View our collection of resources for state approved trainers and Relationship Based Professionals to use when attending classes or learning more about early care and education.
For information about teaching Child Care Basics and to request the curriculum, contact training@dcyf.wa.gov.
- Alberta Family Wellness Initiative: Interventions for Children in Foster Care, Adopted Children and Other Children Who Have Experienced Abuse and Neglect, Phil Fisher, PhD (VIDEO)
- Center on the Developing Child: InBrief: The Science of Neglect (VIDEO)
- Center on the Developing Child: The Science of Neglect: The Persistent Absence of Responsive Care Disrupts the Developing Brain (PDF)
- Chapin Hall Child Welfare Publications
- Partners for our Children
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: "The Long Shadow of Childhood Trauma: Assessing the impact of childhood trauma on the physical and mental health of low-income adults" (PDF)
- Washington State University Extension, Area Health Education Center: Impact of Complex Trauma
- Alberta Family Wellness Initiative
- Center on the Developing Child
- Center on the Developing Child: InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development (VIDEO)
- Center on the Developing Child: Working Paper #5: The Timing and Quality of Early Experiences Combine to Shape Brain Architecture
- The Institute for Learning and Brain Science (I-LABS) at the University of Washington
- The Oregon Social Learning Center
- Three Core Concepts in Early Development (VIDEO)
- Washington State Dept. of Early Learning: Washington State Early Learning and Development Guidelines (PDF)
- Annie E. Casey Foundation's Economic Security Initiatives
- Center on the Developing Child: Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change (VIDEO)
- Economic Mobility Pathways
- Economic Mobility Pathways: Science Reshaping Poverty (VIDEO)
- Economic Mobility Pathways: Using Brain Science to Design New Pathways out of Poverty
- Washington State Frontiers of Innovation, WA FOI
- Alberta Family Wellness Initiative: Interventions in Executive Functioning, Deborah Phillips, PhD (VIDEO)
- Center on the Developing Child: InBrief: Executive Function: Skills for Life and Learning (VIDEO)
- Center on the Developing Child: Working Paper #11: Building the Brain's "Air Traffic Control" System: How Early Experiences Shape the Development of Executive Function (PDF)
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab of Adele Diamond
- Labs of Cognitive Neuroscience: Stress and Development (VIDEO)
- National Center for Learning Disabilities: Executive Functioning
- Science Magazine: "Interventions Shown to Aid Executive Function Development in Children 4 to 12 Years Old" (PDF)
- Alberta Family Wellness Institute: Tools and Information for Health Care Professionals
- Center on the Developing Child: InBrief: The Foundations of Lifelong Health (VIDEO)
- Center on the Developing Child: The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood (PDF)
- Institute for Safe Families: ACEs: Why Every Clinician Should Care, Nadine Burke Harris, MD, MPH (VIDEO)
- Alberta Family Wellness Initiative: Interventions & Treatments in Children's Mental Health
- Center on the Developing Child: Establishing a Level Foundation for Life: Mental Health Begins in Early Childhood (PDF)
- Center on the Developing Child: InBrief: Early Childhood Mental Health (PDF)
- Child Trauma Research Program
- The University of Washington Barnard Center for Infant Mental Health and Development
- The Washington Association for Infant Mental Health
- Zero to Three: Resources and Information on Early Childhood Mental Health
- Mindful Schools Project
- National Conference of State Legislatures: Positive Youth Development: State Strategies (PDF)
- Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction: Compassionate Schools: The Heart of Learning and Teaching: Compassion, Resiliency, and Academic Success
- Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction: Positive Behavior and Intervention Supports
- Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction: WA Kids (PDF)
- The University of Washington Center for Child and Family Well-Being: Practice and Policy Briefs for Educators
- Turnaround for Children
- Washington State Dept. of Early Learning: Washington State Early Learning and Development Guidelines: Birth through Third Grade (PDF)
- Washington State University Extension, Area Health Education Center: Adopting ACEs Screening and Assessment in Child Serving Systems (PDF)
- Youth Development Executives of King County
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Policy Statement: Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Role of the Pediatrician: Translating Developmental Science into Lifelong Health (PDF)
- University of Washington Northwest Center for Public Health Practice: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Public Health Practice (WEBINAR)
- Washington State University Extension Area Health Education Center: A Review of Community Efforts to Mitigate and Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma (PDF)
- Center for the Study of Social Policy: Strengthening Families through Early Care and Education Protective Factors Literature Review (PDF)
- Children's Resilience Initiative
- Fostering Resilience: Building Resilience in Children and Teens
- The Scientific World Journal: Resilience as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review
- Washington Frontiers of Inovation, WA FOI
- Alberta Family Wellness Initiative: Applying Knowledge About how Stress Affects the Developing Brain, Philip Fisher, PhD (VIDEO)
- Alberta Family Wellness Initiative: Stress and the Biology of Development (TRAINING MODULE)
- American Academy of Pediatrics: The Lifelong Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress
- Center on the Developing Child: Tackling Toxic Stress (ARTICLES)
- Center on the Developing Child: Toxic Stress Derails Healthy Development (VIDEO)
- Center on the Developing Child: Toxic Stress: The Facts
- Center on the Developing Child: Working Paper #3: Excessive Stress Disrupts the Architecture of the Developing Brain (PDF)
- Center on the Developing Child: Working Paper #9: Persistent Fear and Anxiety Can Affect Young Children's Learning and Development (PDF)
- New York Times: Protecting Children from Toxic Stress