I have not yet heard from any of the contacts that I have emailed, but I still hope to hear from at least one by the end of this course. However, I did visit the web site (http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/), and it provided readers with a variety of information.
The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University was founded in 2006 on the belief that the vitality and sustainability of any society depend on the extent to which it expands opportunities early in life for all children to achieve their full potential and engage in responsible an productive citizenship. With this said, the Global Children's Initiative began a portfolio of activities focusing on early childhood development; mental health, and children in crisis and conflict situations.
In each three areas a group of faculty workers collaborate to design new projects.
** In the Child Mental Health Network they focus on 4 tasks
~ anxiety and anxiety disorders
~ depression and depressive disorders
~ ADHD and related problems
~ Conduct problems ranging from early childhood disobedience to adolescence
There is a library to research these areas and other areas of interest.
There are initial projects that are in various stages of planning, fundraising, and implementation for example; assessing quality in early childhood environments and programs in diverse global contexts; as well as expanding effective interventions to improve preschool quality in Chile. Plans are to begin a research forums to facilitate collaboration among a wide network of scholars globally to share findings and co-develop publications. There are goals provided for each area mentioned earlier and they want to reach the majority of the world with this research.
After reading and looking over this web site, I decided to look over Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP), which is a peer reviewed multilingual journal on the development, care, and education of young children.
There is a newsletter available you can research and review past issues, you can make financial contributions; there is a survey that can be taked to provide them with feedback on how helpful there site is.
Also, available is a link "Beyond this Issue", which offers readers a range of resources that are relevant to the mission of Early Childhood Research & Practice. Features may include selected papers from conferences or symposia, book reviews, and other resources for practitioners, administrators, and scholars. This site is very informative and provide great insight to many early childhood topics and you can search for additional resources.
This would be a great web site to look at for information in the future.
(http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/),
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v9n1/little.html
Britanie, I hope you get to hear back from at least one of your international contact person. My search is going well with my contact person. I hope it continue throughout this course. The sites that you posted are very informative and gives you good advice about early childhood.
ReplyDeleteEspecially helpful is Harvard University's Global Children's Initiative site. It backs early childhood development with science, a much more persuasive and attention-commanding field than others. Policy-makers are more likely to pay attention to the fields of science and economics, and give children the attention needed in all countries.
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