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Emotional ABCs is America's #1 Awarded evidence-based Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum. A Common Sense Education "Top Pick for Learning", the program is used by parents & teachers in 75 countries & in more than 60,000 schools across the USA. Emotional ABCs teaches children, ages 4-11, how...

Background: The Out-of-School Children Initiative (OOSCI) was founded and launched in 2010. It aims to support governments to develop and apply innovative approaches to better estimate the number of children that are excluded from educational opportunities, identify who the children are, and to...

This report takes a detailed look at how a parent’s unauthorized status affects child development. Based on a review of existing research that increasingly points to negative developmental consequences of parental unauthorized status across all stages of childhood, the authors explore possible...

This guide is for training teachers in Southern Sudan on identifying, responding and safeguarding children from abuse, exploitation and violence. It provides guidance for an in-depth 5-day protection course, as well as a 1-day refresher course.

Introduction to Child Protection: Teacher's Handbook A handbook that identifies and addresses issues of child protection in education in Southern Sudan, and mobilizes communities into action to make schools protective and nurturing learning environments. Covers safeguarding children from abuse...

Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Settings: Three-Tiered Support for Children and Families was inspired by one of the key goals of the United Nations Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health for 2016-2030. The overall purpose of the report...

Professor Greg Duncan discusses the connections between poverty and child development, and suggests social policy strategies to improve the welfare of children in poverty. He discusses bodily stress responses in the case of child abuse and deprivation, compromised immune function, and nutritional...

Children who grow up in poverty have a heightened likelihood of suffering from a cluster of conditions that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes in later life. The policy brief concludes that early childhood intervention is an essential period to target the reduction of such...