How Can I Help My Child? Early Childhood Resource Directory for Parents and Professionals Caring About Children Ages 2 through 5 in the Washington Metro Area

"How Can I Help My Child?" Early Childhood Resource Directory is a resource guide containing General Resources, Health Care Resources, Mental Health Resources, Child Care & School Resources, Parent Resources, and Professional Resources for parents and professionals in the Washington Metro area. If it takes a village to raise a child, then this Resource Directory is the village phone book! The Resource Directory lists over 400 national resources as well as over 1500 local listings in Washington, DC, Montgomery and Prince Georges' Counties in Maryland, and Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax Counties in Virginia.

Irene Shere, editor of the Resource Directory, is Director of the non-profit educational organization The Early Childhood Consultation Center, Inc., in Silver Spring, MD, and has been an educator for over 20 years. She is a member of the American Counseling Association, a trainer approved bythe Maryland Child Care Administration in seven areas of preschool development, president of the 225-member Potomac Association of Cooperative Teachers from 1992-1999, and a former preschool director and teacher. In addition, Irene has consulted on articles about young children for The Washington Post, Washingtonian magazine, The Washington Times, Maryland Family Magazine, and Working Mother magazine. She is also the co-author of three children's books features on the television show Reading Rainbow. Irene is married and has two children. She is a native of the Washington metro area.