The Center of the Developing Child efforts is to improve or
rebuild the framework of global children’s initiatives. On the Harvard University website I found
information about different projects the organizations is involved with. The
website has so much information about key issue concerning global child
development. Such project like Nucleo
Ciencia Pela Infancia (NCPI) this program collaborates with local experts to
use the science of child health and development to guide stronger policies and
larger investment to benefit young children and their families in Brazil. Another
project is Zambia Early Childhood Development Project (ZECDP) who purpose is to
measure the effects of an ongoing anti-malaria initiative on children development
in Zambia. ZECDP created a new comprehensive instrument for assessing children
physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive development before and throughout
their schooling. The Center key components are the domains of
early childhood development, children mental health, and children in crisis and
conflict situations. These are major
areas also for early childhood studies across the world. Complete recognition and understanding of the
details of childhood and children development, training regarding the patterns
and degrees of early childhood mentality and mental health, how children learn,
and the most successful means of educating early childhood students; and
reaching out to the different sectors that are intertwined with the early
childhood field parents, educators, researchers, and policymakers are trained
and educated to be significant leaders for the global children’s initiative
cause to enhance support for the Global Children’s Initiative.
The information I recovered from the Center
seems to explore similar approaches to measure children status in at risk areas
of the world and exploring the science of child development strategies that
address malnutrition and other health challenges. While the organization format is great, there
are still the issues of race, socioeconomic status, language barriers,
geographic location, as well as funding sources that need to continue to be
considered.
Reference
Harvard University [Website]. Global Children’s Initiative . Retrieved
March 5, 2014, from http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/
The Center on the developing Child also has information on the leadership program. The Executive Leadership Program in Early Childhood Development engages policymakers and public managers in a dialogue on the science of early childhood development and how effective public leaders can apply this science to some of Brazil’s most complex social problems. The course begins with a week-long executive leadership course at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA and concludes with a workshop in São Paulo, SP, and Brazil.
ReplyDeleteBetween these two sessions, participants will spend three months working in small groups to develop and refine science-based action plans to strengthen early childhood policies or programs in their jurisdictions. Then there is the Un Buen Comienzo (UBC), “A Good Start,” is a collaborative project in Santiago, Chile, to improve early childhood education through teacher professional development. The idea is to improve the quality of educational offerings for four-to-six-year-olds, particularly in the area of language development. This project is also designed to intervene in critical health areas that improve school attendance as well as socioemotional development, and it seeks to involve the children's families in their education. There is so much you can gain from these sites.
Reference:
Harvard University [Website]. Global Children’s Initiative. Retrieved March 5, 2014, from http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/
Hello Barbara,
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting how you discussed the purpose of ZECDP (Zambia Early Childhood Development Project and it’s purpose on a movement to prevent malaria is very important because this can have a serious effect on the child’s development and their mental and physical state. We must continue to utilize the resources that are scattered upon us that can give some tremendous insight on how to make our field more informative and better for the children we serve.
Hello Barbara.
ReplyDeleteYour information that you research was very interested and good to know how other parts of the world are doing to help improve the important of how of young children are developing.
Hello Barbara,
ReplyDeleteI also viewed the website and I found it very useful. I particularly enjoyed the articles that pertained to child's mental health issues, as those are issues that are usually left behind when discussing a child's health and growth. I liked your comments on the website, and I agreed with your point that not everything is looked at in an even lens.