Parent Workshop: Keys to Healthy Brain Development and Resilience
Parent Workshop: Keys to Healthy Brain Development and Resilience
Early childhood is a period of explosive brain growth. The everyday interactions that you have with your child build the architecture for later learning and support your child’s ability to adapt and cope when faced with challenges. Join Dr. Gruendel for this informative workshop and gain confidence in parenting your developing child.
Tuesday, April 25, 6:30-8
Indian River Library
2320 Old Greenbrier Road, Chesapeake
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Professional Workshop: What Can Science Teach Us About Maternal Depression and Neglect?
Four in 10 babies born into poverty (already a risk factor) have been found by researchers to have mothers who have experienced some form of depression, and one in 10 have a mother with severe depression. Maternal depression increases the risk of neglectful behaviors and substantially impacts the healthy development of infants and children. Recognizing maternal depression as a key factor in cases of neglect and providing collaborative and intentional responses between child welfare, public health and social service resources will benefit infants, children, families, communities and professionals across systems. Join Dr. Gruendel for this informative lecture and consider how you can make a difference.
Wednesday, April 26, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
Brickhouse Auditorium -2nd floor
601 Children’s Lane, Norfolk
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Presenter: Janice M. Gruendel Ph.D. is a senior fellow with the Institute for Child Success and a member of the Harvard Center on the Developing Child’s Frontiers of Innovation Initiative, focused on expanding science to policy pathways that incorporate the research on brain development for America’s most vulnerable children and families. She led significant child welfare reform in the State of Connecticut where she served in the administrations of five Governors for nearly 20 years.