[afro-nets] Early childhood development (ECD) topic area now available online at SOURCE

["Luca Dussin" <dussin.l@healthlink.org.uk>]

Early childhood development (ECD) topic area now available online at SOURCE
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Do you need information on early childhood development? Please visit our new topic area at http://www.asksource.info/res_library/ecd.htm.

Source and the Bernard van Leer Foundation have created a topic area on ECD, which explores the information environment on children aged 0-8 in developing countries, signposting to key information resources and organisations. It is organised into five key categories:

YOUNG CHILDREN AND SOCIAL INCLUSION: RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY 
	>>This theme is about ensuring equal rights and access for disadvantaged children, with emphasis on children growing up in diverse and often conflict-ridden societies 

YOUNG CHILDREN AND HUMAN RIGHTS
	>>This category is about ensuring that young children's rights are respected, including their rights to participate in decisions that affect them 

YOUNG CHILDREN: POLICY ISSUES
	>>This category signposts to key international documents and policy-level thinking about early childhood development, especially around cultural issues and HIV and AIDS 

SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS: YOUNG CHILDREN
	>>This section brings together key information resources on access to education and school readiness, to help families, schools and communities facilitate children's successful transitions from home to pre-school care and school education

STRENGTHENING THE CARE ENVIRONMENT: YOUNG CHILDREN AND HIV AND AIDS
	>>This theme focuses on the situation of young children in HIV and AIDS-affected communities, with special emphasis on care and their psychosocial needs
 

Source collaborated with the Bernard van Leer Foundation to create the ECD topic area. The Bernard van Leer Foundation focuses on three main
areas, which it defines as: 
  Strengthening the care environment: building the capacity of vulnerable parents, families and communities to care for their children.
  Successful transitions: helping young children make the transition from their home environment to daycare, preschool and school. 
  Social inclusion and respect for diversity: promoting equal opportunities and skills that will help children to live in diverse societies. 

For more information about these areas, see http://www.bernardvanleer.org/news/2006/new_issue_areas 
For more information about the Bernard van Leer Foundation, see  http://www.bernardvanleer.org

The full collection of over 4,000 information resources on children and early childhood, from which these 400 were selected, is available on the Source database which features a wealth of information relating to the practice, management and communication of wellbeing, health and disability issues in developing countries 

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See http://www.asksource.info for more information and for details of over 25,000 information resources relevant to developing countries.

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Luca Dussin
mailto:dussin.l@healthlink.org.uk