Early brain development

Recent advances in scientists’ understanding of how early experiences shape the physical architecture of the brain – the very wiring of the mind – underscore the importance of focusing policies and resources on children’s earliest years.

So first up at last week’s summit was a presentation, “New Insights in Early Childhood Brain Development,” by Dr. Charles Nelson, Ph.D., research director of the Division of Developmental Medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston.

His illustrated PowerPoint highlighted the brain’s fascinating journey from conception to adulthood http://www.mcaap.org/assets/Charles-Nelson-presentation-New-insights-into-early-childhood-brain-development-AAP-MA-chapter-11-16.pdf

A newspaper report on the early childhood summit in Massachusetts http://eyeonearlyeducation.org/2011/11/21/ma-statewide-early-childhood-summit-held/