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Applying the Science of Child Development in Child Welfare Systems

Child Development

2016

11-50 pages

Center on the Developing Child - Harvard University

Steven D. Cohen

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Focuses on the ways that developmental science points to changes that could improve the child welfare system and better support the children, families and communities that it serves. Recommendations and observations in this article apply to children and youth of all ages, from birth through adolescence and young adulthood.

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