Baby Steps: Poverty, Chronic Stress & New York's Youngest Children

Chronic stress and early trauma shape the brain development of very young children. Increasingly, research shows that innovative, early-life work with infants, toddlers and their parents can help prevent the need for much more costly interventions later on. Can we reduce the likelihood of abuse, neglect and mental illness in stressed-out, low-income families?

Children and FamiliesAbigail KramerOctober 4, 2013abuse, Child Welfare Watch, children, children's services, development, developmental disabilities, infants, interventions, low-income families, neglect, parents, stressComment