Early Emotional Development Program

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"...Emotional development begins prior to birth, highlighting the critical need to promote prenatal mental health and newborn neurobehaviour to foster emotional development in children."

A recent article by Kelsey Magee highlights the work done by Ostlund and colleagues (2019) on the importance of maternal health and how it relates to emotional outcomes after birth. Check it out below!

Fostering child development through perinatal emotion regulation - Nature Reviews Psychology Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the si...

Sleep plays an extremely important role in the development of a healthy brain. Getting enough sleep sets children up for success physically, cognitively, and emotionally.

Here is an article summarizing research done by the Youth Development Institute at the University of Georgia detailing how sleep affects impulsive behavior in children. Give it a read!

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