Helping Children Birth-5 Rebound from Traumatic Experiences: Create Classrooms that Support Recovery

Thanks for sharing this wonderful program.

If we take the brain research seriously, that is, that the last trimester to 18 months is the period in which the right brain (which is the center for social /emotional development)

is rapidly developing and is foundational to all later development (per Dr. Allan Schore), then this should be the period in which we also strongly support the birthing family, both practically and emotionally, promote healthy birthing and bonding/attachment practices and educate and support parents and extended family in their understanding of child and family development within a healthy community. This includes medical professionals, (obstetricians, pediatricians, family practitioners and also midwives, doulas, and childbirth educators, infant-parent mental health specialists,) early childhood education professionals, policy makers and the business community.  

At the First Five California conference last week, we heard about pediatricians collaborating with other sectors and creating integrated services and at the Birth Psychology conference in Seattle, much of the focus was on these approaches.

 This is a two-generational approach that is highly recommended by Dr. Jack Shonkoff of the Center for the Developing Child at Harvard.  And it would save so much money in the long run.  Let's get together and begin at the beginning...

Thanks Sarah for sharing! So critically imperative our systems support early childhood development and these strategies are intervening immediately. Very inspiring!