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Young Children Are Everybody’s Business

Young Children Are Everybody’s Business. Mission : To Improve opportunities for children up to age 8 who are growing up in socially and economically disadvantaged circumstances . Young Children Are Everybody’s Business. Early experiences are built into our bodies

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Young Children Are Everybody’s Business

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  1. Young Children Are Everybody’s Business

  2. Mission : To Improve opportunities for children up to age 8 who are growing up in socially and economically disadvantaged circumstances

  3. Young Children Are Everybody’s Business

  4. Early experiences are built into our bodies Early experiences affect the architecture of the brain

  5. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Cardiovascular Disease 3.5 3 2.5 Odds Ratio 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 1 2 3 4 5,6 7,8 ACEs Source: Dong et al, 2004

  6. Changes in the Experts’ Approach Before the Science Revolution After the Science Revolution Learning begins at birth Health and education Care and education Two generations Continuity 0 to 8 • Learning begins at school • Health or education • Care vs education • Child focus vs parent focus • Transition from preschool to school

  7. New appreciation for the integrated nature of early childhood development Early Learning Family Support and Child Protection Health, Nutrition and Mental Health

  8. Its not Just Nationally Globally there are many efforts that have developed including the Millennium Development Goals which emphasize early childhood needs in 4 of the 8 goals:

  9. Social Investment Service Delivery Skill Building

  10. I am your business

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