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Here you’ll find handouts with suggestions for games and activities to do with children of different ages. They can be shared at well child visits or when caregivers are looking for support with behavior. These activities can promote child-caregiver bonding, executive function skills, and build children’s brains through play.

For Medical Students and Residents  In medical school, we learn the science behind health and disease. How do nephrons filter blood that runs through the network of capillaries in the glomerulus, and what disease occurs when that process goes awry? How do myocytes conduct electricity, and how do aberrations in…

This handout helps explain what executive function skills are, why they are important and how supporting their development can promote healthy child and adolescent development.

What can we do to build up and strengthen resilience during the COVID-19 outbreak? How can we build resilience to plan ahead for future times of crisis? This resource, with practical tips and suggestions for providers looking to support caregivers and each other, presents three science-based ways that we can…

How to Motivate Children: Science-Based Approaches for Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers…

This page contains a collection of resources about the concept of “serve and return” interactions. It includes an introduction to the basics of serve and return and the science behind it and includes videos that can be shared with caregivers about how serve and return interactions build brains. For…

Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change…

This brief summarizes essential scientific findings from the Center publications, “The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood”.

Building Babies’ Brains Through Play: Mini Parenting Master Class…

Stress and Resilience: How Toxic Stress Affects Us, and What We Can Do About It…

Toxic Stress Derails Healthy Development…