Zero to Three is a national nonprofit organization that focuses on the care of all babies and toddles. They ensure all babies and toddlers have a great start at life by providing parents, professionals, and policymakers resources and knowledge on how to foster early development of children. They also promote healthy and safety for infants and toddlers. One issue that stood out to me on the website was the maltreatment of infants and toddlers. The website states “Early experiences powerfully shape the developing brain and can have both immediate and lifelong impact on health and well-being. Infants and toddlers are disproportionately at risk for maltreatment. They account for over three-quarters of child maltreatment fatalities”. When focusing on the health and development of infant and toddlers the issue of maltreatment has to be addressed. It’s a sad situation to deal with therefore it is important to provide information for parents to help reduce maltreatment from occurring. The website offer helpful resources to prevent maltreatment. One fact that saddens me from the website is “Every 7 minutes an infant or toddler is removed from their home due to alleged abuse or neglect”. Zero to Thee is taking actions to help prevent abuse and neglect.
“ZERO TO THREE created the Safe Babies Court Teams; a project rooted in developmental science, which aims to:
1. increase awareness among those who work with maltreated infants and toddlers about the negative impact of abuse and neglect on very young children; and,
2. change local systems to improve outcomes and prevent future court involvement in the lives of very young children”.
1. increase awareness among those who work with maltreated infants and toddlers about the negative impact of abuse and neglect on very young children; and,
2. change local systems to improve outcomes and prevent future court involvement in the lives of very young children”.
Tiffany, I'm so glad you shared this resource. The Zero to Three website is full of great information. It's good to know that issues of maltreatment in our youngest children are being addressed. Your post helped me to become aware that infants and toddlers are disproportionately at risk. Thank you for highlighting Zero to Three news! -Susan
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your resource with us. Oh man that's sad to hear about the statement, "Every 7 minutes an infant or toddler is removed from their home due to alleged abuse or neglect." You would think that there wouldn't be one parent who would want to harm their child. However we all know that people surfer from different mental issues or just simple bad judgments. But you would never think that the ratio to how often this is happening is so high. This truly pains my heart.
Sherry
Tiffany zero to three is a good resource for teachers to look at. People do not know the ages of zero to three is a very important milestone in a child's life of their brain development. Thank you for sharing this post.
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