Childhood Development

Overview

UGA Extension offers information and programs for professionals, parents, and other caregivers on the developmental needs of, and healthy strategies to care for, infants, toddlers, and young children.

Publications

Extension Publications

• Early Child Development and Childcare

To see other publications, go to the CAES Publications site or the FACS Publications listing.

News

For the latest news about Extension, visit Georgia FACES. News you can use about Georgia family, agricultural, consumer and enviromental sciences.

• Metro-Atlanta students learn about the origins of pizza at the State Farmers Market May 8 and 9
• AmeriCorps grants provide workers for Georgia 4-H offices
• Chatham 4-H'ers educate community on E. coli and septic systems
• 4-H'ers collect pop tabs, blue jeans and coloring books to learn generosity
• The holidays are a great time to foster generosity in children
• UGA teen driver safety program earns national recognition
• Davies named to National 4-H Hall of Fame
• Georgia's giant pumpkins test 4-H'ers, wow their neighbors
• Extension faculty to help battle childhood obesity
• A parent's guide to reducing test anxiety

Websites

UGA-affiliated sites

• Child Care Quality Matters!
  An interactive resource for parents looking for child care. The site answers some key questions about high-quality child care, and includes an interactive guide to help you find the types of child care programs that best meet your family’s needs.
• Early Childhood Development & Child Care
  Family and Consumer Sciences' Extension information related to early childhood development and childcare.
• Hot Topics: Childhood Health
  A collection of reports and news stories related to children's health.
• Impact Statements: Childhood Development
  &practices related to childhood development.

External sites

• Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care & Learning
  Bright from the Start administers the nationally recognized Georgia’s Pre-K Program, licenses child care centers and home-based child care, administers federal nutrition programs, and manages voluntary quality enhancement programs.
• Georgia Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
  A non-profit membership organization composed of 6 regional Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (CCR&Rs) serving the state of Georgia.
• Georgia Association on Young Children
  Encourages and supports healthy development in young children by working with others to increase public awareness of the importance of early childhood education, and to improve the quality of programs for young children through learning opportunities for early childhood educators.
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
  NAEYC and its members are a leading voice for early childhood education to Congress and other federal entities, governors and state legislatures, state and local agencies, and other policy makers throughout the country.
• National Head Start Association
  An organization advocating for early education for vulnerable children and families.

Training

Cooperative Extension offers training within local communities on a wide array of topics. To see if there are training events in your area, please visit our calendar.

• Better Brains for Babies
  A collaboration of state and local, public and private organizations dedicated to promoting awareness and education about the importance of early brain development.
• Child Care Provider Training
  UGA Cooperative Extension offers training to child care providers and teachers, center directors, and family child care providers, including "Super Saturday" and Early Childhood Institute classes.
• Teaching Basic Health & Safety in the Early Childhood Classroom
  An integrated, hands-on curriculum and training program designed to teach simple health and safety messages to 3- to 5-year-olds in early childhood programs through age-appropriate activities.