Cobb
thinks the pursuit of continued economic growth within an
integrated, liberalizing, market - based global economy will lead to increased social injustice and
ecological destruction.
Building on an
ecological model that explains multiple levels of influence on psychological development, 16 and a recently proposed biodevelopmental framework that offers an
integrated, science - based approach to coordinated, early childhood policy making and practice across sectors, 17 this technical report presents an EBD framework that draws on a recent report from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University to help physicians and policy makers
think about how early childhood adversity can lead to lifelong impairments in learning, behavior, and both physical and mental health.1, 6