After exploring the Harvard website, I discovered that “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 and productive citizenship” (website). The Center on the Developing Child’s main focus is to improve early childhood education and car they have form four goal: Building a multidisciplinary science of health, learning, and behavior, advancing our understanding of how to reduce preventable disparities in well-being, catalyzing the formulation and implementation of effective, science-based policies, and preparing future and current leaders to make science-based policy decisions.
In addition, I learned the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University looks at children holistically. The article mentions, “Mental health concerns constitute a massively under addressed issue that has significant implications for the broader health and development of children and societies. There is an urgent need to identify the scope of the problem within and across countries and to develop evidence-based approaches in policy and service delivery that are responsive to diverse cultural contexts” (website).
Website:
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/activities/global_initiative/
Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteIt is great to hear that they are working with current leaders to make science-based policy decisions. Our government can have such an impact on education and knowing that they are aware of research hopefully will help them to make discussions that will help the children.
Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your posting, i find it interesting how the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University looks at children holistically. It would be interesting to learn more about this particular topic including children and holistic medicine. Thanks for sharing