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August 2024
July 2024
- A Message from Dr. Shonkoff, Founding Director: Connecting the Dots: Re-Envisioning the Intersection of Early Childhood Programs and Neighborhood-Based Action
- New Resource Project: Communicating the Connections Between Climate Change and Early Childhood
June 2024 #2
June 2024
- New Webinar: Register for A World of Differences
- Working Paper 17: A World of Differences: The Science of Human Variation Can Drive Early Childhood Policies and Programs to Bigger Impacts
May 2024
April 2024
- New Webinar: Extreme Heat & Early Childhood Development
- AskWith Education Forum: A Healthy Childhood in a Changing Climate
March 2024
- New Webinar Recording: A Place to Play: Working Towards Fairness of Place for All Children
- New HGSE Webinar: Nurturing Relationships in Early Childhood
February 2024
- Webinar Recording: Understanding Racism’s Impact on Child Development
- Play Resource: Play in Early Childhood: The Role of Play in Any Setting
January 2024
- New Webinar Recording: Understanding Racism’s Impact on Child Development
- New Podcast: A New Lens on Poverty | The Latest Brain Architects Podcast
December 2023
- First Working Paper from ECSCEE: Extreme Heat Affects Early Childhood Development and Health
- New Action Guide: Extreme Heat: An Action Guide for Policy
November 2023
- New Webinar Recording: A New Lens on Poverty: Working Towards Fairness of Place in the United States.
- New Piece by Center’s Writer in Residence: For the Community, with the Community, by the Community (Himali Bhatt, MD, MA, MPH)
October 2023
Resources for Supporting Children and their Caregivers During Times of Conflict
- How to Look After a Child Through Conflict & Displacement (UNODC)
- How to Support Your Child During Conflict and Crisis Situations (UNICEF)
- How to Talk to Your Children About Conflict and War (UNICEF)
- Young Children in Crisis Settings Resource Kit
(Moving Minds Alliance) - Urgent Call: Support Afghanistan, Israel, the State of Palestine and Other Ongoing Crises (ECDAN)
September 2023
August 2023
June 2023
- Webinar Recording: Place Matters: How the Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy Development.
- Summer Activity: Brain-Building Through Play handouts
May 2023
- New Webinar: Place Matters: How the Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy Development.
- New Podcast: Reach Out and Read Podcast with Dr. Burghardt
- Mental Health Awareness Month: Child Mental Health Q&A with Dr. Lindsey Burghardt, Chief Science Officer
April 2023
- Working Paper 16: Place Matters: The Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy Development
- New Recording: IDEAS Impact Framework Webinar recording
March 2023
- New Working Paper: Place Matters: The Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy Development
- New Infographic: What Surrounds Us Shapes Us
- New Action Guide: Place Matters: An Action Guide for Policy
February 2023
- Shaping Us Campaign: The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood
- New Translation: Health and Learning Are Deeply Interconnected in the Body: An Action Guide for Policymakers translated into French
- New Brief: How to Motivate Children: Science-Based Approaches for Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers
January 2023
- New Toolkit: IDEAS Impact Framework Toolkit
- Frontiers of Innovation: Update from Corey Zimmerman, Chief Program Officer
- Translation Library: A variety of briefs, videos, and infographics translated into 17 languages
December 2022
November 2022
- New Interview: Policymaker Perspectives: Q&A with Bill de Blasio
- New Action Guide: Health and Learning Are Deeply Interconnected in the Body
- New InBrief: Moving Upstream: Confronting Racism to Open Up Children’s Potential?
October 2022
September 2022
August 2022
June 2022
- Activities Guide: Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence
- How-to: 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return
- Partnership Spotlight: 10 years of the Harvard-Brazil Initiative on Early Childhood Development (ECD)
May 2022
- Mental Health Awareness Month Resource: Establishing a Level Foundation for Life: Mental Health Begins in Early Childhood
- Infographic: What We Can Do About Toxic Stress
- New Media Coverage: Poverty Impedes Children’s Education Long Before They Enter The Classroom — Here’s How We Can Change That
April 2022
- Introducing HCDC Pediatrics: An Online Toolkit for Pediatric Health Care Providers and Caregivers
- Resources for Practice: Caregiver Handouts: Games and Activities
- New Media Coverage: The tooth fairy is calling: Boston researchers seeking baby teeth for health study
March 2022
- Working Paper 15 Translation: Working Paper 15: Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body — Now in Español
- InBrief Translation: InBrief: Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body — Now in Español
- Video Translation: How Early Childhood Experiences Affect Lifelong Health and Learning — Now in Español
February 2022
- New Podcast Episode: The Brain Architects: Building Resilience Through Play
- Call to Action: New Science for a New Era in Early Childhood Policy and Practice
- New Media Coverage: How Racism in Early Life Can Affect Long-Term Health
January 2022
- New Working Paper: Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body: Early Childhood Development and Lifelong Health Are Deeply Intertwined
- Call to Action: Re-Envisioning Early Childhood Policy and Practice in a World of Striking Inequality and Uncertainty
- New Guide: Introducing ECD 2.0: A New Framework for Science-Informed Investment in the Early Foundations of Health and Development
October 2021
- New InBrief: What is Resilience?
- New Guide: Stress and Resilience: How Toxic Stress Affects Us, and What We Can Do About It
- New Podcast: The Brain Architects Podcast: Toxic Stress: Protecting the Foundation
September 2021
- New Guide: 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return
- Resources on COVID-19: How to Help Families and Staff Build Resilience During the COVID-19 Outbreak
- New Video: Play in Early Childhood: The Role of Play in Any Setting
View September 2021 newsletter
July/August 2021
- Activities Guide: Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence
- New Video: Serve and Return Interaction Shapes Brain Circuitry
- New Video: Urban Thinkscape: Transforming Cityscapes Into Opportunities for Playful Learning
View July/August 2021 newsletter
June 2021
- New Video: How Early Childhood Experiences Affect Lifelong Health and Learning
- New Podcast: The Brain Architects Podcast: COVID-19 Special Edition: Mental Health Vital Signs
- New Fellows: Introducing the 2021-2022 Science and Innovation Fellows
May 2021
- New Brief: Moving Upstream: Confronting Racism to Open Up Children’s Potential
- New Podcast: The Brain Architects: COVID-19 Special Edition: How Do We Rebuild and Re-Envision Early Childhood Services?
- New Translation: How-to: 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return (Slovak subtitles)
April 2021
- Updated Report: 3 Principles to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families: 2021 Update
- New Research: Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Impacts of Racism on the Foundations of Health
- New Infographic: What Are ACEs? And How Do They Relate to Toxic Stress?
March 2021
- Statement from Center Director: Re-Envisioning, Not Just Rebuilding: Looking Ahead to a Post-COVID-19 World
- Q & A: Mental Health Is Central to Planning for the Future
- Media Coverage: America’s Mothers Are in Crisis
February 2021
- New Resource: 5 Facts About Motivation That Are Often Misunderstood
- New Research: PEDIATRICS: Leveraging the Biology of Adversity and Resilience to Transform Pediatric Practice
- Media Coverage: AAP News—The Biology of Adversity in Childhood: Why You Should Care
January 2021
- New Podcast Episode: Connecting Health & Learning Part II: The Implications
- New InBrief: Understanding the Science of Motivation
- Media Coverage: PBS NewsHour Q&A: Childhood Trauma and COVID-19
December 2020
- New Podcast Episode: Connecting Health & Learning Part I: The Science
- Shared Wisdom: Building Responsive Relationships Remotely
- Presentation: 2020 Pediatric Brain Health Summit
November 2020
- New Infographic: How Racism Can Affect Child Development
- Science-Based Innovation: New Project Teams Join the Mexican Innovation Cluster
- Virtual Learning Tool: The Brain Architecture Game: Remote Team Edition
October 2020
- Policymaker Guide: Health and Learning Are Deeply Interconnected in the Body
- New Translation: What Is Inflammation? And Why Does it Matter for Child Development (Spanish translation)
- Presentation: How Poverty and Trauma Affect Brain Development
September 2020
- Presentation: Leveraging Advances in Science to Strengthen the Early Foundations of Both Learning and Health
- Blog Post: Rethinking Business as Usual. Are We Even Starting in the Right Place?
- Media Coverage: What you need to know about infant mental health— and how COVID-19 factors in
View September 2020 newsletter
August 2020
- New Infographic: What Is Inflammation? And Why Does it Matter for Child Development?
- Science-Based Innovation: New Project Teams Join the Brazilian Innovation Cluster
- New Translation: What Is Epigenetics? And How Does It Relate to Child Development? (Now in French!)
July 2020
- New Fellows: Introducing the 2020-2021 Science and Innovation Fellows
- New Translations: What Is COVID-19? And How Does It Relate to Child Development? (Now in Portuguese!)
June 2020
- New Working Paper: Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body: Early Childhood Development and Lifelong Health Are Deeply Intertwined
- New Brief: How to Help Families and Staff Build Resilience During the COVID-19 Outbreak
April 2020
- New Guide: A Guide to COVID-19 and Early Childhood Development
- New Brief: How to Support Children (and Yourself) During the COVID-19 Outbreak
- New Spanish Translation: Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence
March 2020
- New Podcast Episode: The Brain Architects: Serve and Return: Supporting the Foundation
- Applying the Science: Science x Design Training and Support
- Leveraging Science for Innovation: Interviews with 2019-2020 Djokovic Fellows
Feb 2020
- New Podcast Episode: The Brain Architects: Toxic Stress: Protecting the Foundation
- Training Opportunity: IDEAS Impact Framework One-Day Training
- New Translation: Toxic Stress and Resilience (Now in Spanish!)
Jan 2020
- New Podcast: The Brain Architects
- Applying the Science: Science X Design Workshops
- New Documentary: Baby Brain
Dec 2019
- Year in Review: Infographics
- Science into Action: Stress and Resilience: How Toxic Stress Affects Us, and What We Can Do About It
- Spreading the Word: #ServeAndReturn Campaign
Nov 2019
- New Video: Stress & Resilience: How Toxic Stress Affects Us, and What We Can Do About It
- Get Involved: Help Us Find the Next Djokovic Science & Innovation Fellows
- Media Coverage: Which is better for reading to your toddler: Print or ebooks?
Oct 2019
- Resource Compilation: Separation and Detention of Migrant Children and Families
- Issue Brief: Toxic Stress: Issue Brief on Family Separation and Child Detention
- New Translations: Haitian Kreyol: Experiences Build Brain Architecture
Sep 2019
- New Guide: Serve & Return: How Your Interaction with Children Can Build Brains
- Training Opportunity: Science-Based Innovation Training: Reimagining Program Development and Evaluation
- Summer Recap: What We Can Do About Toxic Stress; Play in Early Childhood: The Role of Play in Any Setting
View September 2019 newsletter
Aug 2019
- New Video: How Play Can Help Children and Families Thrive
- Translations: Japanese, Bulgarian, and more!
July 2019
- New Infographic: What We Can Do About Toxic Stress
- Training Opportunity: Accelerating the Impact of Early Years’ Services
- Media Coverage: How the Stress of Separation and Detention Changes the Lives of Children
June 2019
- Social Media Campaign: Let’s Tell the World about #ServeAndReturn!
- Video: How to: 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return
- Guide: 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return
May 2019
- New Video: How to: 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return
- New Fellows: Introducing the 2019-2020 Djokovic Science and Innovation Fellows
- Quick Read: InBrief: Applying the Science of Child Development in Welfare Systems
April 2019
- New Infographic: What is executive function? And how does it relate to child development
- Award & Recognition: Center Director, Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff receives 2019 LEGO Prize
- Training Opportunity: Science-Based Innovation Training: Reimagining Program Development and Evaluation
March 2019
- New Guide: What is Early Childhood Development? A Guide to the Science
- Training Opportunity: Science-Based Innovation Training: Reimagining Program Development & Evaluation
- Further Reading: The Science of Self-Regulation
February 2019
- New Infographic: What is epigenetics? And how does it relate to child development?
- Congressional Testimony: How will the U.S. family separation policy affect children’s development?
- New Translations: Bulgarian, Serbian, and more!
January 2019
- Fact Sheet: Five Facts About Motivation That Are Often Misunderstood
- Applying the Science of Motivation: Implications for Caregivers, Parents, Policymakers, and Public Systems
- Exploring the Science: Interactive Brain Graphic
December 2018
- New Paper: Understanding Motivation: Building the Brain Architecture That Supports Learning, Health, and Community Participation
- Innovation in Action: Alberta Family Wellness Initiative
- Get Involved: Djokovic Science & Innovation Fellowship
November 2018
- New Resource: Executive Function Guide
- IDEAS Impact Framework: Fast-Cycle Iteration in Action
- Get Involved: Register Now for the Next Science-Based Innovation Training
October 2018
- New Resource: Toxic Stress Guide
- IDEAS Impact Framework: Co-Creation in Action
- Media Coverage: The quest to find biomarkers for toxic stress, resilience in children—A Q&A with Jack Shonkoff
Sept 2018
- New Content & Infographic: ACEs and Toxic Stress: Frequently Asked Questions
- Free Online Course: The Best Start in Life: Early Childhood Development for Sustainable Development
- Get Involved: Register Now for the Next Science-Based Innovation Training
May 2018
- New Cohort of Change Agents: 2018-19 Djokovic Fellows
- New Presentation: Center Director Jack Shonkoff on “Protecting Brains, Stimulating Minds: The Early Roots of Success in School”
- Media Coverage: The Urban Design Project Sneaking Puzzles and Hopscotch into Abandoned Lots- Quartz
March 2018
- FOI Project Spotlight: Urban Thinkscape
- New Practitioner Guide: Building the Core Skills Youth Need for Life: A Guide for Education and Social Service Practitioners
- Media Coverage: For Refugee Children, War Zone Trauma Proves Lasting and Toxic- Financial Times
January 2018
- New Video: Building Core Capabilities for Life
- New Web Content: Frontiers of Innovation Projects Graphic
- New Translations: French & Mandarin
October 2017
- New Policy & Practice Report: 3 Principles to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families
- New Translations: Spanish and Arabic Resources
- Future Leader Q&A: Djokovic Science and Innovation Fellow: Sonia Alves
September 2017
- New Practitioner Tool: Building the Skills Adults Need for Life
- New Translations: Spanish and Portuguese Resources
- Media Coverage: How Poverty Affects the Brain- Nature
View September 2017 newsletter
June 2017
- New Practitioner Tool: 5 Steps for Brain-Building “Serve and Return”
- Future Leader Q&A: Djokovic Science and Innovation Fellow: Joshua Jeong
- Media Coverage: A New Understanding of the Childhood Brain- The Atlantic
May 2017
- New Fellows: Introducing Djokovic Science and Innovation Fellows
- New Content: Latin American Innovation Clusters
- Media Coverage: Interview with Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D. – ABC News (Australia)
December 2016
- New Brief: 8 Things to Remember about Child Development
- Science: What Is the JPB Research Network on Toxic Stress?
- New Fellowship: Investing in a New Generation of ECD Researchers
October 2016
- New Report: Applying the Science of Child Development in Child Welfare Systems
- Innovation in Action: How the Center Approaches Innovation
- New Translations: The Brain Architecture Game: Now in Spanish and Portuguese
July 2016
- New Video: The Case for Science-Based Innovation in Early Childhood
- Innovation in Action: Building Families’ Skills to Move Out of Poverty
- New Research: From Best Practices to Breakthrough Impacts: Key Findings
May 2016
- New Report: From Best Practices to Breakthrough Impacts
- New Video: Intergenerational Mobility Project
- Media Coverage: “Bringing Brain Science to Early Childhood” – The Atlantic
March 2016
- New Report: Building Core Capabilities for Life
- New Tool: The Brain Architecture Game
- New Video: Ready4Routines
December 2015
- Frontiers of Innovation Community Spotlight: Meeting Mothers’ Basic Needs and Supporting Mental Health to Strengthen Parenting
- Professional Development: Early Childhood Health Training Module
- Website Update: You Clicked; We Listened: Website Survey
September 2015
- Announcement: New Center website
- New Resource: Tipping the Scales: The Resilience Game
- Innovation Spotlight: Projects innovating to change child outcomes
View September 2015 newsletter
June 2015
April 2015
- New Videos: Resilience Series
- New Brief: The Science of Resilience
- Fellowships: 2015-16 Julius B. Richmond Fellowship Recipients
March 2015
- New Working Paper: Supportive Relationships and Active Skill-Building Strengthen the Foundations of Resilience
- Retrospective: A Decade of Science Informing Policy
September 2014
- Activities Guide: Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills
- Training Module: Building Brain Architecture
View September 2014 newsletter
June 2014
- Innovation in Action: Using Science to Coach Caregivers
- New Web Content: Key Concepts in the Science of Child Development and Innovation
- 2014-15 Julius B. Richmond Fellowships: Harvard Graduate Students Awarded Dissertation Research Grants
- Video en Español: Brain Hero Now Available in Spanish
March 2014
- Innovation in Action: Building the Capabilities of Home-Based Child Care Providers
- Interactive Feature: The Spectrum of Neglect: Four Types of Unresponsive Care
- Updated Working Paper: Excessive Stress Disrupts the Architecture of the Developing Brain
- TEDxBeacon Street: Using Brain Science to Create New Pathways Out of Poverty
December 2013
- New Video: The Science of Neglect
- Feature Article: Pushing Toward Breakthroughs: Using Innovative Practice to Address Toxic Stress
- Interactive Feature: Driving Science-Based Innovation in Policy and Practice: A Logic Model
- New Translation: Building Adult Capabilities Video Now Available in Portuguese