Tammy Mann was the Deputy Executive Director at ZERO TO THREE at the time of this interview and now serves as CEO and President of The Campagna Center. She was appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to serve on the Advisory Committee for Head Start Research and Evaluation.
Babies As Learners: Curious, Motivated, and Vulnerable, Presented by J. Ronald Lally
Dr. Lally talks about the necessity for policymakers and parents to understand that babies are curious, motivated learners born with a brain that is genetically wired to seek meaning and learn language. (2 minutes)
Work–Family Balance After Childbirth: The Association Between Employer-Offered Leave Characteristics and Maternity Leave Duration, Dr. Guendelman (2013)
Research paper on the association between employer-offered leave characteristics and maternity leave duration.
State of Babies Yearbook: 2021
The State of Babies Yearbook: 2021 compares national and state-by-state data on the well-being of infants and toddlers.
First Things First
Welcome to the For Our Babies Podcast! Listen to conversations with Dr. Ron Lally about Infant Development and topics related to the For Our Babies Campaign. Hosted by Julie Weatherston. This show is the first in a series of conversations with Dr. Ron Lally about topics related to infant development and the For Our Babies […]
School Success Starts in Infancy
Dr. Ron Lally talks about why we should take a closer look at supporting infants if we want our children to succeed in school. Lally discusses the critical period of early brain development before a child reaches three years of age and why early support for all babies makes more economic sense than later compensatory […]