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dc.titleSkills for Life: Stress and Brain Development in Early Childhood
dc.contributor.authorNäslund-Hadley, Emma
dc.contributor.authorKoussa, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorHernández Agramonte, Juan Manuel
dc.contributor.orgunitEducation Division
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coveragePeru
dc.coverageEl Salvador
dc.coverageCosta Rica
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2021-04-16T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2021-04-16T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractLearning to cope with disappointments and overcoming obstacles is part of growing up. By conquering some challenges, children develop resilience. Such normal stressors may include initiating a new activity or separation from parents during preschool hours. However, when the challenges in early childhood are intensified by important stressors happening outside their own lives, they may start to worry about the safety of themselves and their families. This may cause chronic stress, which interferes with their emotional, cognitive, and social development. In developing country contexts, it is especially hard to capture promptly the effects of stressors related to the COVID-19 pandemic on childrens cognitive and socioemotional development. In this note, we draw on the literature on the effect of stress on brain development and examine data from a recent survey of households with young children carried out in four Latin American countries to offer suggestions for policy responses. We suggest that early childhood and education systems play a decisive role in assessing and addressing childrens mental health needs. In the absence of forceful policy responses on multiple fronts, the mental health outcomes may become lasting.
dc.format.extent18
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003205
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Skills-for-Life-Stress-and-Brain-Development-in-Early-Childhood.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Habilidades-para-la-vida-El-estres-y-el-desarrollo-cerebral-en-la-primera-infancia.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.relation.seriesSkills for Life
dc.subjectMental Health
dc.subjectChildren
dc.subjectPreschool Education
dc.subjectEarly Childhood Development
dc.subjectEarly Childhood Education
dc.subjectPreschool and Early Childhood Education
dc.subjectSocio-Emotional Skill
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectChildhood
dc.subject21st-Century Skill
dc.subjectSocio-Emotional Development
dc.subject.jelcodeI25 - Education and Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeI28 - Government Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeI20 - Education and Research Institutions: General
dc.subject.keywordsEducation;early childhood development;preschool education;Preschool and early childhood education;Coronavirus;pandemic;Mental health;early childhood education;socioemotional skills;21st century skills;socioemotional skills development
dc.typeMagazines, Journals and Newsletters
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-JN-00117
idb.operationRG-T3591
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