Brain science and early years policy: hopeful ethos or 'cruel optimism'?

Ideas that the quality of parental nurturing and attachment in the first years of a child’s life is formative, hard-wiring their brains for success or failure, are reflected in policy reports from across the political spectrum and in targeted services delivering early intervention. In this article w...

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Main Authors:	Rosalind Edwards, Val Gillies, Nicola Horsley
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2015
Subjects:	Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified Early intervention Infant brain Mothering Neuroscience Class Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/21559
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