Adolescent
Family Life Program (AFLP) Resources (Outside Source)
AFLP has posted several print resources on its Web site
that are of interest to Cal-SAFE programs, including Nutrition and Physical Activity
Guidelines for Adolescents and Resources
for Young Fathers and Fast Meals & Quick Snacks:
A Cookbook for Teens.
Essential
Tips for Successful Collaboration (Outside Source)
This summary provides "lessons learned" by the Council
of Chief State School Officers and its partners in the Joint Work
Group on School-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention as part of our
cooperative agreements with the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health.
Feeding
Infants: A Guide for Use in the Child Nutrition Programs (Outside Source)
The guide presents information on infant development, nutrition
for infants, breastfeeding and formula feeding, preventing tooth
decay, feeding solid foods, drinking from a cup, choking prevention,
sanitary food preparation and safe food handling, commercially
prepared and home-prepared baby food, and some of the Infant Meal
Pattern requirements.
"Using Erikson to Work More
Effectively with Teenage Parents" (PDF; 103KB; 9pp.)
Copyright 2003 National Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC), All rights reserved. This article was published
in the March 2003 issue of Young Children , the journal
of the NAEYC. The author, Lorraine DeJong, Ph.D., is a former
director of an infant/toddler program serving teenage parents.
She believes that program practices and policies designed around
Erikson's stages can assist teachers in being more responsive
to the developmental needs of young parents.
School
Readiness (Outside Source)
The National Center for Children in Poverty has several articles on school readiness.
