Early Childhood Department

Parent Resources

Nevada Pre-Kindergarten Standards

 

Center on Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning:  Resources relating to teaching young children to manage their feelings, express their emotions in appropriate ways and nurturing overall social/emotional development.

 

East Valley Family Services Our mission is to help families, children and seniors to become and remain self-sufficient, healthy and socially responsible. Not just help, but hope.

 

Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada  Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

 

National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations Here you will find information and resources relating to social and emotional development that have been compiled specifically with the needs of families in mind.

 

Nevada Mental Health Services  Provides a wide range of mental health services to children, adolescents and their families in Clark County

 

Nevada Early Intervention Services  The Nevada Early Intervention Services (NEIS) System provides services to children birth until three with developmental delay or disabilities, and their families.

 

Nevada PEP  A nonprofit organization that provides information, services and training to Nevada families of children with disabilities.

 

Quality Rating & Improvement System (QRIS) A voluntary program open to all child care centers in Nevada. The QRIS is a systemic approach to improve and assess the level of quality in child care centers. The QRIS also helps families find high quality child care that fits their needs and the needs of their children. There is no cost to centers or their families.

 

Strong Start for Children   A community outreach campaign aimed at mobilizing parents, educators, advocates, community and business leaders to make quality early childhood education a priority in the State. Early childhood experiences, good or bad, lay the foundation for later success.