Organizations
New York Center for Child Development (NYCCD): NYCCD is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the optimal development of young children. Learn more about their educational and therapeutic services for children from birth through age five, their parents, and the institutions that serve them.
https://www.nyccd.org
McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research: the McSilver Institute is committed to creating new knowledge about the root causes of poverty, developing evidence-based interventions to address its consequences, and rapidly translating research findings into action through policy and practice.
https://mcsilver.nyu.edu
NYU Silver School of Social Work: The Silver School provides a rich environment for the education of professional social workers. The School offers accredited programs at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels, and serves as a major post-master’s training center for hundreds of practitioners in the New York region. Click here to learn more about advanced learning opportunities for social work and related health professionals.
https://socialwork.nyu.edu
The Community Technical Assistance Center of New York (CTAC): CTAC is a training, consultation, and educational resource center serving all behavioral health agencies in New York State. CTAC helps agencies strengthen their clinical and business infrastructure through training opportunities focused on implementing evidence-based practices and addressing the challenges associated with the recent changes in regulations, financing and overall healthcare reforms.
https://www.ctacny.org
New York Zero-to-Three Network: The New York Zero-to-Three Network promotes the optimal development of young children, their families and their communities in the New York region. Participants in the Network include practitioners and researchers in diverse fields such as education, child care, health care, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychology, child psychiatry, rehabilitation therapies, mental health, social services, research, as well as representatives from the legal, business and philanthropic communities. New York Zero to Three aims to foster and disseminate a developing, clinically sensitive and state-of-the-art body of knowledge to zero to three practitioners, public and voluntary institutions, universities and professional organizations and to encourage training that integrates the perspectives of various disciplines to achieve a comprehensive approach to intervention.
http://nyztt.org/
NYS Association of Infant Mental Health (NYS-AIMH): NYS-AIMH is a non-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen and promote social and emotional well-being for all children between the ages of 0 to 5 in NYS. NYS-AIMH promotes uniform and nationally recognized standards to ensure those engaged in the multidisciplinary fields supporting young children are trained in up to date science of child development and relationship based practices. It provides professional development, implements a statewide competency system, and advocates for policy and resources for young children.
https://www.nysaimh.org/
NYS Early Childhood Advisory Council (NYS ECAC): The Early Childhood Advisory Council (ECAC) will provide strategic direction and advice to the State of New York on early childhood issues. By monitoring and guiding the implementation of a range of strategies, the ECAC supports New York in building a comprehensive and sustainable early childhood system that will ensure success for all young children.
http://www.nysecac.org/
ZERO TO THREE: ZERO TO THREE works to ensure that babies and toddlers benefit from the early connections that are critical to their well-being and development.
https://www.zerotothree.org/
Early Development & Well-Being - includes information on ages and stages, brain development, development screening and assessment, early intervention and more.
https://www.zerotothree.org/early-development
Early Learning - includes information on child, language and communication, school readiness and more.
https://www.zerotothree.org/early-learning
Harvard Center on the Developing Child
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/