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Pathways out of Adversity

July 18, 2025

Pathways out of Adversity: Mani Chandana’s Journey to Transform Education

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July 7, 2025

Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child and Osmania University Partner to Expand Social and Emotional Research and Education Programs

June 12, 2025

Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child and Lucy Family Institute Launch App to Empower Nearly 7,000 Teachers Across India

GC-DWC 2023 Year in Review Cover Photo

January 16, 2024

GC-DWC 2023 Year in Review

We are excited to share our 2023 Year in Review Newsletter. In this newsletter, we will guide you through our latest programming and research, emphasizing our commitment to developing impactful whole child development initiatives for children in adversity, and investing in effective strategies which...

Neil Boothby

December 15, 2023

Advance Copy: Neil Boothby

Welcome to Advance Copy, a look at the people, perspectives, and scholarship of the Institute for Educational Initiatives, home to the University of Notre Dame’s initiatives advancing its long-standing commitment to the future of K-12 schools. Meet: Neil Boothby Just Launched: Invest in our Youth...

Raising Resilient Children Podcast graphic

December 14, 2023

New Series for ThinkND Explores the Critical Nature of the First 1,000 Days of a Child's Life

December 13th, 2023 — Why is getting it right in the first 1,000 days of life critical for individuals, communities, and nations, and what does the science tell us? Neil Boothby, the founding director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), answers these questions in a...

Speakers engaging in discussion during the talk

September 28, 2023

Panel Discussion Explores the Synergies Between Science and Faith, and Notre Dame’s Unique Position to Lead Global Change

September 27, 2023— Neil Boothby, the founding director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child, and Fr. Lou DelFra, CSC, the director of pastoral life for the Alliance of Catholic Education (ACE), recently hosted a panel discussion alongside Dr. Carrie Quinn, the executive...

Invest in our Youth book graphic

August 29, 2023

New book explores link between science and faith to champion change for the world’s most vulnerable children

Imagine a conversation between a psychologist and priest that investigates how science and faith can converge in ways that help some of the world’s most vulnerable children. Neil Boothby and Fr. Lou DelFra, C.S.C., have that conversation in their new book, Invest in Our Youth . Boothby, the founding...

Nikhit D'Sa

August 22, 2023

Advance Copy: Nikhit D'Sa

Welcome to Advance Copy, a look at the people, perspectives, and scholarship of the Institute for Educational Initiatives, home to the University of Notre Dame’s initiatives advancing its long-standing commitment to the future of K-12 schools. Meet: Nikhit D’Sa Just Launched: The LEGO Foundation has...

Neil Boothby and presenter

The GC-DWC Launches Ambitious Initiative to Scale Whole Child Development in Tribal and Social Welfare Schools and Beyond

Neil Boothby, the founding director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), and Hannah Chandler, the center’s associate director of programs, are traveling to Hyderabad, India, to help scale whole child development in hundreds of Social Welfare and Tribal Societies...

GC-DWC training

The GC-DWC presents courses for parent training in Haiti and whole child development in India

The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child is offering two courses this summer to help parents and students understand whole child development. The GC-DWC has expanded our parent training efforts to five new parish communities in Haiti. Over the course of three months, parents will...

Porticus

Key donors release report on Whole Child Development efficacy

Whole child development (WCD) approaches to education focus on a wide range of a child's development: physical, social, emotional, and academic, with the active engagement and support of the community. A growing body of evidence shows effective holistic approaches within education systems lead to...

Consortium

February 3, 2023

GC-DWC receives $200,000 award to implement learning framework for an ECD toolkit in Bangladesh, Brazil, Jordan and Mexico

The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) at the University of Notre Dame has received a $200,000 award to develop a learning framework for the ‘Nurturing the Spiritual Development of Children in the Early Year’ Toolkit . Led by Arigatou Foundation , the Consortium on...

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