barclaym
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Infants and toddlers are most at risk for serious injury and death due to child abuse and neglect.
These early years are also the most important for bonding and attachment which is a child's best opportunity for healthy brain development. Reactive attachment disorder can cause permanent damage for a child to be resilient to stress, develop meaningful relationships and achieve their genetic potential.
This is the tightrope the child welfare system walks for young children. The youngest children provide the greatest safety risk but unnecessary removal from a potentially loving parent/s is also a risk. The Committee on J4C wants to explore what can be done to provide more family preservation services to keep children safely in their homes.
http://www.zerotothree.org/
Judge Peggy Walker was a 2005 Zero to Three Fellow.
http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_ldr_alumni
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