Experiences Build Brain Architecture

From Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child, this is part of a three-part series titled “Three Core Concepts in Early Development”.

Nurturing Your Baby’s Brain – Intergroup Institute

Science and brain scans now tell us that the first three years of life are absolutely critical years for the development in
your baby’s brain. That development starts for each baby on the day they are born. Here’s how you can help your baby reach his or her potential!

Serve & Return Interaction Shapes Brain Circuitry

From Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child, this is part of a three-part series titled “Three Core Concepts in Early Development”.

Which is better, soap or sanitizer?

Dig into the science of how soap breaks down a coronavirus, and the effectiveness of hand sanitizer against a viral outbreak.

Improving early child development with words

Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald explains how the simple practice of talking to babies will set them up for better performance in school and life.

How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime

Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris delivers a September, 2014 TED Talk on the implications of childhood trauma over the course of a person’s lifetime. She explains how the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.

Toxic Stress Derails Healthy Development

From Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child, this is part of a three-part series titled “Three Core Concepts in Early Development”.

Intro to the NURYL App for Babies

Nuryl is an education-based company that is designed to use High Information Music to stimulate your baby’s brain and boost cognition within your baby’s 1,000 day window for brain development.

Brain Hero

This video produced by Harvard University and USC depicts how actions by a range of people in the family and community impact child development.