Reading Time: 4 minutes Studies show early childhood education and family supports yield excellent return on investment.
Author: Nicole Letourneau
Dr. Letourneau holds the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation Research Chair in Parent-Infant Mental Health and is Director of RESOLVE Alberta. She has received over $50 million in research funding over her 20+ year career, with $17+ million as lead investigator. Her Child Health Intervention and Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Studies Program develops and tests interventions to promote health of infants and children growing up in families affected by toxic stressors including parental depression, addictions, intimate partner violence and low-income.