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Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Increasing attention is being placed in the medical and public space on the mental health of infants and young children. Among mental health providers, infant mental health generally refers to children 3 years of age and younger, while early childhood mental health refers to children ages 3-5. This contrasts…
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Building Core Capabilities for Life
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InBrief: The Foundations of Lifelong Health

This brief summarizes essential scientific findings from the Center publications, “The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood”.
InBrief: The Foundations of Lifelong Health
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The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood 

This report from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs explains how the earliest years lay the groundwork for lifelong health. When children have positive early experiences, they strengthen their developing biological systems and are more likely to thrive and become…
The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood 
From Best Practices to Breakthrough Impacts
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Strategies for Effectively Communicating about Toxic Stress

This guide from the Frameworks Institute provides suggestions on how to frame conversations with caregivers who may have experienced toxic stress themselves.  It makes 5 key framing suggestions that can help providers to highlight resilience, reduce caregiver guilt and raise the public health nature of the problem of toxic stress.
Strategies for Effectively Communicating about Toxic Stress
InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development InBrief: The Impact of Early Adversity on Children’s Development Moving Upstream: Confronting Racism to Open Up Children’s Potential InBrief: The Science of Neglect InBrief: Applying the Science of Child Development in Child Welfare Systems  Applying the Science of Child Development in Child Welfare Systems InBrief: Early Childhood Mental Health InBrief: Understanding the Science of Motivation InBrief: Executive Function: Skills for Life and Learning  InBrief: The Science of Resilience InBrief: Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body
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Special Considerations for Children in Foster Care

Children in foster care commonly face adversity far exceeding that of typical childhood. All children experience tolerable, temporary stressors as a normal part of learning and growing, such as a first day in a new school or performing on stage in front of an audience. These experiences are healthy and…
Special Considerations for Children in Foster Care