Whole Child Design

By Pamela Cantor, M.D. KEY POINTS Talent exists everywhere, not on a bell curve. Experiences, not genes, determine whether a person’s potential gets revealed. Deliberate practice builds new and powerful connections in the brain. Obstacles are opportunities to overcome disappointment and learn the value of perseverance. When we watch the very best…

Listen to the episode on Turnaround for Children’s website. Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Podbean. In his new book, The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves, Dr. Shawn A. Ginwright provides what he describes as a “roadmap” for people to embody the change they want to see…

Listen to the episode on Turnaround for Children’s website. Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Podbean. “The desire to fit in is one of the most powerful, least understood forces in a society.” …

Listen to the episode on Turnaround for Children’s website. Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Podbean. Our topic today is ripped from the headlines: the war in Ukraine. The horrifying images of Russian military attacks on Ukrainian cities, on civilians, are everywhere. We see the stories. We hear…

by Priscilla Little, Forum for Youth Investment This blog is the sixth, and final, in a series aimed at introducing community-based practitioners and K-12 educators to some of the key concepts described in Design Principles for Community-based Settings: Putting the Science of Learning and Development into Action. …

Listen to the episode on Turnaround for Children’s website. Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Podbean. In our previous episode, we discussed the national state of emergency in child and adolescent mental health. In the two years since the pandemic hit, young people have around the world have…

In communities across the country, students and the adults who teach, support, and care for them are struggling under the weight of more than two years of uncertainty, fear, and lack of safety from the COVID-19 pandemic. BIPOC families have disproportionately experienced some of the most disruptive impacts due to…

by Arielle Lentz, Jill Young, and Jessy Newman, American Institutes for Research This blog is the fifth in a series aimed at introducing community-based practitioners and K-12 educators to some of the key concepts described in Design Principles for Community-Based Settings: Putting the Science of Learning and Development into Action…

Listen to the episode on Turnaround for Children’s website. Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and Podbean. It’s a national emergency: child and adolescent mental health. The CDC reports that “in May 2020, emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts began to increase among adolescents aged 12–17, especially girls.”…