Getting To Know Your International Contact. Part 2

For this assignment I am exploring  "Global Children's Initiative"  website:(http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/).

The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child (NSCDC) is a science based framework of  multidisciplinary collaborations of leading scientists like neurocientists, developmental psychologists, pediatricians, and economics that share critical reviews about "What we know about development in the early childhood years. There mission statement is to bring sound and accurate science bear on  public-making affecting the lives of young children. Established in 2003, the Council is committed to an evidence-based approach to building broad-based public will that transcends political partisanship and recognizes the complementary responsibilities of family, community, workplace, and government to promote the well-being of all young children. NSCDC has created a series of publications to marry the science of early childhood and brain development with state-of-the-art communications research designed to effectively translate that knowledge for non-scientific audiences. There publications consists of reports, working papers, briefs, multimedia interactive features, and videos that you can log into and read about. Some of there major support have been provided by: the Birth to Five Policy Alliance, the Buffet Early Childhood Fund, Casey Family Programs, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Norlien Foundation, and the Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Fund, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Some goals and strategies of the council are:

1. Bringing credible and accurate knowledge to bear on public decision-making that affects children’s learning, behavior, and health.
2. Rethinking the challenge of knowledge translation in order to strengthen its impact on the lives of children.
3. Building broad-based and informed leadership to represent the interests of young children in the public and private sectors.
4. Promoting a new national dialogue focused on rethinking the meaning of both shared responsibility for children and strategic investment in their future.

Another interesting fact about the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child is the Center's  Global Children's Initives, which has begun to build a portfolio of activities in the three Domain's early childhood development; mental health; and children in crisis and conflict situations. Each of these domains is being guided by a faculty working group that will facilitate continuing cross-disciplinary collaboration; design and implement new projects; and engage additional faculty, students, and collaborators beyond the Harvard community. The initial set of activities currently being developed is outlined below.

1. Refraining the discourse around child health and development
2. Supporting innovative, multi-disciplinary research and demonstration projects
3. Building leadership capacity in child development research and policy—

Each of these domains is being guided by a designated faculty working group that will facilitate continuing cross-disciplinary collaboration; design and implement new projects; and engage additional faculty, students, and collaborators beyond the Harvard community. Last of all the center provides  a variety of formal and informal learning opportunities for students, including courses, graduate research fellowships, lectures, events, and research assistant opportunities. You can also receive the centers latest  email newsletters and other up coming announcements and follow the center Developing Child on Twitter for the ones who love to network.