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Corporal Punishment
Introduction One of the key responsibilities of parents and teachers is to promote desired behaviours in children and to handle misbehaviours when they occur. Parents and teachers have many options...
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Evidence for the Role of Home Visiting in Child Maltreatment Prevention
Introduction In 2019, 4.4 million referrals of alleged acts of maltreatment involving 7.9 million children were made to child protective services agencies in the United States. Almost 2.4 million...
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Preschool Programs: Effective Curricula
Introduction High quality early care and education has been associated with short-term and long-term cognitive, social, and emotional benefits for young children’s development. When quality is...
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Home visiting
This topic aims to provide a better understanding of home visiting programs, their purpose, their differences and their common objectives as a prevention, orientation, guidance, support and education...
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Parent and Child Mental Health and Home Visiting
Introduction Maternal and paternal depression are prevalent among 20% of women1-4 and 10% of men5,6 during the perinatal period. Mental health problems (of which depression is the most common) are...