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Bridging Research and Practice
The Bridging Research and Practice feature in each issue includes an article on an aspect of early childhood research plus links to the original published research with a companion article full of practical strategies for how to implement the research in your practice.
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RESEARCH: Prioritizing Relationships and Relational Practices with Families Experiencing Social Marginalization
Alison Gerlach and Diana Elliott
The findings from this study identified a relational approach to early childhood intervention that is relevant to all early childhood providers, administrators, and educators who are questioning how to support families with young children who experience multifaceted forms of marginalization, including poverty, systemic racism, and over-surveillance by child welfare authorities.
In Canada there are a growing number of early childhood programs that are designed and delivered specifically for Indigenous families and young children. However, there is a lack of published research on how Indigenous-specific early childhood programs influence the health and wellbeing of Indigenous families and young children. Our qualitative study involved understanding how “Aboriginal Infant Development Programs” (https://aidp.b.c.ca) in different urban municipalities in British ...