Projects

ECAP Projects
ECAP Information Technology Group
ECAP Web Partners
Electronic Discussion Lists Hosted by ECAP

ECAP Projects

Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behaviors
Web Site: http://challengingbehavior.fmhi.usf.edu/ (View description)

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
Web Site: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/ (View description)

Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting
Web Site: http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/ (View description)

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Early Childhood Research Institute
Web Site: http://clas.uiuc.edu/ (View description)

Early Childhood Research & Practice
Web Site: http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/ (View description)

Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map
Web site: http://iecam.crc.uiuc.edu/ (View description)

Illinois Early Learning Project
Web Site: http://illinoisearlylearning.org/ (View description)

IllinoisParents.org
Web Site: http://illinoisparents.org (View description)

Mothers' Perceptions of Interactions with Babies with and without Disabilities in Different Cultures
Web Site: none (View description)

The Relationships Project
Web Site: none (View description)

SPARK: Skills Promoted through Arts, Reading, and Knowledge (Directed Research Project)
Web Site: http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/sped/SPARK/ (View description)

The Stories Project
Web Site: none (View description)

University Primary School
Web Site: http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/ups/ (View description)

ECAP Web Partners

Champaign County Birth to 5 Council
Web site: http://ccbirthto5.org/

Child Development Laboratory at UIUC
Web site: http://cdl.uiuc.edu/

Early Education Clearinghouse Facts in Action Web Site
Web Site: http://factsinaction.org/ (View description)

FACTS/LRE Project -- Family and Child Transitions into
Least Restrictive Environments
Web site: http://facts.crc.uiuc.edu/

Illinois Division for Early Childhood
Web site: http://illinois-dec.org/

National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education
Web Site: http://naecs.crc.uiuc.edu/ (View description)

National Coalition of Campus Children's Centers
Web Site: http://www.campuschildren.org/

National Parenting Education Network (NPEN)
Web Site: http://npen.org

ReadyWeb
Web site: http://readyweb.crc.uiuc.edu/

ResilienceNet
Web site: http://resilnet.uiuc.edu/

Sharing A Vision
Web site: http://sharingavision.org/

Electronic Discussion Lists Hosted by ECAP

ECAP hosts several electronic discussion groups (or lists) on the Internet. These groups operate on Listserv software on the University of Illinois's listserv computer.

ECAP has established the following policies that apply to each of its lists:

DIRCRED-L
This discussion list focuses on the work being done in states, communities, and nationally to develop early childhood and school-age director credentials and the various elements of director credentialing systems.

ECEMEN-L
ECEMEN-L is an open, unmoderated Listserv dicussion list intended for any man or woman who would like to discuss the issue of men working in the field of early childhood education.

ECENET-L
This discussion group is a forum for the consideration of issues related to the development, education, and care of children from birth through age 8. It is intended for teacher educators, researchers, policymakers, teachers, students, and parents.

ECPOLICY-L
ECPOLICY-L is co-sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children and ECAP. Discussion centers on policy issues pertaining to children and families, child care, preschool education, and related concerns.

ECPROFDEV-L
ECPROFDEV-L will foster communication among those who teach pre-service and in-service early childhood educators, train Head Start or other early childhood program staff, and consult or facilitate learning with early childhood professionals in any setting. Among other topics, discussion will center on the varying philosophies in approaching the education and training of diverse groups in early childhood education, the design of learning activities, and new resources, assessment, and other issues related to fostering learning.

MIDDLE-L
MIDDLE-L provides a place for sharing ideas, information about resources, and problems and their solutions related to middle level education. It is intended for middle level educators, teacher educators, and others interested in education at the middle level.

PROJECTS-L
This discussion group focuses on the Project Approach, which is "an in-depth study of a topic undertaken by a class, a group, or an individual child," as the approach is used in early childhood, elementary, and middle level classrooms. The list, co-owned by Sylvia Chard at the University of Alberta and by ECAP, will be operational around the end of February, 1996.

REGGIO-L
Early childhood programs in Reggio Emilia, Italy, are internationally acclaimed. This discussion group, co-sponsored by ECAP and the Merrill Palmer Institute at Wayne State Univ., provides a forum for discussing the Reggio Emilia approach to early education.

SAC-L
SAC-L is a discussion group for those interested in school-age care planning, resources, funding, and related topics. SAC-L is co-owned by the National Institute on Out-of-School Time at the Center for Research on Women (Wellesley College) & ECAP.