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The Brain Architects Podcast: Place Matters

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The Brain Architects: Place Matters

In this episode of the Brain Architects, hear directly from the developers of the IDEAS Impact Framework Toolkit, as well as teams who have successfully used the Framework to shape their work.

This episode of the Brain Architects podcast features a discussion from a webinar we hosted earlier in the year about our latest Working Paper, Place Matters: The Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy Development, which examines how a wide range of conditions in the places where children live, grow, play, and learn can shape how children develop.

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A New Lens on Poverty: Working Towards Fairness of Place in the United States

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A New Lens on Poverty: Working Towards Fairness of Place in the United States

In this discussion, we explore how the qualities of the places where people live are shaped by historic and current policies, which have created deep disadvantage across many communities with important implications for the health and development of the children who live there.

In this discussion, we explore how the qualities of the places where people live are shaped by historic and current policies, which have created deep disadvantage across many communities with important implications for the health and development of the children who live there.

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News from the Center on the Developing Child, November 2023

NEWSLETTER

News from the Center

October 2023

November 2023

November’s newsletter features our latest webinar, “A New Lens on Poverty: Working Towards Fairness of Place in the United States,” centered on how the qualities of the places where people live are shaped by historic and current policies. Additionally, catch up on the Power of Place convening, a resource from the Early Years Climate Action Task Force, and a new piece by our Writer in Residence.

November’s newsletter features our latest webinar, “A New Lens on Poverty: Working Towards Fairness of Place in the United States,” centered on how the qualities of the places where people live are shaped by historic and current policies. Additionally, catch up on the Power of Place convening, a resource from the Early Years Climate Action Task Force, and a new piece by our Writer in Residence.

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Brain-Building Through Play

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Brain-Building Through Play: Activities for Infants, Toddlers and Children

The following handout series, developed with support from the LEGO Foundation, provides suggestions for games and play-based activities based on a child’s age. The activities for younger children are designed for adults to engage in with children. Activities for later ages allow the adults to step back, enabling children’s independence to blossom as they transition to playing more often with peers.

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Place Matters: Introducing Working Paper 16

WORKING PAPER

Place Matters: Introducing Working Paper 16

The new working paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child explores the influence of the built and natural environments on child development and lifelong health.

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Reaching for Breakthroughs with Science-Based Innovation

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The science of early childhood is a source of new ideas that could be used to develop more effective policies & services focused on the early years of life.

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Using current best practices as a starting point, the Center works with a network of fellow change agents to design, implement, and evaluate innovative, science-based practice models that achieve transformational change for vulnerable children and families.

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Innovation does not happen in a vacuum. To bring about lasting, population-level change for children facing adversity, we must foster a movement of collective change.

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