Sharing Web Resources

I have been studying the NBCDI (National Black Child Development Institute) website. NBCDI is an organization related to early childhood. As I continue to explore the website I found information that answers the questions that preceded them:

1. What specific section (s) or information seemed particularly

relevant to your current professional development?

Currently, we have been emerging ourselves in the importance of family engagement, how to get families involved, and types of activities to involve parents in. NBCDI offers an annual conference beginning September 30 to October 3 in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference will feature presentations on many topics; specifically family engagement.

2.  Which ideas/statements/resources, either on the website or in an e-newsletter, did you find controversial or made you think about an issue in new ways?

NBCDI has a new publication, Being Black Is Not a Risk Factor: A Strengths-Based Look at the State of the Black Child (2013). I did not find this resource to be controversial. However, I definitely began to think about my learning and work in the early childhood profession in a new way. It is important that we understand the existing conversations about Black children in early childhood.

3. What information does the website or the e-newsletter contain that adds to your understanding of how economists, neuroscientists, or politicians support the early childhood field?

The website shares that Congress has supported their work by reauthorizing the Child Care Development Grant Block Grant Act (CCDBG). The new law supports early learning and financial security for families and children.

4. What other new insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field did you gain from exploring the website or e-newsletter?

I have learned that NBCDI has been in exists for 45 years. Their work has included engaging leaders, policymakers, professionals, and parents in relevant issues that have an effect on Black children and their families. 

Reference

National Black Child Development Institute

http://nbcdi.org/
(Newsletter: http://nbcdi.org/support/sign-up-for-nbcdi-newsletters/ ).