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KidBasics
Tips, tricks and answers to help you care for your young child

Adapted from our book Understanding Children , this unique tool for parents and professionals alike provides
at-a-glance child development information that can be taken anywhere.  Created on a durable tear resistant paper, each card features vibrant colors and engaging images focusing on one topic (ranging from sleep, to fathers, to child care) and providing quick facts along with recommended action steps.

A great tool for keeping in the diaper bag or using with clients, this resource addresses those topics relevant to parents of children from birth through three years of age.


Price: $7.95
Tips, tricks and answers to help you care for your young child (available in English and in Spanish)

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Right on Course
How Trauma and Maltreatment Impact Children in the Classroom, and How You Can Help

This handbook will help professionals in the school setting learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma and maltreatment, understand their role in the child protection system, and craft classroom environments, activities and experiences to maximize learning and aid the healing process.

  • A comprehensive 200-page handbook with dozens of lesson plans and worksheets
  • Geared to student in grades K-6
  • Written in plain language with real-life case studies, hard facts, statistics and question and answer segments
  • Based on the latest research of the impact of trauma and maltreatment in the classroom

Price: $35.00
200-page handbook with ready to use tools and lesson plans

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Understanding Children
The Guidebook for Children 0-3

A joint venture between renowned information architect Richard Saul Wurman and Civitas, this book communicates the most important information about what children need to realize their potential.

  • 208 colorful and informative pages
  • Utilizes the unique format of information architecture
  • Simplifies key child development topics — including prenatal, sleep, children at risk, child care, brain development and play

Price: $25.00
208-page book

Learn more | What You'll Find in the Book


Grandparenting: Enriching Lives
An Essential Guide for Today's Grandparents

Hosted by Maya Angelou in English and Don Francisco in Spanish, this video provides guidance and ideas for making the most out of the invaluable grandparent, parent, child relationship, while highlighting the profound effect grandparents can have on the lives of their grandchildren.

  • Illustrates various grandparenting roles
  • Offers practical suggestions and inspiration that will benefit the entire family
  • Provides ideas for staying connected even when far away

Price: $16.95
30-minute VHS color video, (English version)

Learn more | Meet the Experts | Nuestros Abuelos: enriquecimiento


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What Grown-Ups Understand About Child Development
A National Benchmark Survey

This landmark survey, developed in partnership with Zero to Three and BRIO, and conducted by DYG, assesses what the American public knows about early childhood development issues and government policy regarding children and child care.

  • Survey of 3,000 Americans
  • 186 pages of analyzed findings
  • Synthesized Executive Summary

Price: $18.95
229-page Full Report

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Begin with Love
Connecting with Your Child

Hosted in English by Oprah Winfrey and in Spanish by Cristina Saralegui, this video provides parents and caregivers key guidelines for giving newborns the best possible start in life.

  • Focuses on the parent-infant relationship
  • Highlights five guidelines that will help all new parents create a responsive and enriching environment
  • Featuring Dr. Kyle Pruett and Dr. Alicia Lieberman
  • Endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics

Price: $16.95
30-minute VHS color video, (English version)

Learn more | Meet the Experts | Empieza con amor


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Laminated poster
Price: $10.00

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KidBasics
price: $7.95

Right on Course
price: $35.00

Understanding Children
price: $25.00

Grandparenting: Enriching Lives
price: $16.95

What Grown-Ups Understand About Child Development
price: $18.95

Begin with Love
price: $16.95