Child development is a multifaceted, integral, and continual process of change in which children become able to handle ever more complex levels of moving, thinking, feeling, and relating to others...Nazeem MuhajarineSpringer NetherlandsHyson, M., Copple, C., & Jones, J. (2006). Early child...
The first years of life are important, because what happens in early childhood can matter for a lifetime. Science shows us what children must have, and what they need to be protected from, in order to promote their healthy development. Stable, responsive, nurturing relationship...
Early Childhood Development (ECD) & Play Focuses on advocating the importance of play during early years’ learning Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Promoting wellness and self-care for all Academic Program Master of Science/Post Graduate Diploma (M.Sc/PGD) in Early Childhood Development & ...
The Early Childhood Development report released by Stats SA in February 2018 shows that of the nearly 8.2 million children aged between 0 and 6 years old, almost 46% live in low-income households. About half of these children do not attend ECD facilities. For the children who do have the ...
”23The former generally involves program-evaluation methodologies, which have been the primary focus of early childhood development research. The latter involves evaluations of cross-system linkages, which have been subject to very little empirical analysis. To this can be added vol...
Proportion of Children Who Failed in Five Developmental Items Among Those With Off-Track ECD (N=77,661) eFigure 1. Distribution of the Co-Occurrence of Stunting and Off-Track Early Childhood Development by Country Income Grouping and by Region (N=173,416) eFigure 2. Distributi...
Early childhood development (henceforth, “ECD”) has been recognized by governments and Non-Governmental Organizations as a window of opportunity to improve the level of individual development and the social and economic well-being of society as a whole [6]. Under this context, continuous monitorin...
This study employs the nurturing care framework [228] as the basis upon which the three areas of interest are conceptualized and defined, i.e., early childhood development (ECD), parental practices, and maternal mental health. Early childhood development, therefore, is defined as the group of ...
As a country with the second largest child population in the world, China has little population-level evidence on who has been left behind in early childhood development (ECD). Knowledge of inequalities in ECD will inform the Chinese government in policies on promoting ECD and guide global-level...
The intervention for early child development (ECD) have been adapted from the “Care for Child Development” manual developed by WHO and UNICEF [57]. The strategies involve fostering a strong connection between the research team and the mother or primary caregiver, aiming to boost her motivation ...