Resources

For Providers

County Code (updated 2019)

• Family Child Care Homes
• Child Care Centers

Arlington County Resources

• Arlington County Environmental Health Program
• Arlington County Public Health Division – Communicable Disease Program
• Arlington County School Health Bureau (SHB)
• Arlington County Fire Department
• Arlington County Police
• Arlington County Office of Emergency Management
• Arlington County Emergency Programs
• Arlington Public Library
• Parent Infant Education (PIE) program
• Permits & Licenses
• Arlington Economic Development – Small Business

Training and Resources

• Child Care Services Calendar of Events
• Child Care Aware
• Healthy Child Care America (American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP])
• Online Course: Preventing and Managing Infectious Diseases in Early Education and Child Care Ι Curso en línea: Prevencion y tratamiento de las enfermedades infecciosas de la Education Temprana y Cuidado Infantil (AAP)
• Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) – Early Childhood
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• HealthyChildren.org  Ι  HealthyChildren.org en Español (American Academy of Pediatrics [AAP])
• Children & Disasters: Disaster Preparedness Training Resources for Child Care Providers (AAP)

Research and Publications

Caring for Children

• Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE), National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER). “International Journal of Child Care and Educational Policy”.

Child Abuse, Mistreatment, and Neglect

• “Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal” (Free access through Arlington Public Library [APL])

Child Development

• State of Virginia Milestones of Child Development: Birth to Kindergarten
• Virginia’s Foundation Blocks for Early Learning: Comprehensive Standards for Four-Year-Olds

Demographic/Status Reports

• Child Trends 2013. Publication #2013-48. “The Youngest Americans: A Statistical Portrait of Infants and Toddlers in the United States”
• National Institute for Early Education Research’s (NIEER) State Preschool Yearbooks

Early Childhood Education

• Korea Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE), National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER). “International Journal of Child Care and Educational Policy”.
• Virginia’s Foundation Blocks for Early Learning: Comprehensive Standards for Four-Year-Olds
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). “Voices of Practitioners”.

Health/Disease Prevention & Management

• Edited by Susan S. Aronson and Timothy R. Shope. 2013. “Managing Infectious Diseases in Child Care and Schools, 3rd Edition: A Quick Reference Guide”.
• Merck Manual Home Edition (health information that is easy to understand)
• Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University (2010). “The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood.”  InBrief audio and print summary of the report: English / En Español – En Breve: Los Pilares de la Salud Durante el Transcurso de la Vida

Nutrition & Physical Activity/Play

• The Strong Museum of Play. “American Journal of Play”.
• Department of Health & Human Services/Office of Health Start. 2010. “Evaluation of Head Start I am Moving, I am Learning Project, 2006-2008”

Brush Up on Oral Health

• Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health—Pocket Guide

Professional Development

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) (2013). “Initial Findings from the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE)”
• Texas Child Care Quarterly – A Training Journal