Your local Health Department has asked you to speak with a group of parents of infants and toddlers.

Using research in the text as a guide, describe:

• environmental factors that promote favorable cognitive development in infants and toddlers
• environmental factors that can undermine cognitive development
• benefits of high quality early education and early intervention services - especially for low-income children
• costs associated in supporting this development

Make your points specific and simple for parents, but be thorough in the information you provide.

as a pamphlet or brochure.