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Our Clearinghouse offers comprehensive support for early childhood care and education, covering a wide range of settings such as centers, homes, family and friend arrangements, and programs like Head Start and Pre-K.

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ELQA Starting Right – CECPD

Child Development

The goal of ELQA: Starting Right is to improve access to and use of high-quality early literacy and numeracy measurements and scientifically based strategies for differentiated instruction in preschools and childcare centers.

Children, Caregivers, Administrators, Teachers

2023

Well Supported by Research

LENA – Building Brains Through Early Talk

Child Development

LENA’s programs help caregivers across the globe tap into this power of conversational turns.

Children, Owners, Teachers, Caregivers, Guardians, Parents, Administrators

2023

Promising Practice

Autism Foundation of Oklahoma – Training Oklahoma Childcare Providers to Support Children with Autism (TOCA)

Social Emotional Well-Being

Providing comprehensive training to consultants and childcare providers improves the quality of care for children with autism, offering tailored support to address their unique needs.

Caregivers, Children, Guardians, Owners, Parents, Teachers

2023

Promising Practice

TBRI and Trauma Informed Classrooms

Social Emotional Well-Being

Childcare providers can self-refer for a classroom consultation when they have an at-risk child who is struggling in their center.

Caregivers, Children, Guardians, Teachers

2023

Promising Practice

Cognitive ToyBox, Inc.

Child Development

Cognitive ToyBox provides a unique, research-based approach to child assessment, enabling educators to use a combination of observation and game-based assessments.

Children, Administrators, Parents, Teachers

2023

Innovative Idea

Air Quality in Oklahoma Early Childhood Settings

Healthy Environment and Relationships

The overall goals of this project are to investigate the efficacy, implementation, and cost effectiveness of using two air disinfection solutions in ECE classrooms: (1) indoor air purifier, and/or (2) upper air disinfection utilizing germicidal ultraviolet light (UV-C).

Children, Teachers

2023

Innovative Idea

Respectful Caregiving - OKAEYC

Child Development

The proposed workshop series, a collaborative effort between the Oklahoma Association for the Education of Young Children and certified trainers, seeks to empower caregivers with vital insights into the paramount significance of this early phase.

Children, Guardians, Parents, Teachers

2023

Well Supported by Research

Conscious Discipline

Social and Emotional Learning

Conscious Discipline’s adult-first, child-second approach equips educators with the mindset and skillsets needed to internalize and dramatically upgrade their own social and emotional aptitudes.

Caregivers, Guardians, Administrators, Owners, Children, Teachers, Parents

2021

Well Supported by Research

Pyramid Model

Social and Emotional Learning

The overall goal of the proposed work is to improve the social emotional development of young children in Oklahoma in any licensed childcare program.

Caregivers, Owners, Children, Teachers, Guardians, Administrators, Parents

2021

Promising Research

Al’s Pals Kids Making Healthy Choices

Social and Emotional Learning

The goal of this project is to ensure the healthy development and social emotional well-being of young children ages 5 and below throughout Oklahoma through the promotion of the Reach Out and Read (ROR) intervention, designed to foster intentional skill-building in parents, resilience in families, and positive bonding between children and families, integrated into pediatric primary care.

Children, Teachers, Owners, Caregivers, Guardians, Administrators, Parents

2021

Additional Research Needed

Supporting Data-driven Improvements in Early Education

Social and Emotional Learning

This proposal provides a framework to support continuous improvement for early education programs that utilizes classroom and child data to identify existing strengths and appropriate areas for coaching and development.

Children, Teachers, Caregivers

2021

Well Supported by Research

Reach Out and Read

Social and Emotional Learning

The goal of this project is to ensure the healthy development and social emotional well-being of young children ages 5 and below throughout Oklahoma through the promotion of the Reach Out and Read (ROR) intervention.

Caregivers, Guardians, Children, Parents, Medical Providers

2021

Promising Practice

Developmental Monitoring Resources and Support for Early Care and Learning Providers

Child Development

The ultimate desired outcome of this project is to identify children with potential delays as early as possible and ensure that they are connected to available resources and fully included and supported in childcare settings.

Teachers, Caregivers, Parents

2022

Best Practice

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Program Expansion (I-ECMHC)

Child Development

As a Prevention strategy, the goal of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health is to support the development of infants and young children through strengthening the responsive capacity of their caregivers and promoting safe, stable, nurturing environments.

Children, Caregivers, Guardians, Parents, Owners, Administrators, Teachers

2022

Best Practice

Growing Like a Read

Child Development

With financial support, the Pioneer Library System’s GLAR program could be extended even further beyond the walls of the libraries to childcare providers in low-income areas of the PLS three-county service area.

Children, Caregivers, Guardians, Parents

2022

Emerging Practice

Start Right – Finish Ahead

Social Emotional Learning

The goal of this this submission is to provide a 1-2 year program that has been tested for more than ten years in numbers of settings (homes, learning centers, schools, etc) for the EC age child.

Children, Teachers, Owners, Caregivers, Guardians, Administrators, Parents

2021

Innovative Idea

Early Learning Works

Child Development

The goal of Next Gen Tulsa FCC is to increase access to quality home-based child care for young children in Tulsa.

Children, Teachers, Owners, Caregivers, Guardians, Parents

2022

Innovative Idea

Community of Support for Early Childhood Communities

Social Emotional Learning

The primary outcome for this submission is to increase support for early childhood communities in the area of autism and related disabilities by creating a statewide community of specially trained providers. The Autism Foundation of Oklahoma (AFO) will use the Training of Trainers Model to achieve this goal, recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2019).

Children, Teachers, Owners, Caregivers, Guardians, Medical Providers, Administrators, Parents

2021

Innovative Idea

Children's Sanctuary at Palomar, Oklahoma City's Family Justice Center

Social Emotional Learning

Palomar has a tremendous goal: to unify all possible services a victim and their children may need and make them easily accessible by housing them in one convenient location.

Children, Caregivers, Guardians, Parents

2021

Innovative Idea

Early Birds for Child Care Professionals, Smart Start Central Oklahoma

Child Development

Smart Start Central Oklahoma’s primary goal is to build a supportive and involved community that works to ensure children are safe, healthy, eager to learn, and ready to succeed by the time they enter school.

Children, Teachers, Owners, Caregivers, Guardians, Parents

2021

Innovative Idea

Deaf Mentor Program: Deaf Adult to Family Connection

Child Development

To increase visual language skills of young deaf children and their families, and establish meaningful relationships between families and Deaf adult role models across the state of Oklahoma.

Caregivers, Guardians, Parents, Siblings, Family Members in the Home

2022

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