Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body: Early Childhood Development and Lifelong Health Are Deeply Intertwined

From Center on the Developing Child

"We know that responsive relationships and language-rich experiences for young children help build a strong foundation for later success in school. The rapidly advancing frontiers of 21st-century biological sciences now provide compelling evidence that the foundat

Relaxation for children with healthcare conditions - Fly away for a while

Do you hear the seagulls and feel the warm sand when you settle on the beach?

From WWCIH:

This visualisation is for all the children and young people who can’t walk or run as fast as the wind because of Cerebral Palsy, a Heart Condition, Juvenile Arthritis, Cancer treatment, Rett syndrome or other

Coaching and Empowering Caregivers of Children with Hearing Loss

--- an approach to foster well-being ---

By Joanne N Travers

From the publisher’s website:

"Coaching and Empowering Caregivers of Children with Hearing Loss, an approach to foster well-being offers a paradigm in hearing health practices that considers psychological well-being a foundation to parent

Community Health Worker (CHW) Resource Package

'can be used to integrate CHWs within the broader health workforce and to promote their professionalization'

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) Flagship Community Health Worker Resource Package compiles priority resources for strengthening CHW programs developed through USAID’s Bure

New Zealand Autism Spectrum Disorder Guideline

'Parents’ concerns about their child’s development must be taken seriously'

From the Guideline: The NZ Autism Spectrum Disorder Guideline provides evidence-based information for people on the autism spectrum, their family and whanau, as well as health, disability and education professionals and

Making a Change; SOFT tulip in Ukraine, 2006 - 2019. VIDEO included

The book tells the story of work with Ukrainian partners on de-institutionalisation and the building of early childhood intervention (ECI) in Ukraine

The book is in Dutch - English: https://www.softtulip.nl/books/Making_a_Change_ePub.pdf

There is also a video introducing the book in Dutch with

A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities

“When a disabled woman has good health it means she experiences well-being—of her body, mind, and spirit.”

From their website: 'Hesperian’s inclusive approach to women’s health has created resources specifically for women with disabilities.

'A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities is a gr

"The Story of WILD" - Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability - VIDEO - inspiring

"The Story of WILD," a multimedia performance

- layering live and recorded elements, was a creative collaboration between three MacArthur Fellows to celebrate the power, leadership and dreams of disabled women activists around the world.

Watch: https://www.miusa.org/event/2020/watchparty