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The focus of the current chapter is early childhood education and care, including a special examination of the role of research in relation to advocacy. Our focus encompasses the prenatal period through age 8. The topics of early childhood education and care have received intensive advocacy efforts over the past 20 years as investments and programs have grown extensively, due to these efforts and programs in states and at the federal level.
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Raikes, H., St. Clair, L., Plata-Potter, S. (2013). Early Childhood Education and Care: Legislative and Advocacy Efforts. In: Culp, A. (eds) Child and Family Advocacy. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7456-2_8
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