Getting to Know Your
International Contacts—Part 2
The Global children Initiative.
The Center on the Developing Child has
launched the Global Children’s Initiative as the centerpiece of its global
child health and development agenda. It also to work collaboratively across
disciplines and institutions, drawing together the best and most creative
expertise available to achieve the Initiative’s goals.
the global program will focus on three
strategic areas:
·
Educated people in science of learning, behavior, and health,
beginning in the earliest years of life;
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To expand a global
understanding how healthy development happen.
·
Building leadership in
institutions, Countries to have more
voices that advocated for the children.
The Global Children’s
Initiative has begun to build a portfolio of activities in three domains:
1.-Early
Childhood Development. The global dialogue for investments in the early
years of life,
generate and apply new knowledge that addresses the health and developmental
needs of young children in a variety of settings.
Assessing quality in early
childhood environments, Piloting assessments to measure child development
outcomes linked to malaria
control strategies in Zambia.
For Example In Chile “A
Good Start,” is a collaborative project in Santiago they 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 socio emotional
development, and it seeks to involve the children's families in their
education.
2,- Child mental health.- a working group of Harvard faculty is
developing a focused agenda in research,
education, and public engagement
to address significant gaps in knowledge and service delivery.
Assessing the state of child
mental health services in China, Developing and evaluating family-based
strategies to prevent mental health problems in children affected
by HIV/AIDS in Rwanda, and Addressing child maltreatment and mental
health outcomes in three Caribbean nations.
3,-Children I Crisis and Conflict
Situation,- The Global Children’s Initiative is currently exploring
potential synergies and to foster interdisciplinary collaboration
that incorporates a science-based, developmental perspective into the
assessment and management of child well-being in a range of natural and
man-made crises, focusing on both immediate circumstances and long-term
adaptation.
Bringing strategies for
addressing acute malnutrition.
Exploring comparable approaches
to surveying child status in post-earthquake Haiti and Chile.
Is Important to educated Educate future
leaders, and Provide professional development opportunities
people about the development of the children, to know how to help them in some
causes of stress, natural disasters ,malnutrition, to be a support for them
around the world and to foster good relationships to be involved in the well-being
of the children around the world and their needs.
References:
“Global
Children’s Initiative” website (http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/
Maria, thanks for the comment you posted to my blog. I enjoyed reading your post on the Global children Initiative. They are doing some great things for children. It is important to educate future leaders,the field of education is like a revolving door, it is ever changing. There are so many families and children in need, I am so glad that there are people who care.
ResponderEliminarI also read about the project in Santiago Chile. Didn't you find many of these articles interesting! I love reading about what others are doing in other countries. It's wonderful knowing that our future has hope, that many people are taking the time to research, and work towards the benefit of the children.
ResponderEliminarExcellent posting for Maria.As you will know, the first five years of a child's life shapes their future, their health, learning, and social development, and they want to make sure that their future is bright. Undoubtedly, a child's home environment has a profound effect on his/her well-being. Beginning from infancy, a problematic home environment can disrupt the brain's stress response system, reduce the quality of caregiving a child receives, and interfere with healthy development.
ResponderEliminarJoanne
Maria,
ResponderEliminarThe Global program has some wonderful strategies to aim for in reaching their goals. It is so important to increase accessibility to early childhood programs to get more families involved. I also find it important to educate parents now matter where they live on child development and dealing with crisis situations. I found information on my own blog that I posted about people who teach parents coping strategies for their children and families to use after wars and tragic events. I agree that to foster healthy development and independence in young children that we must be involved (by advocating for young children) and being an active member in the field itself.