Notes: You may be a great Child Development Specialist if you have a background in any of the following: Family Advocate, Social work, Case management, Preschool Teacher, Case Manager, Outreach, Human Development, Early Childhood Development, Nanny, Childcare, Infant Development, Preschools, ABA, Spanish, español, Mam. Brighter Beginnings is a 501c3 nonprofit organization and has been responding to the needs of families in resource-poor neighborhoods since 1984 when our work began in response to the alarming differences in mortality and illness rates among African American babies compared to other children.