Recommended Professional Development Library | National Association for the Education of Young Children

DAP Essential Resources

To help program administrators select the right resources to start or enhance their professional development libraries, NAEYC has prepared this guide of recommend Core Resources, categorized in three sections.

The Pedagogy of Developmentally Appropriate Practice

Approaching Content the DAP Way

Leadership and Management

Looking for more? In addition to these Core Resources, a list of Additional Resources has been prepared for programs looking to round out their professional development libraries.

Additionally, our DAP Basics Kit for Preschool Educators, available through the NAEYC Online Store, is the perfect starter kit for programs beginning to build a professional development library.

The Pedagogy of Developmentally Appropriate Practice

Books and resources to help educators guide children's learning according to the principles and guidelines of DAP

Books

Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Basics of DAP: An Introduction for Infants and Toddlers
Basics of DAP: An Introduction for Teachers of Children 3 to 6
Basics of DAP: An Introduction for Teachers of Kindergartners Available Summer 2013
The Right Stuff for Children Birth to 8
The Intentional Teacher: Choosing the Best Strategies for Young Children’s Learning
Basics of Assessment: A Primer for Early Childhood Educators
Anti-Bias Education
DEC Recommended Practices
Caring for Our Children—National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs
Addressing Ethics
- Ethics and the Early Childhood Educator: Using the NAEYC Code
- Code of Ethical Conduct brochure packets (also available in Spanish)
Caring for Infants and Toddlers in Groups

DVDs and DVD-ROMs

Periodicals
*Young Children* is the award-winning, peer-reviewed professional journal published bimonthly by NAEYC. Young Children issues are organized around topical clusters that devote special attention to issues in the field of early childhood education	*Teaching Young Children*, NAEYC’s award-winning bimonthly magazine, provides useful, research-based ideas that preschool educators can use in their classrooms. (Also available in Spanish.)
NAEYC periodicals are available as a member benefit or by subscription.

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Approaching Content the DAP Way

Books and resources about a broad range of content topics infused with the principles of DAP

Books

Social and Emotional Development
Challenging Behaviors
Big Body Play
Learning to Read and Write
The Young Child and Mathematics (with a CD-ROM of video examples of the math concepts)
Ramps & Pathways
Blocks & Beyond
Active Experiences for Active Children: Social Studies
The Story in the Picture: Inquiry and Artmaking with Young Children
From Parents to Partners

DVDs and DVD-ROMs

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Leadership and Management

What You Need to Lead an Early Childhood Program: Emotional Intelligence in Practice

Looking for more? See additional resources from this section.

Additional Resources

To round out your library as a comprehensive source of information for early childhood educators, check these lists of additional resources, categorized in three sections.

The Pedagogy of Developmentally Appropriate Practice

Approaching Content the DAP Way

Leadership and Management

The Pedagogy of Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Additional Resources

Books and resources to help educators guide children's learning according to the principles and guidelines of DAP

Books

DVDs and DVD-ROMs

The New DAP
Safe Active Play: A Guide to Avoiding Play Area Hazards
VOICES: Child Assessment
For a focus on infants & toddlers
- Touchpoints
- Ten Things Every Child Needs (#8103)
- VOICES: Caring for Infants and Toddlers (#8117)

Other Resources

NEXT for TYC is an online publication that comes out five times per year to accompany the current issue of Teaching Young Children (TYC). NEXT for TYC suggests ways to build on the content of articles while encouraging teachers to apply ideas in their own classrooms. Center directors can use it to plan staff meetings, staff development specialists can use it to design workshops, and teacher educators can use the ideas in their classes.
Teaching Young Children magazine, 10-pack, that includes a subscription to the accompanying online professional development resource, NEXT for TYC.
eLearn: TYC, NAEYC’s self-paced online professional development tool, combines a digital version of TYC with an assessment and NEXT for TYC to strengthen and enhance teaching effectiveness.

Just getting started? See the Core Resources from this section.

Approaching Content the DAP Way: Additional Resources

Books and resources about a broad range of content topics infused with the principles of DAP

Books

DVDs

Facing the Challenge: Working with Children Who Use Challenging Behaviors

Just getting started? See the Core Resources from this section.

Leadership and Management: Additional Resources

Books

DVDs and DVD-ROMs

Just getting started? See the Core Resources from this section.

DAP Resources
DAP Overview DAP Position Statement DAP Essential Resources FAQ DAP with Infants and Toddlers DAP with Preschoolers DAP with Kindergarteners DAP in the Early Primary Grades

What is DAP?
3 Core Considerations 12 Principles of Child Development 5 Guidelines for Effective Teaching 10 Suggested Teaching Strategies

DAP Books
	Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 (3rd ed.)
	DAP Basics Kit for Preschool Educators
	Basics of Developmentally Appropriate Practice: An Introduction for Teachers of Infants & Toddlers
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