A child’s experiences during the first years of life have one of the greatest impacts on development
According to UNICEF over 200 million children do not reach their developmental potential in the first five years of life.
In areas of gross motor and fine motor skills, vision, speech, hearing, cognitive, social and emotional development, many children are struggling and parents are often times completely unaware. What if there was a day devoted to both the understanding of early child development and the uncovering of hidden problems?Developmental issues could be detected far earlier with much better longterm outcomes.
World Child Development Day Video
Darlene Batrowny, worked for over 25 years with children and families. She worked as a nurse home visitor and worked with Cornell University, the University of Rochester Medical Center and the University of Colorado as a longitudinal research interviewer, following children from birth to adulthood. Darlene worked in school readiness, and was a program director for developmental screening and parent education programs. Darlene’s passion is to uncover developmental challenges early, to create a positive outcome for all children. Her Child Development Day mission is one that she plans to take around the world.