Sec. 2. Findings
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The Congress finds the following: Neglect, hunger, abuse, and other forms of trauma present significant challenges to young children’s learning and social-emotional development. Trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive caregiving is an ideal targeted intervention for vulnerable children who experience trauma. A child’s development relies significantly on the development of executive function skills, including cognitive flexibility, self-regulation, and effortful control and attention.
Focusing on these skills, even though they are not obviously academic, is critical in order to improve children’s long-term outcomes. Providing high-quality early childhood education can protect young children from some of the most adverse effects of poverty, enable their healthy development, strengthen their health, and reduce or mediate toxic stress responses to adverse experiences. Robust support, professional development, and specialized training for the early education and care workforce is essential to providing a high-quality early education to every child.