Getting to Know Your International Contacts- Part2

The website I chose to explore was the Harvard University’s Global Children’s Initiative, website Http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_inititative/

The background of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University was founded in 2006. It was founded on the belief that vitality and sustainability of any society depend on the extent to which is expands opportunities early in life for all children to achieve their full potential and engage in responsible and productive citizenship. The center draws on the full breadth of intellectual resources available across Harvard University’s school and affiliated hospitals, the Center generates, translates, and applies knowledge in the service of improving life outcomes for children in the United States and throughout the world.

The insight I learned from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University is that Mental health concerns constitute a massively under-addressed issue that has significant implications for the broader health and development of children and societies. They found the urgent need to identify the scope of the problem within and across countries and to develop evidence-based approaches in policy and service delivery that are responsive to diverse cultural contexts.

The information about issues of equity and excellence I acquired from this resource is that The Global Children’s Initiative looks at children in crisis and conflict situations by fostering interdisciplinary collaboration that incorporates a science- based, developmental perspective into the assessment and management of child well-being in a range of natural and man-made crises, focusing on both immediate circumstances and long-term adaptation

References:

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