Wk5: Getting to Know Your International Contacts: ALTERNATIVE

I had to explore Harvard University's "Global Children's Initiative" website (http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/), due to not receiving a response. The insights and information that I gained from the website are as follows:
1). Persistent Fear and Anxiety Can Affect Young Children's Learning and Development: Science shows that exposure to circumstances that produce persistent fear and chronic anxiety can have lifelong consequences by disrupting the developing architecture of the brain. Unfortunately, many young children are exposed to such circumstances. While some of these experiences are one-time events and others may reoccur or persist over time, all of them have the potential to affect how children learn, sole problems and relate to others. All of society would benefit from a greater capacity to address the problem of excessive fear and anxiety in young children across a broad array of service systems. (developingchild).
2). The Science of Early Childhood Development: Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do: The need to address significant inequalities in opportunity, beginning in the earliest years of life, is both a fundamental moral responsibility and a critical investment in our nation's sociala nd economic future. It is compelling task that calls for broad, bipartisan collaboration. And yet, debate in the policy arena often highlights ideological differences and value conflicts more than it seeks common interest. The science of early childhood development can provide a values-neutral framework for informing choices among alternative priorities and for building consensus around a shared plan of action. The well being of our nation's children and the security of our collective future would be well served by such wise choices and concerted commitment. (developingchild).
3). Center on the Developing Child was founded in 2006 on the belief that the vitality and sustainability of any society depend on the extent to which it expands opportunities early in life for all children to achieve their full potential and engage in responsible and productive citizenship. They view healthy child development as the foudnation of econonmic prosperity, strong comminties and a just society, and our mission is to advance that vision by leveraging science to enhance child well-being through innovations in policy and practice. (developingchild).
The additional imformation I gained :
Is that the Center on the Devloping Child has 2 priorities in Early Childhood Development: 1). This area is to adapt the successfuk work the Center has conducted in the United States for a broader range of strategically selected audiences, in an effort to energize and reframe the global dialogue around investments in the earliest years of life. 2). To generate and apply new knowledge that addresses the health ad developmental needs of young children in a variety of settings. Including projects such as planning, fundraising and implementation.
There is alot of information on this website to choose from, I looked at it for about 2 hours and I will be looking back at it, from now on. I made it one of  my favorites on my tool bar.

Harvard University’s “Global Children’s Initiative” website (http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/),