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Social & Emotional Health : Research

http://www.aap.org/mentalhealth/mh2ch.html

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Task Force on Mental Health (TFOMH) has developed Strategies for System Change in Children’s Mental Health: A Chapter Action Kit to assist AAP chapters in addressing and improving children’s mental health in primary care in each state.

http://www.developingchild.net/pubs/wp/Childrens_Emotional_Development_Architecture_Brains.pdf

Children’s Emotional Development is Built into the Architecture of their Brains. National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, Harvard University

http://www.developingchild.net/pubs/wp/Stress_Disrupts_Architecture_Developing_Brain.pdf

Excessive Stress Disrupts the Architecture of the Developing Brain. National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, Harvard University

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/SilowCarroll_Iowa1stFiveinitiative_1176_ib.pdf?section=4039

Iowa’s 1st Five Initiative: Improving Early Childhood Developmental Services Through Public-Private Partnerships. The Commonwealth Fund. September, 2008.

http://www.developingchild.net/pubs/wp/Young_Children_Environment_Relationships.pdf

Young Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships. National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, Harvard University

"Preschool for All: Investing in a Productive and Just Society" Committee for Economic Development, February 2002

Database of state and local studies Linking Economic Development and Child Care Project.

National Child Care Information Center Resources, Q and A, Online Library, TA, Publications.