Early Childhood Counts: Programming Resources for Early Childhood Care and Development

According to the Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD Group), 'Early Childhood Care for Development (ECCD)' is all that the name implies and more: "it comprises all the essential supports a young child needs to survive and thrive in life, as well as the supports a family and community need to promote children's healthy development. This includes integrating health, nutrition, and intellectual stimulation, providing the opportunities for exploration and active learning, as well as providing the social and emotional care and nurturing a child needs in order to realize her/his human potential and play an active role in their families and later in their communities.

This holistic view of children's well-being, while by no means new, has been validated and encouraged by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is only recently been understood that the basic need for food, healthcare and protection are not just needs but rights (implying duties and obligations) and that in addition, the rights to affection, interaction, security, stimulation and opportunities for learning have been accepted as being just as fundamental."

Some of the material on the CD-ROM can be found in the "ECCD Info" section on the ECCD Group Website. The CD-ROM and Manual addresses issues like 'What is ECCD?' and 'Why ECCD?' and includes an abstract and outline of the 7 sections of the 'Programming Guide' which includes relevant links to the Library search tool and the Internet.

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