Child development and diverse needs in early years

This sub-theme aims to generate interdisciplinary research-based evidence on child development and diverse needs in early years, and to gain knowledge on how different environments (e.g. home, kindergarten) and interaction (e.g., with adults and peers) affect children’s developmental outcomes and individual differences in inclusive ECE. This sub-theme is linked with other themes of ECEPP to enhance understanding of the dynamic relations across levels: interconnected nature of children’s development, micro-level practices, policies and governance of ECE.