Since the first edition in 1987, NAEYC's book Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs has been an essential resource for the early child care field. Now fully revised and expanded, the 2009 version comes with a supplementary CD containing readings on key topics, plus video examples showing developmentally appropriate practice in action.

The HRM Journal: Human Resources Management in Early Childhood Programs is a computer-based training series—with approximately 35 hours of study and practice. This self-paced, interactive learning resource is designed to assist new early childhood program administrators learn systems for human resources (HR) management. The series is designed for new administrators—those who are “on the job” for one year or less, as well as those who aspire to be program administrators.

Social-emotional learning is key to every child's ability to manage feelings and to interact successfully with others. This book covers 11 separate topics of social-emotional learning from developing a positive self-identity to creating a democracy and offers numerous teaching strategies and suggestions for professional development. Drawing on extensive research and discussion from the early childhood field, this book helps the thoughtful educator chart a path for young children to develop the social-emotional skills they need to succeed in school and in life.

This DVD-ROM contains summaries of select sessions from the 2009 NAEYC Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development. The summaries are presented as PowerPoint slide programs with audio—the voices of the session presenters. Also included are handouts from the presentations.  

This DVD-ROM disc is meant to be played on a computer with a DVD drive.