Toxic Stress Derails Healthy Development (Czech subtitles)
Learning how to cope with adversity is an important part of healthy development. While moderate, short-lived stress responses in the body can promote growth, toxic stress is the strong, unrelieved activation of the body’s stress management system in the absence of protective adult support. Without caring adults to buffer children, the unrelenting stress caused by […]
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InBrief: The Science of Neglect (Czech subtitles)
Extensive biological and developmental research shows significant neglect—the ongoing disruption or significant absence of caregiver responsiveness—can cause more lasting harm to a young child’s development than overt physical abuse, including subsequent cognitive delays, impairments in executive functioning, and disruptions of the body’s stress response. This edition of the InBrief series, here in Japanese, explains why significant […]
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InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development (Czech subtitles)
This video from the InBrief series, subtitled here in Czech, addresses basic concepts of early childhood development, established over decades of neuroscience and behavioral research, which help illustrate why child development—particularly from birth to five years—is a foundation for a prosperous and sustainable society. This translation was generously provided by Asociace Dítě a Rodina.
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InBrief: The Impact of Early Adversity on Children’s Development (Czech subtitles)
This video from the InBrief series, subtitled here in Czech, outlines basic concepts from the research on the biology of stress, which show that major adversity can weaken developing brain architecture and permanently set the body’s stress response system on high alert. Science also shows that providing stable, responsive environments for children in the earliest […]
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InBrief: The Foundations of Lifelong Health (Czech subtitles)
This edition of the InBrief series, here in Czech, explains why a vital and productive society with a prosperous and sustainable future is built on a foundation of healthy child development. The video summarizes findings from The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood, a report co-authored by the National Scientific Council on […]