Early Childhood Development Encyclopaedia

This encyclopaedia is an online tool that provides access to recent scientific studies on early childhood. Together, the Centro de Excelencia para el Desarrollo de la Primera Infancia (CEDPI - the Centre for Excellence in Early Childhood Development) and the Red Estratégica de Conocimientos sobre el Desarrollo de la Primera Infancia (REC-DPI - Strategic Knowledge Network on Early Childhood Development) produce the encyclopaedia, which is directed at politicians, planners, service providers, and parents.

It offers users multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary information about themes for understanding the complex nature of early childhood development. The articles are written by early childhood experts and deal primarily with children's development from pregnancy to five years of age. They are written from three different perspectives: development, services, and policies. For each issue, a synthesis is provided in a simple format that highlights key points to professionals and planners. Categories are as follows:

• According to the experts: For each issue, a series of articles written by international experts presenting scientific studies.
•  Synthesis: For each issue there is a synthesis that responds to the questions:
  • Why is it important?
  • What do we know?
  •  What can we do?
• Complete documentation: All of the articles on a particular subject and the respective synthesis have been grouped in one document so they can be downloaded.
• Perspectives: Service professionals and planners in Latin America and Spain provide their perspectives.
• Key messages: Information is summarised on each subject and then presented in a format geared to parents and service providers.