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

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

This area of the website for the Center on the Developing Child provides a collection of resources for understanding toxic stress and resilience. A Guide to Toxic Stress…
A Guide to Toxic Stress
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A Guide to Serve and Return: How Your Interaction with Children Can Build Brains

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…
A Guide to Serve and Return: How Your Interaction with Children Can Build Brains
Key Concepts: Brain Architecture
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Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change

Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change…
Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change
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InBrief: The Foundations of Lifelong Health

This brief summarizes essential scientific findings from the Center publications, “The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood”.
InBrief: The Foundations of Lifelong Health
InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development InBrief: The Impact of Early Adversity on Children’s Development The Lifelong Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Role of the Pediatrician: Translating Developmental Science into Lifelong Health Capitalizing on Advances in Science to Reduce the Health Consequences of Early Childhood Adversity Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Impacts of Racism on the Foundations of Health InBrief: The Science of Neglect InBrief: Applying the Science of Child Development in Child Welfare Systems  InBrief: Early Childhood Mental Health
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Establishing a Level Foundation for Life: Mental Health Begins in Early Childhood

Establishing a Level Foundation for Life: Mental Health Begins in Early Childhood…
Establishing a Level Foundation for Life: Mental Health Begins in Early Childhood
InBrief: Understanding the Science of Motivation InBrief: Executive Function: Skills for Life and Learning  InBrief: The Science of Resilience
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Genes, Environments, and Time: The Biology of Adversity and Resilience 

This February 2021 article by Tom Boyce, Pat Levitt, Fernando Martinez, Bruce McEwen and Jack Shonkoff article in the journal Pediatrics is one of two companion pieces.  The article uses a gene-environment-time framework to look at the roles of genetic variation, environmental context, and developmental timing as they relate to…
Genes, Environments, and Time: The Biology of Adversity and Resilience 
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Leveraging the Biology of Adversity and Resilience to Transform Pediatric Practice

This February 2021 article by Jack P. Shonkoff, Thomas Boyce, Pat Levitt, Fernando D. Martinez and Bruce McEwen is one of two companion pieces in the journal Pediatrics.  The article highlights how the different outcomes experienced by children are shaped by ongoing adaptations to context that begin very early and…
Leveraging the Biology of Adversity and Resilience to Transform Pediatric Practice
Building Babies’ Brains Through Play: Mini Parenting Master Class Experiences Build Brain Architecture
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Stress and Resilience: How Toxic Stress Affects Us, and What We Can Do About It

Stress and Resilience: How Toxic Stress Affects Us, and What We Can Do About It…
Stress and Resilience: How Toxic Stress Affects Us, and What We Can Do About It
Toxic Stress Derails Healthy Development FrameWorks: Changing the Childhood Obesity Conversation to Improve Children’s Health InBrief: Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body FrameWorks: Framing Early Relational Health
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FrameWorks: Reframing Children’s Mental Health

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FrameWorks: Reframing Children’s Mental Health
8 Things to Remember about Child Development FrameWorks: Effectively Communicating about Toxic Stress FrameWorks: Reframing Childhood Adversity FrameWorks: Framing the Overload Metaphor FrameWorks: Framing How Brains are Built 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return What We Can Do About Toxic Stress What Is Inflammation? And Why Does It Matter for Child Development? How Racism Can Affect Child Development Epigenetics and Child Development: How Children’s Experiences Affect their Genes ACEs and Toxic Stress: Frequently Asked Questions What is Executive Function? And How Does it Relate to Child Development?