Early Childhood Learning@100%: How we ensure all county residents can access early childhood learning
Special Edition: Excerpt from 100% Community by Katherine Ortega Courtney, PhD and Dominic Cappello
The book explores the benefits of early childhood learning programs, the consequences of not having access to such programs, and how county systems of early childhood learning can be increased to ensure that all children and parents benefit from early childhood learning programs in its many forms. Early Childhood Learning@100% details how county leaders can collaborate to ensure that a countywide system of early childhood learning programs is created from existing and new local programs to meet the need of all county residents
Excerpts from 100% Community Include:
Foreword: How Many of Our Children Should Endure Trauma?
Introduction: We’re Ready When You Are
Instructions: What Am I Holding in My Hand?
Chapter 47: Early Childhood Learning@100%
Full appendices, including the Resilient Community Experience Survey
A Groundbreaking Strategy: 100% Community guides the movement to ensure safe childhoods
100% Community is the nation’s first data-driven, cross-sector and county-focused strategy developed to end the epidemic of adverse childhood experiences, trauma and social adversity. It provides the insights, frameworks and concrete steps for change agents within governmental and nongovernmental systems to build the capacity to increase the health, safety and resilience of children, students and families.
Ending childhood trauma starts with you and the radically simple lessons of 100% Community.
– Authors Courtney, PhD and Cappello
