Developing the Whole Child: Integrating the Science of Learning Across All Youth Development Settings
Brigid Ahern and Katie Brackenridge; Turnaround for Children
The S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, with facilitators from Turnaround for Children, present this webinar on developing the whole child.
View the archived webinar here.
Topics include:
- Learning about the core principles from neuroscientific, developmental, and learning science research.
- Understanding the critical role that context (the environments, relationships, and experiences to which children are exposed) plays in brain development
- Considering how a negative context – specifically stress and trauma – can impact children’s development
- Exploring how to apply what we know from the science to build positive contexts around children