This International Debt Report 2024 shows one reason why developing countries cannot invest in early child and family support

A struggle to balance debt payments with spending on health, education and other development priorities

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2024—Developing countries spent a record $1.4 trillion to service their foreign debt as their interest costs climbed to a 20-year high in 2023, the World Bank’s latest Internat

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The Case for Early, Time-Sensitive Speech, Language, and Communication Interventions for Young Children with Down Syndrome or Other Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Chapter by Professor Sue Buckley (UK)

She says: ‘I am pleased to share the link to a chapter prepared with an internationally recognised group of colleagues in this field. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1k48s_oIKC0OYN This link gives access to a full copy of the report until 29th December 2024. Plea

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‘Integration Made Possible’ in serial form. Celebrating 30 years of Interconnections

Interconnections – 1995 to 2025

One of the main purpose of Interconnections in the beginning was to promote multiagency keyworking as had been validated in the voluntary UK organisation One Hundred Hours’. Keyworkers provide emotional and practical support to families and work to bring everyone aro

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