Podcasts by The Brain Architects

The Brain Architects

Healthy development in the early years provides the building blocks for educational achievement, economic productivity, responsible citizenship, strong communities, and successful parenting of the next generation. By improving children’s environments, relationships, and experiences early in life, society can address many costly problems, including incarceration, homelessness, and the failure to complete high school. But if you’re a parent, caregiver, teacher, or someone who works with children every day, you may be wondering, “Where do I start?!” From brain architecture to toxic stress to serve and return, The Brain Architects, a new podcast from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University will explore what we can do during this incredibly important period to ensure that all children have a strong foundation for future development.

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The Brain Architects
Place Matters from 2023-09-20T19:41:03

Contents PodcastPanelists Additional ResourcesTranscript In June, we hosted a webinar about our latest Working Paper, Place Matters: The Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy De...

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IDEAS Framework Toolkit from 2023-07-11T20:13:14

Contents PodcastPanelists Additional ResourcesTranscript In April, we hosted a webinar about the recently released IDEAS Impact Framework Toolkit—a free online resource designed to help innovato...

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Building Resilience Through Play from 2022-02-22T20:47

Contents PodcastPanelists Additional ResourcesTranscript These days, resilience is needed more than ever, and one simple, underrecognized way of supporting healthy and resilient child development...

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COVID-19 Special Edition: Mental Health Vital Signs from 2021-06-16T06:07:49

The devastating toll of the pandemic has underscored the critical importance of connecting what science is telling us to the lived experiences of people and communities. In March of 2020, we record...

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COVID-19 Special Edition: Building from Strengths: Post-Pandemic Partnerships in Health Care from 2021-06-10T14:50:17

The devastating toll of the pandemic has underscored the critical importance of connecting what science is telling us to the lived experiences of people and communities. In March of 2020, we record...

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COVID-19 Special Edition: Superheroes of Pediatric Care: Moving Beyond the Challenges of COVID-19 from 2021-06-02T19:55:04

The devastating toll of the pandemic has underscored the critical importance of connecting what science is telling us to the lived experiences of people and communities. In March of 2020, we record...

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COVID-19 Special Edition: How Do We Rebuild and Re-Envision Early Childhood Services? from 2021-05-19T20:01:34

The devastating toll of the pandemic has underscored the critical importance of connecting what science is telling us to the lived experiences of people and communities. In March of 2020, we record...

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Connecting Health and Learning Part II: The Implications from 2021-01-20T23:02:38

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 ar...

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Connecting Health and Learning Part I: The Science from 2020-12-08T15:19:41

How do our biological systems work together to respond to chronic stress? What do these responses mean for early learning and lifelong health? And when we say that early experiences matter, what do...

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COVID-19 Special Edition: Mental Health in a Locked-Down World from 2020-05-19T19:15:50

While some countries and U.S. states are beginning to reopen businesses and other gathering places, the pandemic is still very much with us. Physical distancing will likely be a way of life until a...

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COVID-19 Special Edition: Domestic Violence and Shelter-In-Place from 2020-05-12T17:21:37

Shelter-in-place orders are meant to help protect our communities from the current coronavirus pandemic. But for some people, home isn't always a safe place. For those who are experiencing domestic...

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COVID-19 Special Edition: Creating Communities of Opportunity from 2020-05-06T12:44:52

While the current coronavirus pandemic is affecting all of us, it isn't affecting all of us equally. Some communities—especially communities of color—are feeling the brunt of the virus more than ot...

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COVID-19 Special Edition: Self-Care Isn't Selfish from 2020-04-28T20:38:25

In the midst of a global pandemic, pediatricians are serving a unique role. While the coronavirus is generally showing milder effects on babies and children than on adults, there are still health c...

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COVID-19 Special Edition: A Different World from 2020-04-21T15:07:07

While the coronavirus pandemic has changed many things around the world, it has not stopped child development. In this series of special episodes of The Brain Architects podcast, we aim to share he...

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Serve and Return: Supporting the Foundation from 2020-03-09T20:32:24

What is"serve and return"? What does it mean to have a"responsive relationship"with a child? How do responsive relationships support healthy brain development? And what can parents and caregivers d...

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Toxic Stress: Protecting the Foundation from 2020-02-07T21:55:10

What is toxic stress? What effects can it have on a child's body and development, and how can those effects be prevented? What does it mean to build resilience? This episode of The Brain Architects...

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Brain Architecture: Laying the Foundation from 2020-01-10T22:18:02

Why are the early years of a child's life so important for brain development? How are connections built in the brain, and how can early brain development affect a child's future health? This episod...

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Coming Soon: The Brain Architects Podcast from 2019-12-17T14:53

Center staffers Sally Pfitzer, Charley Gibney, and Brandi Thomas record an episode of The Brain Architects podcast Healthy development in the early years provides the building blocks for education...

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