional Children
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education
• National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education
• First5 California

• The Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)
• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

• ADA and Disability Information
• The Division of Early Childhood (DEC)
• The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
• Early Childhood Research Institute on Inclusion
• National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
• California Child Care Health Program (CCCHP)
• Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Resources
  

• National Parent Information Network (NPIN)
• FatherWork
• National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
• Parents Action for Children (I Am Your Child)
• National PTA

• The Future of Children
• Children Now
• Child Development Institute
• Children's Defense Fund
• Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)

• The Project Approach in Early Childhood & Elementary Education
• US Department of Health and Human Services Child Care Bureau
• National Child Care Information Center

• WestEd Research Center
• The Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers (PITC)
• High/Scope Educational Research Foundation
• UNC Chapel Hill FPG Child Development Institutel
• Bing Nursery School at Stanford University
• Yale Child Study Center
• Wheelock College - Program in Child Development & Early Education
• Pacific Oaks College & Children's Center
• San Diego State University - Child & Family Development
• California State University Fullerton - Child & Adolescent Development