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All Kids Thriving: How Learning and Development Happen
Click here to access all of the articles Pamela Cantor, M.D. has written for Psychology Today.
Got Holiday Stress?
Is the stress of the holiday season wearing you down? Here's a way out.
Helping Young People Achieve Peak Performance
Every human skill in every person has a developmental range, but the sad fact is that most of us never get to explore the upper limits, whether in classrooms, in sports, or in the arts.
The 180 Podcast | Jeff Duncan-Andrade: How to Build a School Where the Goal is Youth Wellness (Part 2)
What can the rest of us learn from Duncan-Andrade’s experience in building East Oakland’s Roses in Concrete school and apply to our own situations—as parents, educators, and community members—to rethink and reorient community education?
The 180 Podcast | Jeff Duncan-Andrade: The Purpose of Education Should Be Youth Wellness (Part 1)
The goal of wellness might be simple, but Jeff Duncan-Andrade's remedy to reach it is not: A complete rethink and rebuild of public education, one built through something he calls “community responsiveness.”
The 180 Podcast | P.S. 340: Getting to Know How Students Are Feeling and Functioning
Diana De Corte and Alexei Nichols on how Turnaround for Children's Well-Being Index works at their K-5 school in the Bronx.
The 180 Podcast | Christina Theokas: The Well-Being Index
Christina Theokas explains why Turnaround for Children developed its Well-Being Index.
The 180 Podcast | John King: Getting Back to School Safely and Better
What exactly can the Federal Department of Education do to respond to enduring questions of how to address inequities in funding, academic outcomes, and opportunities when reimagining education in America?
The 180 Podcast | Margaret Beale Spencer: Let's Talk About the Elephant in the Room, Racism. (Part 2)
In part 2 of our conversation with Margaret Beale Spencer, the Marshall Field IV Professor of Urban Education at the University of Chicago, we dive deeper into Dr. Spencer’s scientific research on human development and ask her for guidance to address the elephant in many rooms today: racism.
Education Next: The Stress of This Moment Might Be Hurting Kids’ Development
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pamela Cantor, M.D. offers a framework for educators and parents to manage and surmount stress, the 3 R's, relationships, routines, and resilience.
The 180 Podcast | Sheila Ohlsson Walker: A Recipe for Thriving in Stressful Times
Our bodies and brains are integrated systems, and making self-care part of our daily routine—even during the most challenging of times—can provide the stabilizing sense of control that builds resilience.
The 180 Podcast | Pamela Cantor, M.D.: How to Parent in a Pandemic
Pamela Cantor, M.D. introduces the concept of 3 R's: relationships, routines, and resilience to help parents and caregivers navigate the pandemic.
The 180 Podcast | Pamela Cantor, M.D.: Coronavirus—Keeping Our Children And Ourselves Safe
A conversation with Pamela Cantor, M.D. in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic about managing disruption, stress, health, and safety.
The 180 Podcast | Karen Pittman: Learning Happens Everywhere
If, as the saying goes, learning happens everywhere, how can our community based programs—the ones outside the classroom that serve and engage our children and youth—use the Science of Learning and Development to rethink and redesign what kids do after the end of school bell rings?