Resources

There are multiple organizations that provide current research, professional resources and information within the Early Childhood field.

National Organizations

  • National Association of Child Care Professionals
  • NAEYC- National Association for the Education of Young Children
  • Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children
  • ACEI- Association of Childhood Education International
  • National Child Care Association
  • National Head Start Association
  • National Association for Gifted Children
  • Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
  • National Association of Bilingual Education
  • The National Association for Child Development
  • National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center
  • Center for Child and Family Studies
  • Children’s Defense Fund
  • Children’s Rights Council
  • Child Care Bureau
  • Office of School Readiness (Office of Early Learning)

North Carolina

  • North Carolina Institute for Child Development Professionals
  • North Carolina Division of Child Development
  • North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
  • Child Care Demographics in North Carolina
  • Southern Early Childhood Association
  • North Carolina Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center
  • Smart Start
  • North Carolina Child Care Resource and Referral Council
  • North Carolina Child Care Coalition
  • North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation
  • North Carolina Early Learning Network
  • North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development
  • North Carolina Early Intervention
  • North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project
  • North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children

North Carolina Approved Learning Sites

Approved Trainings can be acquired from the following North Carolina Organizations:

  • FabrikONE
  • Child Care Resource and Referral
  • North Carolina Partnership for Children
  • The North Carolina Division of Child Development: ProSolutions Training
  • Professional Child Care Associations
  • North Carolina Cooperative Extension Services

For specific online approved locations in North Carolina, please follow this link:

https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Portals/0/documents/pdf/N/nc_distance_learning_approvals.pdf?ver=2018-04-12-102850-723