The Science of Neglect: The Persistent Absence of Responsive Care Disrupts the Developing Brain
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. (2012). The Science of Neglect: The Persistent Absence of Responsive Care Disrupts the Developing Brain: Working Paper 12. http://www.developingchild.harvard.edu.
This new working paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child explains how significant deprivation in the earliest years of life leads to harmful outcomes. This work outlines why effective interventions likely contribute to better long-term outcomes in learning, health, and parenting of the next generation. Extensive biological and developmental research over the past 30 years has generated substantial evidence that young children who experience severe deprivation or significant neglect
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