Substantial evidence supports the early years of child development as crucial to setting the foun... more Substantial evidence supports the early years of child development as crucial to setting the foundation for competence and coping skills that will affect learning, behaviour and health throughout the life course. The subject of early child development must be a high priority for communities, and their governments- from macro policy development to local service delivery. With resources scarce it is vital that all policies and services for children and families are based on solid evidence. This evidence needs to be of high quality, replicable for benchmarking, freely available to all residing and working in the community and reflect the breadth of child development. The Canadian designed Early Development Index (EDI) is a population level instrument that measures five developmental domains: language and cognitive skills, emotional maturity, physical health and well-being, communication skills/general knowledge and social competence. The EDI provides a scorecard for communities interes...
Substantial evidence supports the early years of child development as crucial to setting the foun... more Substantial evidence supports the early years of child development as crucial to setting the foundation for competence and coping skills that will affect learning, behaviour and health throughout the life course. The subject of early child development must be a high priority for communities, and their governments - from macro policy development to local service delivery. With resources scarce it
Substantial evidence supports the early years of child development as crucial to setting the foun... more Substantial evidence supports the early years of child development as crucial to setting the foundation for competence and coping skills that will affect learning, behaviour and health throughout the life course. The subject of early child development must be a high priority for communities, and their governments- from macro policy development to local service delivery. With resources scarce it is vital that all policies and services for children and families are based on solid evidence. This evidence needs to be of high quality, replicable for benchmarking, freely available to all residing and working in the community and reflect the breadth of child development. The Canadian designed Early Development Index (EDI) is a population level instrument that measures five developmental domains: language and cognitive skills, emotional maturity, physical health and well-being, communication skills/general knowledge and social competence. The EDI provides a scorecard for communities interes...
Substantial evidence supports the early years of child development as crucial to setting the foun... more Substantial evidence supports the early years of child development as crucial to setting the foundation for competence and coping skills that will affect learning, behaviour and health throughout the life course. The subject of early child development must be a high priority for communities, and their governments - from macro policy development to local service delivery. With resources scarce it
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