CDC — Developmental Monitoring and Screening
CDC: Developmental Monitoring and Screening

CDC — Developmental Milestones
CDC: Developmental Milestones

CDC — Early Care and Education: Screening for Child Development
CDC: Screening for Child Development

CDC — Learn the Signs. Act Early.
CDC: Learn the Signs. Act Early.

NAEYC — Observing, Documenting, and Assessing Children’s Development and Learning
NAEYC: Observation, Documentation, and Assessment

NAEYC — Developmentally Appropriate Practice
NAEYC: Principles of Developmentally Appropriate Practice

NAEYC — Developmentally Appropriate Assessment Practices
NAEYC: Developmentally Appropriate Assessment Practices

CDC — Developmental Monitoring and Screening
CDC: Developmental Monitoring and Screening

CDC — Early Intervention
CDC: Early Intervention

CDC — Developmental Milestones
CDC: Developmental Milestones

Harvard Center on the Developing Child — Executive Function
Harvard Center on the Developing Child: Executive Function

Harvard Center on the Developing Child — Serve and Return
Harvard Center on the Developing Child: Serve and Return

NAEYC — Observation, Documentation, and Assessment
NAEYC: Observing, Documenting, and Assessing Children’s Development and Learning

NAEYC — Professional Standards and Competencies
NAEYC: Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators

NAEYC — Routines and Transitions
NAEYC: Daily Routines and Classroom Transitions

Head Start — Family Engagement
Head Start: Family Engagement

Head Start — Emergent Literacy
Head Start: Emergent Literacy

Head Start — Language and Literacy
Head Start: Language and Literacy

Head Start — School Readiness
Head Start: School Readiness

American Academy of Pediatrics — HealthyChildren.org
HealthyChildren.org: Creating Positive Experiences for Toddlers and Preschool-Age Children

The distinctions are supported by current guidance from CDC, NAEYC, Head Start, Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.