Blog: Whole Family Approaches – Reaching Parents and Children Together

One of the first principles that one learns in studying child development is the importance of an ecological approach. This approach assumes that child development is most directly influenced by the family and in turn the family is influenced by the community and the policies that surround them.

Read the newest post on the Bernard van Leer Foundation blog, written by Joan Lombardi, Senior Advisor, about the new report released by Ascend at The Aspen Institute and the Bernard van Leer Foundation: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: Whole Family Approach.