Chapter Ten: Meeting the Developmental Needs of Children and Youth Flashcards
Why did policymakers begin shifting their attention to the needs of young children?
The first five years of a child’s life are critical to how well they do in school, cope with challenges, and ward off chronic disease.
What is the National Children’s Agenda?
Aims to enhance children’s lives by improving physical and emotional health, personal safety and security, learning, and social engagement and responsibility.
What research projects and programs does the National Children’s Agenda support?
The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth Studies, the National Child Benefit, and the Early Child Development Initiative.
What are the three objectives of the National Child Benefit?
Prevent and reduce child poverty, support parents moving from welfare to work, and integrate child benefits into a single, more efficient system.
What does the Early Child Development Initiative do?
Helps places create their own programs that enable children to reach their full potential by ensuring they are healthy, safe, prepared for school, and socially engaged.
What do child care services do?
They prepare children for school and adulthood, and enable parents to go to work or school.
How many Canadians support a government-subsidized $10 per-day child care program?
66 percent.
What is the Universal Child Care Benefit?
A taxable payment of $1200 per year for every Canadian child under the age of six.
What Challenges do older children and youth face?
Entering the school system, making friends, becoming independent, rapid growth and development, and learning life skills.
What are some non-residential programs to prevent the effects of mental health disorders in youth?
Preventive and early intervention programs, assessment services, individual and family counselling, support and educational groups, creative therapy, and crisis intervention.
What are mental health programs for youth like?
They tend to be fragmented, uncoordinated, and incomprehensive.
