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Articles and New Research From Experts in the Field

Rob Grunewald		The Dollars and Cents of Investing Early
		Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return
Alicia F. Lieberman, Ph.D.		Good Health, Strong Families, Positive Early Learning Experiences
Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.		The Resonance Circuitry diagram
Helen DuPlessis, Neal Halfon & Moira Inkelas		Transforming The U.S. Child Health System ("Health Affairs" March-April 2007)
John Holahan & Alan Weil		Toward Real Medicaid Reform ("Health Affairs" March-April 2007)
Lynne Lamberg		Stalking Disrupts Lives, Leaves Emotional Scars ("JAMA" August 1, 2001)
RAND		What Does Economics Tell Us about Early Childhood Policy : Executive Summary
RAND		The Economics of Early Childhood Policy : Full Report
RAND		Early Care and Education in the Golden State
Ounce of Prevention Fund		Foundations: How States Can Plan and Fund for Babies & Toddlers
Ounce of Prevention Fund, James Heckman		Invest in the Very Young
Nat'l Scientific Council on the Developing Child		The Science of Early Childhood Development: Closing the Gap between What We Know and What We Do
Nat'l Scientific Council on the Developing Child		A Science-Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy
Ross A. Thompson		Development in the First Years of Life
Jack P. Shonkoff & Deborah A. Phillips		From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development

Documentary Films

	Autism Heroes Autism Heroes features the very personal stories of some of the families featured in the book Autism Heroes: Portraits of Families Meeting the Challenge by Dr. Barbara Firestone, with photography by Joe Buissink. It speaks to the changing landscape of autism—the new era of hope fueled by increasing awareness, expanding research, early identification and intervention, the call for greater education and treatment opportunities and public policy reform.
	Helping Babies from the Bench: Using the Science of Early Childhood Development in Court By applying the science of early childhood development to decisionmaking, judges can break the cycle of maltreatment that plagues families involved in the child welfare system. ZERO TO THREE produced this film to help judges make the best possible decisions regarding the lives of vulnerable infants and toddlers.
	Life at 1 (Australia) How do you give a child the best chance in life? Life at 1 is the first installment in a landmark series that aims to unlock the secrets of child development by following 11 babies and their families for seven years. Made in conjunction with the long-term study in which 10,000 Australian children have been placed under a sociological and scientific microscope, this groundbreaking program will try to discover what creates a happy, healthy child and what makes us who we are.
	Child of Our Time In the year 2000, producers for the BBC began documenting the growth and development of 25 newborn children from a wide range of social, ethnic, and geographical backgrounds. This 11-part series shows viewers the results so far, capturing pivotal stages in each child's learning process, manner of socialization, and physical development.
	Little Man Little Man is the story of how a micro-preemie brought a family to its knees. Throughout his struggle for life, so too struggle Nicole and Gwen to keep their family from disintegrating under the unrelenting stress and chaos of hospitals and emergency medical crises.
	The Baby Human With the aid of insightful experiments orchestrated by researchers in child development, this fascinating three-part series focuses on vital psychological and motor skill advancements in infants from birth to 18 months: walking, thinking, and talking.
	Raising Cain America's boys are in trouble. RAISING CAIN, hosted by child psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D., explores the emotional development of boys in America today.