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Contents Podcast Panelists Additional Resources Transcript In March 2024, we continued our Place Matters webinar series with our third installment: “A Place to Play: Moving Towards Fairness of Place for All Children.” During the webinar, we explored the power of play in supporting early childhood development, as well as the importance of ensuring that children and caregivers have access to safe green spaces, like parks and playgrounds. Our panel of experts discussed how access to safe, stimulating, and joyful play space is not equally distributed across communities, along with strategies to work toward building a future where all children have a safe place to play. The webinar discussion has been adapted for this episode of the Brain Architects podcast. Panelists Leah Anyanwu (Moderator)Programme Specialist, Children on the Move, Children's Learning and Development, The LEGO Foundation Cynthia Briscoe BrownAtlanta Board of Education Seat 8 At Large Kathy Hirsh-PasekProfessor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute Lysa RatlifChief Executive Officer, KABOOM! Le-Quyen VuExecutive Director, Indochinese American Council Melissa Rivard  (Webinar Host)Director of Engagement Strategies, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Cameron Seymour-Hawkins (Podcast Host)Communications Coordinator, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Additional Resources Place Matters: The Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy Development  Presentation Slides  Playful Learning Landscapes  KABOOM!  Atlanta Community School Parks Initiative  LEGO Foundation  Indochinese American Council  Transcript Cameron Seymour-Hawkins: Welcome to The Brain Architects, a podcast from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. I'm Cameron Seymour-Hawkins, the Center's Communications Coordinator. Our Center believes that advances in the science of child development provide a powerful source of new ideas that can improve outcomes for children and their caregivers. By sharing the latest science from the field, we hope to help you make that science actionable and apply it in your work in ways that can increase your impact.  In March, we continued our Place Matters webinar series with our third installment: “A Place to Play: Moving Towards Fairness of Place for All Children.” During the webinar, we explored how play and a family's access to safe green spaces, like parks and playgrounds, support early development. Our panel of experts discussed how access to safe, stimulating, and joyful play space is not equally distributed along with strategies to work toward building a future where all children have a safe place to play. We're excited to share part of this conversation on today's episode of the Brain Architects podcast.   If you're interested in in seeing some examples of community-led solutions to address gaps in play space equity presented by Lysa Ratliff of KABOOM and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek of Playful Learning Landscapes, we encourage you to head over to our YouTube channel to view the full webinar recording.   Now, without further ado, here's Melissa Rivard, the Center's Assistant Director of Innovation Strategies, who will set the stage for our conversation.  Melissa Rivard: Welcome and thank you all so much for joining us today. It's really gratifying to have so many of you showing up for this really important topic. So thank you. I'm Melissa Rivard, Assistant Director of Innovation Strategies and I will be your host today. This webinar is part of a series of webinars that the Center on the Developing Child has hosted to examine the ways that a child's broader environment, including the built and natural environments, as well as the systemic factors that shape them, play a role in shaping child development and health beginning before birth. Our focus today,

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We are journeying through the New Testament as we talk about the life-changing and relationship changing power of forgiveness and reconciliation. Today's episode is found in Matthew 5 “Our Center”.

Contents Podcast Panelists Additional Resources Transcript   In the fall of 2023, we kicked off our three-part Place Matters webinar series with our first installment: “A New Lens on Poverty: Working Towards Fairness of Place in the United States.” The webinar discussion featured the work of Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAP, whose research uncovered the water crisis in Flint, H. Luke Shaefer, PhD, co-author of the new book The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America, and their groundbreaking new program, RxKids, an innovative effort to address child poverty and improve health equity. This conversation, moderated by our Chief Science Officer, Lindsey Burghardt, MD, MPH, FAAP, has been adapted for the Brain Architects podcast.   Panelists Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAPFounding Director, Pediatric Public Health Initiative  H. Luke Shaefer, PhDProfessor of Public Policy and Director of Policy Solutions, University of Michigan  Lindsey C. Burghardt, MD, MPH, FAAP (Moderator)Chief Science Officer, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Rebecca Hansen, MFA (Webinar Host)Director of Communications, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Amelia Johnson (Podcast Host)Communications Specialist, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Additional Resources Place Matters: The Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy Development RxKids The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City Transcript Amelia Johnson: Welcome to The Brain Architects, a podcast from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. I'm Amelia Johnson, the Center's Communications Specialist. Our Center believes that advances in the science of child development provide a powerful source of new ideas that can improve outcomes for children and their caregivers. By sharing the latest science from the field, we hope to help you make that science actionable and apply it in your work in ways that can increase your impact.  In October, we kicked off our three-part Place Matters webinar series with our first installment: “A New Lens on Poverty: Working Towards Fairness of Place in the United States.” During the webinar, Dr. Lindsey Burghardt, our Chief Science Officer, moderated a discussion between Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, whose research uncovered the water crisis in Flint, and H. Luke Shaefer, co-author of the new book The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America. The resulting explores 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. We're happy to share these insights with you all on today's episode.  Now, without further ado, here's Rebecca Hansen, the Center's Director of Communications, who will set the stage with a brief overview of the webinar series.  Rebecca Hansen: Alright, hello, everyone. My name is Rebecca Hansen, and I'm the Director of Communications here at the Center on the Developing Child. And I'm very excited to welcome you all to today's webinar, A New Lens on Poverty: Working Toward Fairness of Place in the United States. This webinar is the first in an ongoing series designed to examine the many ways that a child's broader environment, including the built and natural environments, as well as the systemic factors that shape those environments, all play a role in shaping early childhood development beginning before birth. In this series, we will explore various environment tool influences from both scientific and community-based perspectives, including strategies to work toward fairness of place and improve existing conditions to allow all children to thrive.

Contents Podcast Panelists Additional Resources Transcript In June, we hosted a webinar 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. The paper examines the many ways in which the built and natural environment surrounding a child can affect their development, emphasizes how the latest science can help deepen our understanding, and points towards promising opportunities to re-design environments so that all children can grow up in homes and neighborhoods free of hazards and rich with opportunity. Corey Zimmerman, our Chief Program Officer, moderated a discussion around these themes between Dr. Lindsey Burghardt (Chief Science Officer) and Dr. Dominique Lightsey-Joseph (Director of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy) which has been adapted for this episode of the Brain Architects podcast.     Panelists Tassy Warren, EdM (Podcast Host)Deputy Director and Chief Strategy Officer, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Corey Zimmerman, EdM (Moderator)Chief Program Officer, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Lindsey C. Burghardt, MD, MPH, FAAPChief Science Officer, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Dominique Lightsey-Joseph, EdD, EdMDirector of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB) Strategy, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Additional Resources Place Matters: The Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy Development Place Matters: An Action Guide for Policy Place Matters: What Surrounds Us Shapes Us Child Opportunity Index (COI) Healthy School Environments - US Environmental Protection Agency Transcript Tassy Warren: Welcome to The Brain Architects, a podcast from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. I'm Tassy Warren, the Center's Deputy Director and Chief Strategy Officer. Our Center believes that advances in the science of child development provide a powerful source of new ideas that can improve outcomes for children and their caregivers. By sharing the latest science from the field, we hope to help you make that science actionable and apply it in your work in ways that can increase your impact. In June, we hosted a webinar 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 childre During the webinar, Corey Zimmerman, our Chief Program Officer, moderated a discussion around these themes between Dr. Lindsey Burghardt (Chief Science Officer) and Dr. Dominique Lightsey-Joseph (Director of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Strategy) which we're happy to share with you all on today's episode. To access the full Working Paper and related publications, please visit our website at developingchild.harvard.edu. Now, without further ado, here's Corey Zimmerman.   Corey Zimmerman: Hi, everybody. Welcome. I'm Corey Zimmerman. I'm the Chief Program Officer here at the Center on the Developing Child, and today we're going to be discussing a paper, the name of it is Place Matters: The Environment We Create Shapes the Foundation of Healthy Development. This paper was written by our National Scientific Council on Developing Child and was released earlier this year in March. We see this webinar as an opportunity to begin to understand a broader frame for thinking about what influences early childhood development, the role that inequity plays in influencing the environment children are in, and third, some early thoughts on new actors or sectors that might be called upon given this broader frame,

Contents Podcast Panelists Additional Resources Transcript In April, we hosted a webinar about the recently released IDEAS Impact Framework Toolkit—a free online resource designed to help innovators in the field of early childhood build improved programs and products that are positioned to achieve greater impact in their communities. During the webinar, we provided an overview of the site and had the opportunity to hear from two organizations in the field about how they leveraged the toolkit and its resources to shape their work: Valley Settlement and Raising a Reader. This episode of the Brain Architects podcast features highlights from the webinar. If you're interested in hearing a full walk through of the toolkit by the Director of our Pediatric Innovation Initiative, Dr. Melanie Berry, please head over to our YouTube channel to view the full webinar recording. Panelists Aeshna Badruzzaman, PhD (Moderator)Senior Project Manager for Instructional Design, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Melanie Berry, PsyDDirector of the Pediatric Innovation Initiative, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Sally Boughton, MNMDirector of Development & Communications at Valley Settlement Andres Garcia Lopez, EdM, MBASenior Project Manager, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Karla ReyesProgram Manager of El Busesito Mobile Preschool Program at Valley Settlement Michelle Sioson HymanSenior Vice President, Programs and Partnerships at Raising a Reader Corey Zimmerman, EdM (Podcast Host)Chief Program Officer, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Additional Resources IDEAS Framework Toolkit Valley Settlement Raising a Reader Transcript Corey Zimmerman: Welcome to the Brain Architects, a podcast from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. I'm Corey Zimmerman, the Center's Chief Program Officer. Our Center believes that advances in the science of child development provide a powerful source of new ideas that can improve outcomes for children and their caregivers. By sharing the latest science from the field, we hope to help you make that science actionable, and apply it in your work in ways that can increase your impact. With that goal in mind, the Center recently released the IDEAS Impact Framework Toolkit—a free online resource designed to help innovators in the field of early childhood build improved programs and products that are positioned to achieve greater impact in their communities. The Toolkit is self-guided, self-paced, and provides a structured and flexible approach that facilitates program development, evaluation, and fast-cycle iteration, including resources to help teams develop and investigate a clear and precise Theory of Change. In April, we hosted a webinar about the toolkit, where we provided an overview of the site and had the opportunity to hear from teams at several organizations in the field about how they leveraged the toolkit and its resources to shape their work. We're excited to share those discussions with you here on this episode of the Brain Architects podcast. If you're interested in hearing a full walk through of the toolkit, by the Director of our Pediatric Innovation Initiative, Dr. Melanie Berry, please head over to our YouTube channel to view the full webinar recording. You'll also hear from Dr. Melanie Berry during the Q&A portion. The full IDEAS toolkit we'll be talking about today can be found at ideas.developingchild.harvard.edu. And now, without further ado, here's Dr. Aeshna Badruzzaman, the Center's Senior Project Manager for Instructional Design and the moderator for our panel discussion. Aeshna Badruzzaman: Hello, everyone. Welcome. My name is Dr. Aeshna Badruzzaman. I am a Senior Project Manager for Instructional Design at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University or HCDC,

As parents, we often find ourselves pulled in a million different directions. From the endless demands of work and home to the needs of our children and partners, it can be easy to lose sight of our own needs and forget the importance of self-care. But what happens when we neglect ourselves? We become frazzled, stressed, and unable to give our best selves to those who rely on us the most. That's why finding ways to reconnect with our center as parents is so important. Join us for another special show with guest Linda Blythe where we'll dive into "How Do We Get Back to Our Center as a Parent?" In this show, she will help you rediscover your own inner peace and connect more deeply with your children. This show will leave you feeling empowered, inspired, and ready to take on the joys and challenges of parenting with renewed vigor and clarity. Follow me on social media Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/veenuinspir... Facebook ▶ https://www.facebook.com/veenuinspires TikTok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@veenuinspires... Please be aware you are witnessing a live-recorded conversation exploring opinions that do not necessarily represent you, global views, and/or scientific approaches. These are just conversations of opinions through personal experiences, challenges, and studies. Please take what resonates with you, and leave what doesn't. Feel free to share your own opinion, as you might have your own journey and knowledge that will help someone on their personal path. Give Your Kids a Childhood They Won't Need To Heal From

“I've known since I was nine that I was a little bit different than everybody else,” Sherrie Scaffidi says. “But back then there was not a lot of information about people who were like I was. So I kept it hidden and I didn't do much about it. I told my late wife I think in the early 1990s. It didn't go over well at all, so I kept it hidden. She passed away in 2012, and that's when I decided that I was going to live my life the way I was supposed to be. So I started cross hormone therapy and in 2015 I came out to my three grown children. And I haven't looked back since then.” Scaffidi, 72, is a transgender woman who came out to the world at the age of 65 in the year 2015. She's well know in Reno at Our Center, and from her involvement in various groups including with PFLAG, an organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents, families, and allies and with TAG, the Transgender Allies Group. Here she tells her story with reporter Kingkini Sengupta.

The peer to peer group at Our Center in Reno provides support for “parents, friends and caregivers of transgender and gender variant youth” on the third Thursday of every month from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.. One of the participants is Valerie Lovett who on this episode with reporter Kingkini Sengupta shares her own journey trying to help herself and her child.

OUR Center has provided critical services such as food, housing, and utilities to help families achieve self-reliance since 1986, and works closely with many other agencies in the community to assist those in need, especially those in emergency situations. OUR […]

Contents Podcast Panelists Additional Resources Transcript These days, resilience is needed more than ever, and one simple, underrecognized way of supporting healthy and resilient child development is as old as humanity itself: play. Far from frivolous, play contributes to sturdy brain architecture, the foundations of lifelong health, and the building blocks of resilience, yet its importance is often overlooked. In this podcast, Dr. Jack Shonkoff explains the role of play in supporting resilience and five experts share their ideas and personal stories about applying the science of play in homes, communities, and crisis environments around the world. Panelists Andres Bustamante, Assistant Professor, University of California Irvine School of Education Laura Huerta Migus, Deputy Director, Office of Museum Services at Institute for Museum and Library Services Lynneth Solis, Researcher and lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Erum Mariam, Executive Director, BRAC Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University Michael Yogman, Pediatrician, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Hospital Additional Resources Resources from the Center on the Developing Child Video: Play in Early Childhood: The Role of Play in Any Setting Video: How-to: 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return Handout: 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return Video: Building Babies' Brains Through Play: Mini Parenting Master Class (from UNICEF) Report: Three Principles to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families InBrief: The Science of Resilience Resources from Our Guests Panel Learning to Cope through Play UCI STEM Learning Lab Playful Learning Landscapes Understanding the Social Wellbeing Impacts of the Nation's Libraries and Museums Play in Humanitarian Settings 5 Takeaways from Supporting Refugee Parents to Help Children Learn and Thrive During Covid-19 BRAC Humanitarian Play Lab: when playing becomes healing BRAC: ECD and Play “I try to take their pain away through play”: A healing experiment in Rohingya refugee camps (Quartz: membership required) Prescription for Play The Power of Play: A Pediatric Role in Enhancing Development in Young Children Preventing Childhood Toxic Stress: Partnering with Families and Communities to Promote Relational Health Transcript Sally Pfitzer, host: Welcome to the Brain Architects, a podcast from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. I'm your host, Sally Pfitzer. Our Center believes that advances in science can provide a powerful source of new ideas that can improve outcomes for children and families. We want to help you apply the science of early childhood development to your everyday interactions with children and take what you're hearing from our experts and panels and apply it to your everyday work. So in today's episode, we're going to get serious about the topic of play. For children, play is a fundamental building block of child development, but its role in supporting resilience is often overlooked. And after the past few years, we surely need resilience now more than ever! For me, as a former preschool teacher, I'm especially excited about this episode and speaking with today's experts, because I've seen first-hand how important play is for young children's development. But what can science tell us about it? And what can be done to support more play in everyday life, even in crisis contexts? In this podcast, we'll dive into the science of play and resilience, and then we'll explore how people are using that knowledge to support child development around the world. To explain the science, we'll start with Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Professor of Child Health and Development and the Director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. So Jack, what do we mean by resilience and what do we know about how people develop it?...

A Communist was elected to the presidency of Chile on Sunday. Gabriel Boric will now pull his country fully into the camp of Marxists who run most of our hemisphere – and intend to take over the rest next year. Such “fundamental transformations” generally involve a radical leftist rewrite of the national constitution. Power is consolidated in the executive's hands, state expropriation of key industries is authorized, as is the redistribution of wealth and property. Sound familiar? That's because this formula has destroyed freedom and prosperity everywhere it has been implemented. Our Center for Security Policy warned in a powerful webinar last week that this outcome would be disastrous for Chile. Worse yet, it sets the stage for similarly ominous outcomes in votes in what are basically the hemisphere's last-standing Free World nations: Colombia and Brazil. Learn more at SecureFreedom.org. This is Frank Gaffney. 

Saturday, July 24 will be Reno's annual Northern Nevada Community Pride Parade and Festival. In this week's episode, Conor is joined by YeVonne Allen from Northern Nevada Pride and Our Center, Reno's LGBTQIA+ community gathering place.  Conor and YeVonne talk all things Pride, from Reno's LGBTQ history, the origins of Northern Nevada Pride, what to expect at the events this year, how the pride parade and festival raise funds for Our Center, other events and promotions happening this week, the importance of in-person spaces for the LGBTQ community, and so much more! Learn more about this Saturday's event at http://www.northernnevadapride.org Go visit Our Center in person, and on social media (Facebook and Instagram) I will have a Renoites booth at the festival on Saturday, 7/24 selling Renoites pride merch! Please come say hi and pick up some Renoites gear! Thank you so much for listening!

In this episode of Becoming Unsilenced, I chat with Robin Eaton, Teacher, Shaman, and Coach, about what it's necessary to slow down to speed up. We discuss how slowing down allows one to study life in a new way and then intentionally choose what to keep, what to release, and the next path to travel. Robin defines the difference between destiny and fate and helps us understand the four lines of fate the typically keep a person "hooked" stuck. She shares with us the science behind the FLOW Formula and how to apply it to life. We cover a lot of topics that all tie in together such as values, emotions, family genetics, and how you can build a life you don't need a vacation from. Check out the entire episode or jump straight to the part you most want to listen to 00:00 Slow Down to Speed Up with Robin Eaton 05:43 The Formula for Flow 12:17 The Four Lines of Fate 15:50 Heart-Centered Values 24:10 Slowing Down Allows us to Study Patterns 27:00 Emotions as Keys to Freedom 32:22 Healing Emotions and Slowing Down Influence the Formula 39:00 Acceptance and Forgiveness 46:17 Facing Fears Brings Us Closer to Our Center 49:48 How have you become Unsilenced in Your Own Life? 52:00 How has connecting with your Spirit allowed you to Develop to the greatest of Your Potential? To Claim Robin's Free Gift of her Flow with Intention Class email her and mention this podcast: Robin@soultouchedbyrobin.com CONNECT WITH ROBIN Website: https://www.soultouchedbyrobin.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soultouchedbyrobin -------------------------------------- JOIN THE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: BREAKING FREE, LIVING UNSILENCED, & JOYFUL LIVING WITH VICKI HADDOCK ------------------------------------- HOW TO WORK WITH VICKI: Vicki is an Adventurer, Life Guide, Coach and Inspirer. She shares wisdom, tools and techniques that inspire others to live Unsilenced lives and Evolve into the truly amazing human beings they were born as! Sign up to Receive Becoming Unsilenced Podcast Email Updates! http://bit.ly/podcastupdates Email a question or topic you would love to hear about to inspire@tslimits.com CONNECT WITH VICKI: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TranscendingLimitsLLC/ Website: https://www.tslimits.comLinkedIn: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vickihaddock/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transcending_limits --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/becoming-unsilenced/message

Nick Senzel is Our Center fielder according to David Bell. And It's National Chili Day Which Means we have one more skyline gift card to giveaway, by playing our favorite game, Who's Bat is That!

Nick Senzel is Our Center fielder according to David Bell. And It's National Chili Day Which Means we have one more skyline gift card to giveaway, by playing our favorite game, Who's Bat is That!

How do we use the science of early childhood development to implement practical strategies and overcome longstanding barriers in the early childhood field? How can we ensure that families' voices are heard when we create policies or programs? Contents Podcast Panelists Additional Resources Transcript To kick off this episode, Center Director Dr. Jack Shonkoff describes what the science means for policymakers, system leaders, care providers, and caregivers. This is followed by a discussion among a distinguished panel of experts, including Cindy Mann (Manatt Health), Dr. Aaliyah Samuel (Northwest Evaluation Association), and Jane Witowski (Help Me Grow). The panelists discuss how we can break down the silos in the early childhood field, policies affecting prenatal-three, and how policies can change to address the stressors inflicted by poverty, community violence, and racism. Panelists Cindy Mann Dr. Aaliyah Samuel Jane Witowski Additional Resources Resources from the Center on the Developing Child The Brain Architects: Connecting Health & Learning Part I: The Science Working Paper 15: Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body: Early Childhood Development and Lifelong Health Are Deeply Intertwined InBrief: Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body Health and Learning Are Deeply Interconnected in the Body: An Action Guide for Policymakers What Is Inflammation? And Why Does it Matter for Child Development? How Racism Can Affect Child Development Resources from the Panelists Testing America's Freedom Podcast Help Me Grow National Center Transcript Sally: Welcome to the Brain Architects, a podcast from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. I'm your host, Sally Pfitzer. Our Center believes that advances in science can provide a powerful source of new ideas that can improve outcomes for children and families. We want to help you apply the science of early childhood development to your everyday interactions with children and take what you're hearing from our experts and panels and apply it to your everyday work.  Today, we'll discuss how the science we shared in our previous episode, on the early years and lifelong health, can change the way we think about early childhood policy and practice, and what this shift means for policymakers, practitioners, and caregivers. So, I'd like to welcome back Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Professor of Child Health and Development and the Director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. Hi, Jack. Welcome back.  Jack: Hey, Sally.  Sally:  So we talked in the last episode about how the brain is connected to the rest of the body, and especially how the early years really matter when it comes to lifelong health. What does this science mean for policymakers, system leaders, or even caregivers?  Jack: That's a really important question, Sally. From the beginning of the early childhood field, it's always been focused on early learning and improving children's readiness to succeed in school. In the policy world, it's in education policy, comes out of the education budget. For people who work in early childhood programs, and for parents, it's about programs that encourage and provide rich learning opportunities for children to develop early literacy competencies.  But the mindset shift here is that it's not just about early learning in school—it's about the foundations of physical and mental health. It's not just about improving outcomes for greater economic productivity—better educational achievement. It's also about decreasing the likelihood that you'll develop heart disease or hypertension, or diabetes, or a wide range of the most common chronic illnesses in society. It's not just a matter of return on investment—asking “So, how much more economically productive will the population be? How much will we save in incarceration?

Fast Takes - Episode 11 View the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2021-01/COVID-19%20Impact%20Survey%20Yields%20Unexpected%20Findings%20for%20Individuals%20with%20Progressive%20MS_0.pdf In this episode, Dr. Nancy Chiaravalloti, Director of Our Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience and Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research to talks about her latest peer reviewed article “COVID-19 Impact Survey Yields Unexpected Findings for Individuals with Progressive MS" which was published online August 19, 2020 in Journal of Neurology at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-020-10160-7 and at Kessler Foundation at https://kesslerfoundation.org/press-release/covid-19-impact-survey-yields-unexpected-findings-individuals-progressive-ms. Funding sources for this study is the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada grant EGID3185. Co-authors: Maria Pia Amato, Giampaolo Brichetto, Jeremy Chataway, Ulrik Dalgas, John DeLuca, Cecilia Meza, Nancy B. Moore, Peter Feys, Massimo Filippi, Jennifer Freeman, Matilde Inglese, Rob Motl, Maria Assunta Rocca, Brian M. Sandroff, Amber Salter, Gary Cutter, Anthony Feinstein & on behalf of the CogEx Research Team Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, or wherever you get your podcasts. This podcast was recorded on September 17, 2020 remotely and was edited and produced by Joan Banks-Smith, Creative Producer for Kessler Foundation.

PODCAST #21We Are the Miracle Workers. Part 2 Sound Healing with Sharon HolleranThe miracle of Sound Healing!    How Sharon healed her crippling back pain through the vibration of crystal singing bowls. In 2012, unable to walk, she was brought to an old church in Pasadena, CA called the “Church of Truth.” * What happened to Sharon was a miracle and yet she had complete trust in the hope and possibility that it would work. The sound of the bowls triggered that memory of self-healing and halfway through the sound bath, she felt “all this crackling of energy and blood flowing down my legs.” After about six months of using this healing power of sound, Sharon was completely healed. She could go hiking again and do anything she wanted to do.   We can do that now. We must do that now. For this is the only real, natural, free energy left to us to practice. Throughout this podcast, Sharon also shares some remarkable experiences on her healing journey, her encounters with other off-world realities and her own blood type which makes up only one percent of the human population. Is she a “real human?” Yes! Has she suffered and gone through much pain? Oh yes. But, her laughter and song override the discord and disharmony of negativity and untruths because she has learned how. She practices with her sound healing bowls and loves to energize and share her healing gifts with others. Recently, Sharon and I were talking about our family backgrounds and discovered that we both came from loud, creative, and expressive family dynamics where we could explore our talents and needs and freely protest if we wanted to!    And not only that, but our very spirited fathers shared the same nickname which was, “Happy Jack!”  What are the odds of that? We also understand what is at stake here and that we are in danger of losing our very voices and soul power, our memories of self-healing through divine intervention. Ask for it. Keep asking and believing. Charge up your brain power, your heart & soul power and make a joyful noise. *From The Church of Truth, Pasadena, CA.Our Center for Awakening Consciousness teaches that there is a power within us greater than anything that happens to us, and that by understanding and applying the principles of this power we can establish ourselves in health, harmony and abundance. Our founder, Dr. Albert Grier said: "Truth ... goes to the one source of authority - the soul of man - where God has put power and says: Trust thyself." Our belief is "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." Dr. Grier's vision was to "found a church from which man, no matter how far he advances, no matter what vision shall be granted him, will never have to depart in order to follow his highest, to answer the call of his soul. "Through meditation, contemplation and conscious living we open ourselves to the direct and personal experience of God. Statement of Being "I am Spirit, I think, see, feel and live as Spirit in the presence of God, and through the power of God in me am able to manifest the perfection of Spirit in mind and body."      

Our Center studies the intersection of law and technology, but what does that really mean? Over two episodes of Tech Refactored we asked six scholars writing in this area to give us their take. In the first episode in this two-part series we asked, ‘What is Law?’ and ‘What is Technology?’ This, our second episode on the subject, builds on that discussion to ask what we are doing when we are studying law and technology. Does the field stand alone as its own discipline? Does it have its own methodologies?” Guests include BJ Ard, Rebecca Crootof, Ryan Calo, Joshua Fairfield, Meg Leta Jones, and Woodrow Hartzog. Be sure to check out all the guest's posts on The Record.

Business Hall is home to our Rohrer College of Business. In addition to all of the business classrooms and offices, the building also has collaboration rooms with BT accessible TVs for students to use as study spaces or for group project preparation. The Business Hall is also the location to find our Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and our Center for Professional Development. Our Center for Professional Development is an office that students can visit for career advice, resume help, and even borrow professional attire for interviews. The building is also home to our's stock trading room, complete with 12 Bloomberg terminals to give our students an exceptional hands-on learning environment.

What is the different skill notebook?    Thinking back to when you were in high school or college did you have a classmate that took amazing notes. They loved their notes and took so much time to make the notes look like work of art. Interestingly enough there are several blogs on tumbler on journaling.  Where individuals share their amazing journals and lists. The different skill notebook is my notebook with my notes from the last 15 years detailing a skill map to adaptability and self-sufficiency.   My name is Ana Anselma I am the owner and co-founder of the Social Mind Center in Davie, Florida. We want to invite you to our Center's family room. Our Center has an amazing family room with a coffee bar. We want you to join the smart conversations we have in our family room. So grab a cup of coffee listen for a brief 10-15 minutes more often under 10 minutes and get some smart notes.  You learn about the social competency skills that lead to adaptability and social competency. Adaptability is the most valued skill by employers and now in the age of COVID adaptability will be an even more vital skill. I will share my family's story with ASD and the stories of hundreds of families that have been part of our Center. The skill groups we will explore are: Social Language:  words to use in different situations using language for different purposes changing language per needs of listener and situation rules of conversation and storytelling  Social Cognition: mental processes in perceiving, attending, remembering, think about and making sense of people in the social world (Moscowitz, 2005). Attention Theory of Mind -attribute mental states, beliefs, intents, desires and emotions, knowledge to oneself and others, and to other understand that others have beliefs, desires, intentions and perspectives that are different from one's own Emotional Competence: refers to essential social skills to recognize, interpret, and respond constructively to emotions of yourself and others Executive Function "Cognitive Control" is a set of mental processes that have to do with managing oneself and one's resources in order to achieve a goal and involves mental control and self-regulation (Jericho, 2012) Working memory Cognitive flexibility Inhibitory control/ impulse control attention/focus emotional regulation/ control self-monitoring task initiation  organization planning and prioritizing Thank you for listening please visit us www.socialmindcenter.com for more different skill notebook pages.   

The “Wisdom of The Soul” Show, with Host Janice Fuchs, LCSW   …Connecting to Universal Love and Wisdom through your Connection to Your Soul! On this Episode, Janice discusses how: Turning to the Soul during a Time of Crisis can bring Us back to Our Center of Peace! More Upcoming Shows! >>>> PsychicTalk.net/Upcoming Become a Radio Host! >>>> PsychicTalk.net/Hosts

Kim, Rory, and Rick are sitting down with part of the cast of the musical Get Bent: A Gender Bent Musical Review. In the studio we have Michelle, Stephanie, and the lovely Xelena - Empress of the Impossible - here to fill us in on their latest gender bending production. They answer the hard questions and share a few songs from the show. So listen up and play along at home.

Uncategorized host Sam Ray-Johnson interviews volunteer Samantha Gingg, activist Jallen Rix, photographer and co-founder of the NoH8 Campaign Adam Bouska and agender University of Nevada, Reno student Thomas Jackson. Special thanks to OUR Center for letting us cover their event. Song credits go to (in order): Podington Bear: Happytime Podington Bear: Happy Ending Lisa Germano: Strange Bird (Instrumental) Weinland: Sunken Eyes (Instrumental) Maps Transit: Our Happy Life Nick Jaina: Try Try Again

Uncategorized host Sam Ray-Johnson interviews Northern Nevada Pride & OUR Center organizer Meredith Tanzer and SNAFU Con organizer T. Costa. Song credits go to (in order): Sergey Cheremisinov - Tavern David Szesztay - Smiling Flowers Raphae - Echo The Bell - Celebrate The Good Times (Instrumental) Dave Depper - All The Pieces Come Together Nick Jaina - Try Try Again

Do you have lyme? How do you know? All the tests conflict? What do I do if I have Lyme? I can't take the antibiotics! In response to many requests, on 6/23/2014 at 8PM Eastern, Dr. Armine and Shawn Bean, Nutritional Biochemist, will discuss Lyme Disease with emphasis on proper diagnosis and alternative therapies. As many of you know, aside from working at Our Center, Shawn works with Leslie Fein, MD, LLMD one of the finest Lyme doctors in the United States! Lyme disease is a hot topic these days and the disease can express in 1000 different ways....Let Dr. Armine and Shawn help you wade through the muck and mire!  Join us at 8PM Monday 6/23/14.