Child Development

Knowledge of child development is the foundation for work with children, and therefore is a requirement for all those seeking to protect children. It influences every aspect of a child from physical growth and mental abilities, to how they express emotions, think and behave. 

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UNICEF ECD Unit / ECD Emergency Task Force, Program Division,

Guidelines for caregivers of children in emergency situations, with a focus on the role of play in childhood learning and development. Includes a comprehensive list of suggested activities.

Andy West,

Emphasizes the social dimensions of psychosocial support interventions, including participatory groupwork and a focus on reducing stigma and discrimination. Argues that psychological interventions such as counseling should never be a first step.

Teresa Moreno and Jan van Dongen (eds.),

Collection of articles highlighting suggestions on how to improve existing mechanisms for providing adequate care. Major article on the current state of international thinking on children without parental care.

CORE Initiative Uganda,

This document provides a tool that was used to assess broad capacity areas for quality OVC response in Uganda.

Kevin Browne ,

This report presents the survey Kevin Browne and colleagues conducted in 33 European countries to identify the number and characteristics of children less than three placed in residential care without their parents for more than three months during the year ending December 31, 2003. The purpose was to assess the rate and cost of residential care as a response to children in adversity.

UNICEF,

Summary guidance on the use of therapeutic language and the role of play and art in helping children’s development, and in responding to children exposed to trauma.

Prevent Child Abuse - America,

A three-page document outlining how to recognize signs of abuse, including sexual abuse, physical abuse, or neglect.

Charles H. Zeanah, Anna T. Smyke, Sebastian F. Koga, Elizabeth Carlson,

This study examined attachment in institutionalized and community children 12 – 31 months of age in Bucharest, Romania.

Brenda Jones Harden - The Future of Children ,

This article discusses the importance of safety and stability to healthy child development and reviews the research on the risks associated with maltreatment and the foster care experience in the United States.

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University,

This working paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child explains how adult-child relationships shape child development, and identifies ways to strengthen policies that affect those relationships in the early childhood years.