During week three I made contact with the Goddard School, about a week later I received a return call from a representative at a local Goddard school here in Cincinnati, Ohio I was excited to connect with her. Unfortunately The Goddard School denied my request to connect and build a relationship due to my interest not being to enroll a child into their program or become an intern. This week I reviewed The Global Children’s Initiative, they are committed to the global approach on child survival, health, and development during the early childhood years (birth to 7 years old). This network was designed specifically to focus primarily on “meeting the needs of all children and a critical investment in the roots of economic productivity, positive health outcomes, and strong civil society in all nations, from the poorest to the most affluent”.  The Global Children’s Initiative has briefly acknowledge an understanding of the policy issues presents in early childhood development. The same issues has or are currently present here in the United States specifically Cincinnati, Ohio, and these are the same issues I am currently being taught. The one thing that stood out to me regarding The Global Children Initiative was their mission very detailed and addressed specific points of focus to obtain their overall goal.

References:

http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/activities/global_initiative/