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 Exploring the Zero To Three Website

This week I have decided to share more information about the Zero To Three website. This is so because there is no recent e-newsletter since my last article.  

The use of websites to promote the daily activities of organizations are becoming increasingly popular globally. If they have not already done so, organisations are desirous of creating websites to broaden marketing efforts, competitiveness and allow users to have information at their fingertips. 

The Zero To Three https://www.zerotothree.org/ is no different.  The Zero To Three website offers evidence-based practices that provide families' sustenance and increase optimal growth and development of children from birth to age three. The website offers support and guidance to professionals, institutions, and families worldwide through data and research, providing evidence and highlights of various policies, programs, and services. International membership is provided with a monthly subscription fee for individuals who work with or on behalf of a diverse set of young children   

Furthermore, the Zero To Three website covers current trends and issues such as Health and Safety, Poverty, Violence Against Women, Immigration, Gender and Cultural Diversity. Also, collaboration and partnership among stakeholders are evident. There are Publications. Journals and News releases that focus on topical issues surrounding young children and their families. In addition, there are blogs, webinars and podcasts that appeal to all users. Besides, the  Zero To Three website is appealing and easily manipulated by users. 

The Growing Brain: From Birth to 5 Years Old

Training-of-Trainers

Our virtual training-of-trainers combines live, online events and self-study to support your journey towards becoming a ZERO TO THREE certified trainer of The Growing Brain curriculum. Becoming a certified trainer enables you to conduct training in your home state. We are dedicated to small-group trainings-of-trainers that are interactive and engaging. Sessions are capped at 20 trainers. 

Choose the session that fits your schedule

July 19-23, 2021

August 16-20, 2021

September 13-17, 2021

There are a series of training for professionals to take advantage of. As a result, I have decided to give a sneak peak with the information above. During my tour of the Zero To Three website, I bumped upon a blog that speaks to:

Babies and the Budget: Getting our Bearings on

Federal Spending

June 7, 2011

By Patricia A. Cole

This is the second in a series of baby blog posts on what infant-toddler advocates need to know in the current debate over reducing the deficit and altering the federal budget process. Yesterday we looked at why raising the debt ceiling is relevant to infants and toddlers.


How much do we spend on babies?

This number is difficult to arrive at. Much federal spending on infants and toddlers is part of more broadly targeted programs. However, the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution did a baseline analysis, concluding that in 2007, 2.1% of federal outlays (that is, money actually paid out from the Treasury) for domestic programs ($44 billion) were spent on children under age 3. Another $13 billion was spent through tax expenditures such as the child tax credit and dependent exemption. The largest share of funds spent for infants and toddlers was for health and nutrition. Medicaid alone accounted for 21% of funds spent on babies. In contrast, only 7% of infant-toddler spending was for early care and education programs.

All the information shared above is relevant to me as a professional. I believe that it is crucial to be engaged in ongoing professional development sessions and training, interacting with data and research that I can align with my professional goals and aspirations and also share and collaborate with others. Also, I find the investments from the federal government towards infants and toddlers relevant at a time when we are learning about the issues and trends in early childhood education. Especially, when economists, neuroscientists and politicians are all arguing that the nation's economy must invest in early childhood education to be rewarded in the future. The economist would have played a significant role in studying the relationship between a society's resources and production or output. Besides, the article states that the largest amount of the funding is allocated to the health and nutrition of infants and toddlers which is paramount to the well-being of children and their families.


In a News/Press release coming out of The White House dated April 1, 2021. Zero To Three applauded President Joseph R. Biden for impressively outlining his American Jobs Plan, focused on a $2 trillion investment in our country’s crumbling infrastructure as the first part of a sweeping recovery plan to help the nation move beyond the impact of the pandemic. ZERO TO THREE, the country’s leading early childhood development nonprofit dedicated to ensuring all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life, hailed the proposal as taking critical steps to support the nation’s needs, but urged the Administration to also focus on building robust, permanent supports for America’s families and young children.


https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/577-babies-and-the-budget-getting-our-bearings-on-federal-spending

Comments

  1. ToniApril 4, 2021 at 2:02 AM

    Sherida

    Hi, Thank you for the comment. I was looking through your website and found the information very useful. I always liked Zero to Three. The training option caught my attention. I have always been interested in the subject of how the brain works.

    Thank you for sharing

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  2. Lorraine NwofiaApril 4, 2021 at 7:10 PM

    Hi Sherida!
    Great information! Its interesting to see the topics that Zero to Three had covered. It is good to know about the information on Training for Trainers. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. http://principalsmalcolmbloggingaddiction.blogspot.comApril 10, 2021 at 6:33 PM

    Hey Lorraine. Thanks for stopping by!

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