The Toxic Stress of Early Childhood Adversity: Rethinking Health and Education Policy

Toxic stress is the subject of this on-demand webcast from The Forum at the Harvard School of Public Health. The discussion featured Center’s Founding Director Jack P. Shonkoff, MD, Robert W. Block, MD, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics; and Roberto Rodríguez, Special Assistant to the President for Education Policy in the White House.

Launched in 2010, The Forum seeks to provide decision makers with a global platform to discuss policy choices and scientific controversies.