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Links related to brain development
For a detailed look at the human brain, check out the interactive website that allows you to see a “map” of the brain created by using a variety of imaging techniques.
This website provides information on developmental milestones:
The Psychology Foundation of Canada website has some excellent resources to help parents and educators understand stress in preschoolers’ lives and how to help them deal with stress.
There are many ways that caregivers can provide the nurturing care young children need and many factors affect the quality of the caregiving relationship. The Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development (EECD) provides synthesis statements related to nurturing practices and how professionals working with children and families can support caregivers’ abilities to be responsive and sensitive. See these EECD Syntheses for more information on:
Abilio has extensive resources. Their Encyclopedia has summaries of the latest research in many areas of child development and is referenced several times within the Science of ECD.
