Excerpt from an interview with Helen Pasley, the Director at the Early Childhood Center at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara California. Helen tells a story of a mom in her program who was trying to balance the needs of a sick child with keeping her job. Helen has worked with young children for […]
Quality Care Depends on Funding, and Funding Depends on a Societal Commitment to Young Children- a short interview with Helen Pasley
Interview with Helen Pasley, the Director at the Early Childhood Center at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara California. Helen has worked with young children for more than 40 years. She has a Masters in Child Development Services and has been Director of her Center since 1991.
Impact of Not Paying Infant Caregivers a Decent Wage
Interview with Helen Pasley, the Director at the Early Childhood Center at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara California. Helen has worked with young children for more than 40 years. She has a Masters in Child Development Services and has been Director of her Center since 1991.
The Social Womb
Written and narrated by J. Ronald Lally, this 6-minute animation depicts why young brains need continuing nurturance, protection and enrichment once a child is born – a setting where the growing brain can flourish. He describes the development of a “social womb” similar in function to the nurturance a fetus receives while in the womb. […]
Getting it Right For Our Babies
With the average cost of child care in the U.S. equaling college tuition and millions of early childhood educators facing wages so low they often struggle to support their own families, WestEd’s For Our Babies and the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment released a new animated video to help people understand the […]
Babies Shouldn’t Shoulder The Burden Anymore
Dr. Ron Lally speaks about the frustrating history of America’s infants and calls on America to step up for its babies. (3 minutes)