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McConnico, Neena; Boynton-Jarrett, Renée; Bailey, Courtney; Nandi, Meghna – ZERO TO THREE, 2016
Traumatic experiences are common in early childhood and may have enduring consequences on health and development. Cost-effective and developmentally appropriate interventions are needed to support the educational success of children affected by trauma. The Supportive Trauma Interventions for Educators (STRIVE) Project emphasized strategies for…
Descriptors: Trauma, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Social Development
VanHout, Samantha; Fitzgibbons, Sarah C.; Russotti, Alana – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
This article describes an infant and early childhood mental health-informed therapeutic visitation program that offers clinical support, systems-level advocacy, and developmentally appropriate guidance to families navigating the child welfare and family court systems. The program offers treatment, permanency, and placement planning for infants,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Infants, Toddlers, Young Children
Segre, Lisa S.; Taylor, Darby – ZERO TO THREE, 2014
Maternal depression, although prevalent in low-income women, is not an inevitable consequence of poverty. Nevertheless, depression is a double burden for impoverished women: compromising infant development and diminishing mothers' ability to benefit from or effectively use home visiting services. Without universal screening, depression is often…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Mothers, Low Income Groups, Child Development
Romano, Judith T. – ZERO TO THREE, 2013
The vast majority of young children spend time in settings outside of the home, and the nature of those settings directly impacts the child's health and development. The ecobiodevelopmental framework of early brain and child development serve as the backdrop for establishing quality. This article describes the use of quality rating systems,…
Descriptors: Brain, Child Development, Young Children, Child Health
Rider, Steven; Winters, Katie; Dean, Joyce; Seymour, Jim – ZERO TO THREE, 2014
The Fostering Hope Initiative is a neighborhood-based Collective Impact initiative that promotes optimum child and youth development by supporting vulnerable families, encouraging connections between neighbors, strengthening systems to ensure collective impact, and advocating for family-friendly public policy. This article describes the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Child Development, Family Programs, Social Support Groups
Lombardi, Joan, Ed.; Bogle, Mary M., Ed. – ZERO TO THREE, 2005
Between 1995 and 2004, Early Head Start (EHS) grew from 68 to more than 700 programs nationwide, serving more than 62,000 children and securing the program's reputation as a beacon of hope for the nation's low-income families with infants and toddlers. According to a comprehensive 5-year national evaluation of EHS, children who participated in…
Descriptors: Early Experience, Disadvantaged Youth, Pregnancy, Young Children