Thanks to decades of research, we now know a great deal about brain development and its impact on child development. Because a baby’s brain is extremely impressionable (neuroscientists use the term plastic) in early life, infants placed in foster care may have particular needs. Due to the circumstances that required infants to be placed in foster care—neglect, substance abuse, poverty, inability to care for a child—fostering infants can involve unique challenges. Read this to see how to ensure a healthy start for infants in Foster Care.