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Caregiver Handouts: Games and Activities that Build Brains and Executive Function Skills

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.
Caregiver Handouts: Games and Activities that Build Brains and Executive Function Skills
Staying Active for Caregivers Handout Value of Routines for Caregivers Handout 100 Ways to Bond with your Child Handout Positive Parenting Handout
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Early Brain and Child Development 101: Why Peekaboo Matters

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…
Early Brain and Child Development 101: Why Peekaboo Matters
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Executive Function: Information for Providers

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.
Executive Function: Information for Providers
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How to Help Families and Staff Build Resilience During the Covid-19 Outbreak

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 Help Families and Staff Build Resilience During the Covid-19 Outbreak
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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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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
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Maternal Depression Can Undermine the Development of Young Children

This working paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs examines why addressing the consequences of serious depression in parents and caregivers could support the future prosperity and well-being of both children and society as a whole.
Maternal Depression Can Undermine the Development of Young Children
InBrief: The Science of Early Childhood Development InBrief: The Impact of Early Adversity on Children’s Development Excessive Stress Disrupts the Architecture of the Developing Brain Persistent Fear and Anxiety Can Affect Young Children’s Learning and Development InBrief: The Science of Neglect The Science of Neglect: The Persistent Absence of Responsive Care Disrupts the Developing Brain InBrief: Applying the Science of Child Development in Child Welfare Systems  InBrief: Early Childhood Mental Health Young Children Develop in an Environment of Relationships Children’s Emotional Development is Built into the Architecture of their Brain Early Exposure to Toxic Substances Damages Brain Architecture  The Timing and Quality of Early Experiences Combine to Shape Brain Architecture Early Experiences Can Alter Gene Expression and Affect Long-Term Development Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body: Early Childhood Development and Lifelong Health Are Deeply Intertwined InBrief: Understanding the Science of Motivation Understanding Motivation: Building the Brain Architecture That Supports Learning, Health, and Community Participation   InBrief: Executive Function: Skills for Life and Learning  Building the Brain’s “Air Traffic Control” System: How Early Experiences Shape the Development of Executive Function  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
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Supportive Relationships and Active Skill-Building Strengthen the Foundations of Resilience

This working paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child explains how supportive relationships with adults help children develop resilience, or the set of skills needed to respond to adversity and thrive.
Supportive Relationships and Active Skill-Building Strengthen the Foundations of Resilience
Building Babies’ Brains Through Play: Mini Parenting Master Class InBrief: Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body 8 Things to Remember about Child Development 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return What is Executive Function? And How Does it Relate to Child Development?