Introduction Summary and Endnotes

Summary

Children from birth through five years of age who enter the Los Angeles County Dependency Court system due to allegations of abuse, neglect, trauma, or removal from their primary caregivers are particularly vulnerable to experiencing immediate and long-term negative developmental outcomes. However, research indicates that these young children have the potential for more positive and favorable outcomes when they receive early and intensive interventions designed to promote environments that provide adequate caregiving and other needed supports.[8]

Informed CASA/LA volunteers and court and community stakeholders are in a unique position to ensure that young children under their care receive essential supports as early as possible. This will enhance the well-being of young children immediately, as well as increasing the chance that children ultimately achieve positive developmental outcomes in the long-term.

Endnotes

[1] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau, The AFCARS Report: Preliminary FY 2010 Estimates as of June 2011 (18).

[2] Shonkoff, J. P., & Phillips, D. (2000). From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development. Washington, D. C.: National Academy Press

[3]Ibid.

[4]Ibid.

[5]Public Health – Seattle & King County. The Science of Early Childhood Development: A Summary Report of From Neurons to Neighborhoods, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine.

[6]Kerns, K. and Austin, B. (2009) Birth to Big School. Pearson: Australia. Retrieved November 1, 2011

[7] Guralnick, M.J. (2001). Connections between developmental science and intervention science. Zero to Three, April/May. [1] Shonkoff, J. P., & Phillips, D. (2000).

[8] Shonkoff, J. P., & Phillips, D. (2000). From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development. Washington, D. C.: National Academy Press

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