2020 Pediatric Brain Health Summit
As a keynote speaker at the 2020 Pediatric Brain Health Summit, Center Director Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D. presents on “Leveraging the Science of Adversity and Resilience to Generate Greater Impacts on ‘Whole Child’ Development.”
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PBS NewsHour Q&A: Childhood Trauma and COVID-19
Center Director, Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D. answers questions from PBS NewsHour’s William Brangham and viewers about how the COVID-19 pandemic and the long period of social distancing is affecting children and families.
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Place Matters: The Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy Development
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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Place Matters: An Action Guide for Policy
An Action Guide to complement 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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Heat: An Action Guide for Policy
An Action Guide to complement the new working paper from the Early Childhood Scientific Council on Equity and the Environment explores how extreme heat can affect young children’s biological systems and disrupt development, as well as the many ways it can amplify the effects of systemic inequities.
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El lugar es importante: Guía para la aplicación de políticas
An Action Guide to complement 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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Extreme Heat Affects Early Childhood Development and Health
This new working paper from the Early Childhood Scientific Council on Equity and the Environment (ECSCEE) summarizes the current knowledge on how heat impacts the development of biological systems. It’s the first in a series from ECSCEE focusing on the ways that environmental conditions shape young children’s development.