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RESEARCH FOR RESEARCHERS AND EDUCATORS
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After more than 30 years, Child Trends continues to be an invaluable resource to researchers and educators, providing cutting-edge research, policy insights, program guidance, and identification of emerging trends and issues. We give you access to:
· expanded and improved national data on children in the areas of child well-being, fathers, and positive development
· groundbreaking research in such areas as teen childbearing, early childhood development, adoption, and fathers
· public policies informed by our research on welfare reform, early child development, marriage, and teen childbearing
· the most promising programs and approaches in such areas as out-of-school programs, and child care.
· evaluations of program effectiveness in adoptions from foster care, training for early childhood professionals, and responsible fathering programs
· research synthesized into What Works and “next steps” documents to allow policy makers and practitioners easy access to valuable information.
Additional Resouces
The DataBank is Child Trends Web site containing more than 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being.
The Fostering Connections Resource Center is a Web site with information, training, and tools related to furthering the implementation of the Fostering Connections adoption law.
The State Child Welfare Policy Database Web site provides state-by-state policy information on a range of child welfare topics.
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Featured Indicator: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) affect about one percent of U.S. children. Children with ASD exhibit a wide range of characteristics, but have in common problems with social and communication skills. Boys are four times as likely as girls to be diagnosed with ASD. Read more . . .
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