Southwest Iowa

Child Care Resource & Referral

Iowa Child Care Resource and Referral provides resources,

education and advocacy to support quality child care.

"New Construction Under Way"

CCR&R will be launching a new website soon.  In addition to all of the current information on our site, there will be a monthly theme along with ideas and activities for you to use.  Contact your local on-site consultant for a visit and learn what
"Tools for Success" we have available for you!

Home Up

directory
looking for care
for providers
for communities
health services
quality rating system
training
career opportunities

The links below are meant for informational purposes only. For information about your personal health, the health of your family, friends, and children in your care, contact a health professional.

Healthy Roads website contains free audio, written and multimedia health education materials in a number of languages.

Caring for Our Children - The National Health and Safety in Child Care Performance Standards

American with Disabilities Act has information to help you include children with special needs.

Beyond Autism

Bright Futures serves to promote and improve the health, education, and well-being of children and adolescents 0-21 and their families. A good source for many health subjects.

Picture Schedules offers information on improving communication with children through use of picture schedules. It offers 350 free picture cards to download to make creating communication tools and schedules easy. Pictures can offer needed structure and reduced stress for children.

Tinsnips is a great resource for working with children who benefit from using structure and pictures.  Scroll down this page to find the “Schedule Cards”.  From the home page you can also access picture cooking recipes.

MyPyramid is a site where teachers can find classroom materials, including lesson plans, an interactive game, and a MyPyramid for Kids Poster.

                               

 

 

Click here to learn more about the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies.

Funding is provided by the Iowa Department of Human Services through the Child Care Development Fund.

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Website design by Carol Jensen

Last updated: 6/18/2010