Applying the Science of Child Development in Child Welfare System

Date

2016

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Publisher

Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University.

Abstract

In this paper, we show how the science of child development can be leveraged to strengthen one of these public systems: child welfare. Our intended audience includes leaders in the public agencies responsible for child protection and related functions; in the private, non-profit agencies that provide many of the services in these systems; in the courts, which play a critical role in child welfare; in legislative committees that oversee child welfare and related services; and in the many other public systems, such as early childhood education, mental health, and juvenile justice, whose support is essential to success in child welfare.

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Keywords

brain science, child welfare, research, child development

Citation

Cohen, S. D. (2016). Applying the Science of Child Development in Child Welfare System. Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University.

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