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Dina Lieser, MD, FAAP

Doctors’ access to our youngest children and credibility make them critical partners to engage in early childhood advocacy

Dina Lieser, MD, FAAP

Quality early childhood education settings have great potential to transform our nation’s health.

Liz Isakson, MD, FAAP, Executive Director, Docs for Tots

In large part, science has shown us how to best support the health and development of our youngest children – we need to start doing it.

Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University

Babies make 700 new neural connections per second.  

James Heckman, economist, Nobel laureate

Investing in quality early learning programs is the most efficient way to affect school and life success and to reduce social expenditures later.

Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development

What happens during the first months and years of life sets either a sturdy or a fragile stage for what follows.

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Docs for Tots Featured in NY Times Article

There’s a Way to Gauge Childhood Development. Why Isn’t It Used More? That’s the important question asked this week in The New York Times . . .
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July 2026 Newsletter

The July newsletter highlights new reports from The Children’s Agenda that provide a county-by-county look at the status of New York State’s Early Intervention . . .
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Help Me Grow Long Island July 2026 Newsletter

Check out local community events and a children’s book recommendation here- HMGLI July 2026 . . .
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What happens during the first months and years of life sets either a sturdy or a fragile stage for what follows.

Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development