Maternal Depression and Early Childhood Report May 2011
Source: Zero to Three
In Minnesota it is estimated that one in 10 babies each year is born to a mother experiencing serious depression during his or her first year of life. This represented nearly 14,000 mothers and infants in 2009. Every untreated case of maternal depression in Minnesota is estimated to cost society at a minimum $23,000 per year in terms of lost productivity for both mother and child.
Summary
Full Report

Early Experiences Can Alter Gene Expression and Affect Long-Term Development - 2011
Source: National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, Harvard University
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Strategies for System Change in Children’s Mental Health: A Chapter Action Kit
Source: The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Task Force on Mental Health
An action kit to help assist AAP chapters in addressing and improving children’s mental health in primary care in each state.
Action Kit

Children’s Emotional Development is Built into the Architecture of their Brains
Source: National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, Harvard University
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Excessive Stress Disrupts the Architecture of the Developing Brain
Source: National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, Harvard University
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Iowa’s 1^st Five Initiative: Improving Early Childhood Developmental Services Through Public-Private Partnerships
Source: The Commonwealth Fund
Article  

Linking Economic Development and Child Care Project
Database of state and local studies

Resources, Q and A, Online Library
Source: TA, Publications
National Child Care Information Center