09/04/2008

Hot Topics in Early Childhood

"Running a green program!" That is the topic you are most interested in today. As we prepare to post a new Exchange Insta Poll, we appreciate all of you who have helped us plan the editorial calendar for Exchange magazine for the coming 18 months. Your responses to the current Exchange Insta Poll tell us that you are also highly interested in...

• Implementing Reggio inspired practice
• Brain development
• Managing challenging behavior
• Accreditation
• Appropriate circle time
• Trends in the field
• Children with special needs
• Impact of state pre-K on private providers
• Play
• How to handle difficult staff
• Nature education
• Visioning...big picture thinking

If you haven't had a chance to provide your feedback on articles we should be developing, you can still do so for a few more days at www.ChildCareExchange.com.

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Exchange has a number of extremely helpful resources for supporting teachers in dealing with children with challenging behaviors:

• Our Beginnings Workshop book, Behavior, has 24 articles written by experts in the field on how to deal with challenging behavior.
• Ten Out of the Box Training Kits on "Positive Discipline" provide directors with all the resources you need to conduct in-house training sessions.
• Two Exchange CEU modules, "Managing Challenging Behavior" and "Social and Emotional Development", provide credit for reading Exchange magazine articles.
• Exchange's newest resource, the DVD, Facing the Challenge (an expertly crafted video training tool).

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For more information about Exchange's magazine, books, and other products pertaining to ECE, go to www.ccie.com.

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