Saturday, October 3, 2015

Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 2


I have not heard from any of my contacts so for this blog so I am using information from the Harvard website. Reading about several different countries I have learned quite a few new things. One thing that I found interesting is this program called Saving Brains that is being develop to improve the results of children who live in poverty.  What they are doing is using several different interventions to nurture and protect the early brain development in the first 1,000 days of a child's life The great  thing about this program is working around the world to help save and protect all children.  I love the idea of this program because it is looking out for the children. In Brazil, they are forming several partnerships in order to create a science-driver early childhood program.  They are training Brazilian policy makers on how to apply developmental science to inform programs and policies.  In Canada they have a program called Alberta Family Wellness Initiative which believes in the science of child development to educate public policy.  What they are working on is researching early brain and biological development, mental health, as well as addiction.  They are also educating the policy makers, healthcare communities, and the public about the information that they find.

What all these countries are doing is very important for the welfare and education of all children. They are helping them to develop a better life for them and for their children too. Children are special and a gift from God and we need to take care of them all. The earlier we start with the education the better it is.

 

 

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