New Approaches to Early Child Development: Rules, Rituals, and Realities

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SURETHA SWART Ph.D. Candidate in School Psychology at the University of British Columbia Canada with a background in clinical psychology and child and youth mental health. Her current research and clinical interests revolve around supporting students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and other disabilities in schools. ANNE SYNNES MD Clinical Neonatologist at British Columbia's Women's Hospital medical director of the Neonatal Follow-Up program Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia and member of the Child and Family Research Institute Canada. Her clinical research interests are evaluating the clinical outcomes of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) graduates and changing NICU practices to improve outcomes. LILLIAN TSE Master of Science in Nursing from University of British Columbia Canada in 2005. She was the recipient of the 2003 Sheena Davidson Fund for her study on Parents' Perceptions about a Behavioural Sleep Intervention. Tse is currently a public health nurse specialized in the health and development of young children. SILVIA VILCHES Completing her Ph.D. in Social Planning focusing on the experiences of lone mothers with welfare reform under neo-liberal regimes. Her past work focuses on community capacity development the community benefits of early childhood education gender issues in the social and economic structures available to low income families and equity issues for Aboriginal peoples and for gay lesbian bisexual two-spirited and transgendered people.