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For Providers

At Bright Start Connect, we are dedicated to supporting professionals who work with children aged 0-8. Our platform offers a wealth of resources, training, and events designed to enhance your skills and knowledge, ensuring you can provide the best care and guidance for the young minds you nurture.

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Resources
Explore our collection of links to trusted resource guides and tools from experts, designed specifically for professionals working with children aged 0-8. By accessing these links, you will be directed to external websites offering expert guidance and valuable insights.
Expert Articles
Coming Soon! Dive into a wealth of knowledge with our expert-written articles. Covering topics from child development milestones to positive parenting techniques, these articles offer valuable insights and practical advice to help you navigate your caregiving journey with confidence.
Learning & Training Videos
Coming soon! Enhance your caregiving skills with our engaging learning and training videos. Featuring expert advice and step-by-step tutorials, these videos cover a range of topics, including behavior management, educational activities, and emotional support for young children.

Trusted Resources

Explore our curated collection of trusted external resources, providing links to websites that offer valuable tools, information, and guidance for professionals working with children. These resources are designed to enhance your practice and support the well-being of the children and families you serve. 

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TTACNY

NYC Early Childhood Mental Health Training and Technical Assistance Center offers a robust variety of in-person and E-learning/Webinar-based learning workshops tailored for professionals working in the child mental health care field. With a distinct archive filled for those who are just starting in the field and spans across to more in-depth and advanced practice topics; early childhood professionals, teachers, and caregivers have a wide variety of topics to choose from. The learning center offers these mental health capacity-building trainings for free with frequent updates on upcoming trainings.

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Project Teach

Project TEACH is a New York State initiative aimed at enhancing the capacity of maternal and pediatric primary care providers to address mild-to-moderate mental health concerns in children and families. The program offers valuable resources, including telephone consultations, direct consultations for selected pediatric patients, CME-certified training, and referrals to mental health professionals and community resources. By supporting providers, Project TEACH ensures that children and families receive timely and effective mental health care.

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Children's Health Home of Upstate NY

The Children’s Health Homes of Upstate New York, LLC (CHHUNY) was established to plan for and operate as a Health Home for Children. CHHUNY is using a model of care management based upon the belief that every family has strengths and that families are the natural and most effective drivers of their care. This model also ensures that families have ‘‘voice and choice,’’ at every stage in the care management process. CHHUNY is accepting referrals for enrollment of eligible children/youth into Health Home Care Management Services.