General Information

Much information relating to young children and their families, initiatives to improve outcomes for children and research into “what works for children and families” is available on the internet.

Here are some links to this information:

• http://www.bettertogether.org/
  Bettertogether.org is an initiative of the saguaro seminar on civic engagement in America at Harvard's university Kennedy School of Government. Check out their Story Collector page - a collection of stories about initiatives in the community to contribute to community well-being and resilience.
• http://www.cyfernet.org/research/resilient.html
  "Families under stress: What makes them resilient"
• http://www.casel.org/downloads/goodbeginning.pdf
  A Good Beginnning: sending America’s children to school with the social and emotional competence they need
• http://www.futureofchildren.org/index.htm
  The Future of Children. – research based articles
• http://www.promisingpractices.net/programs_alpha.asp
  Promising practices network – reviews of evaluated programs
• http://www.resilienceproject.org/
  International Resilience Centre
• http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/latest...
  Social determinants of health
• http://www.ness.bbk.ac.uk/impact.asp
  Sure Start Evaluation
• http://raisingchildren.net.au/ 
  Raising Children Network
  

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