Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 2

For this assignment I had to research the Global Children’s Initiative” website because I have not receive any connection with my international contacts. However when searching through the articles on the “Global Children’s Initiative website, I found it very insightful that they understand the need to help others understand what is needed to help children around the world through these three focuses;

1. reframing the discourse around child health and development in the global policy arena by educating high-level decision-makers about the underlying science of learning, behavior, and health, beginning in the earliest years of life;
2. supporting innovative, multi-disciplinary research and demonstration projects to expand global understanding of how healthy development happens, how it can be derailed, and how to get it back on track; and
3. building leadership capacity in child development research and policy—focused on both individuals and institutions—in low- and middle-income countries to increase the number and influence of diverse voices and perspectives that are contributing to the growing global movement on behalf of young children.
   I believe this is what is needed for those deciding on where funds are applied to help young children. Also while focusing on all children around the world I believe a set value of standards will be set effectively to help children, families, and educators around the world to ensure all children have a chance to develop effectively with appropriate standards of developments.
   It was also exciting how every article within the website had a focus on educating the public and policy makers on the importance of early childhood development and their need to advocate for positive research information acquired by having sufficient evidence to back up their research on how science play a part in children’s developments.  
   Lastly I found it fascinating how the mission focus is to include all “Comprising scholars from universities nationwide, the Forum assesses and interprets evaluation research, as well as neuroscience and behavioral research, with the intent of informing policy and program decisions”. I found this interesting because it gives anyone and everyone a chance to voice their opinion on early childhood issues to ensure that all focus and priorities are on the well-being of all children everywhere.
   Harvard University’s “Global Children’s Initiative” website http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/