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Pediatricians and prevention of toxic stress - Claudia M. Gold, MD

"The Harvard Center on the Developing Child has produced a new video: Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change. The video wisely identifies the need to support the adults in a child's life in order to promote long-term health, both physical and emotional. It points to the abundance of scientific evidence showing the need for providing safe and secure relationships in early childhood to reach these goals. Exposure to stress in the absence of such safe, secure relationships is termed "toxic stress."

As pediatricians have regular contact with young children and their families, the need to translate this research in to the clinical setting of pediatric practice is clear. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has embraced this task. The 2013 AAP national conference titled Early Brain and Child Development: Building Brains, Building Futures, will present the science of early childhood...."

http://claudiamgoldmd.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/pediatricians-and-prevention-of-toxic.html

The video has been added to our Video section:

http://acesconnection.com/video/building-adult-capabilities-to-improve-child-outcomes-a-theory-of

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