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Melody Arons Center's 10 Goals
  1. Use music, art, theater and dance to support the bonding of the child with parent and community, eliminate alienation, and promote the individual potential of each child.

  2. Create parent training sites for young mothers, fathers and families.

  3. Create developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive models to assess the health and functional status of parent and child.

  4. Develop transdisciplinary models of early intervention, combining best practice in neuroscience, child development and education so that mechanisms of positive outcome are better understood and replicated.

  5. Develop empirical research models that apply scientific methodology to specific research questions in child development.

  6. Develop consumer and family needs assessments and satisfaction evaluations.

  7. Encourage open dialogue between differing philosophies and programs, such as those in hospitals, Head Start, day care, public and private nursery schools and infant/ toddler programs.

  8. Train families and professionals in collaborative decision-making processes in the best interests of the child.

  9. Provide access to research findings.

  10. Build mechanisms to assure true family and community participation in the design, implementation and evaluation of the Melody Arons Center programs and services.