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National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. 2012. The science of neglect: The persistent absence of responsive care disrupts the developing brain. Cambridge, MA: National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 17 pp. (Working paper no. 12)

Annotation: This working paper discusses the effect of the absence of responsive care on the developing brain. The report explains the importance of responsive relationships to child well-being and how responsiveness and the lack thereof affect children's brains and their development. The problem of defining neglect is discussed, and four types of unresponsive care are presented (occasional inattention, chronic understimulation, severe neglect in a family context, and severe neglect in an institutional setting). Common misconceptions and the science-policy gap are discussed, along with implications for policy and promising intervention models.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child development, Child neglect, Cognitive development, Early childhood developing, Families, Infant development, Intervention, Parent child relations, Parenting skills, Public policy, Relationships, Research

U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. 2011. Head Start children, families, and programs: Present and past data from FACES. Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, 39 pp. (OPRE report 2011-33a)

Annotation: This report and accompanying data tables provide a portrait of children entering Head Start for the first time in fall 2009, as well as of their family backgrounds and the classrooms and programs that serve them. The report also offers comparisons across the past decade of the Head Start program to delineate trends and changes in the population served and the services provided. The tables provide information about child cognitive and social-emotional development and child health at program entry, as well as about teacher and classroom characteristics.

Keywords: Cognitive developing, Early childhood development, Emotional development, Families, Head Start, Health, Low income groups, Programs, Psychosocial development, Research, Statistical data, Surveys, Young children

Save the Children. 2009. State of the world's mothers 2009: Investing in the early years. Westport, CT: Save the Children, 55 pp.

Annotation: This report examines economic data from around the world to gauge early childhood education's role in economic prosperity. It presents indexes ranking 100 developing countries and 50 U.S. states based on how well prepared their youngest children are to succeed in school, and an early childhood development report card for developed countries. It examines the supply and distribution of resources related to early childhood health, security, and education. It makes recommendations based on findings, supplies some advocacy support, and appendices that includes the complete index referred to in the report.

Keywords: Developing countries, Early childhood development, Early childhood education, Economic factors, Health care, International health, Mothers, Nutrition, Statistics, Young children
   

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