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Building Systems for Babies was a national meeting on infant and toddler system issues held November 15-17, 2006 in Chicago. The meeting was co-sponsored by Build, CLASP and Zero to Three. Plenary sessions focused on keeping infant and toddler focus in state early childhood systems development and framing the message for babies. Interactive workshop topics included governance, child health, financing, advocacy, mental health and professional development. Participants also discussed family leave, Early Head Start and infant-toddler specialists in roundtable conversations. Experts answered participant questions about family, friend and natighbor care, reaching children of immigrants, home visiting and state strategies to support families.

• Building Systems for Babies – annotated bibliography
  This list of infant toddler resources was prepared by the Build Initiative for participants in the Building Systems for Babies meeting.
  Go to the online resource list.
  
  
• Meeting Powerpoints
  • Opening Plenary: Keeping an Infant and Toddler Focus as Part of the Development of State Birth to Five Early Childhood Systems
    
  • Communicating About Young Children: Lessons Learned with Legislators and the Public
    
  • Communicate Effectively About Babies and Toddlers
    
  • What Children Need From Their Parents’ Employers
    
  • Overview on Medicaid and the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA)
    
  • More than Dollars for Diapers: Leveraging Medicaid Funding for Infant Toddler Services
    
  • Child Care Expulsion Prevention [CCEP]: An Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Program
    
  • Building the Workforce for Babies: What They Need and Our Ability to Provide it in Out-of-Home Settings
    
  • Kansas Early Head Start
    

• Meeting Materials
  • Great Start Minnesota
    ESL/Foreign Born Applicants Proposed Legislation Fact Sheet
    ESL/Foreign Born Applicants – Preliminary Draft of Proposed Legislation
    CME Agenda: Early Childhood Mental Health
    CME Agenda: What do Primary Care Providers Need to Know?