Tag: resilience

Producer/Host: Sue Mackey Andrews

Issue: From Adversity to Resilience – Part III

Program Topic: Brain Development in Infancy

Key Discussion Points:

a) Brain development starts in utero and all the child’s experiences and relationships throughout their life influence how the brain developments, how the child thrives
b) Relationships are central to healthy child development – trust, safety and security are three basic tenets that all children need to have
c) We discussed brain development and the importance of understanding and being realistic about what infants and your children are capable of doing vs. their brain ability at the time depending upon their age.
d) We reviewed how parents teach, promote brain development every day in their relationships with their children

Guests:
Katherine Endy, LCSW
Sarah MacLaughlin, LSW

Producer/Host: Sue Mackey Andrews
Engineer: John Greenman

Issue: From Adversity to Resilience – Part II

Program Topic: Seeing Things Differently

Key Discussion Points:
a) We all face challenges and some degree of trauma in our lives that sometimes can cause us to trip, stumble and even fall for a period of time
b) We have a choice – we can “focus on the fall” or we can focus on the way that we recovered from the fall, and learn from that
c) We all need help and encouragement from others to “flip the mirror” in the way in which we see ourselves and see our strengths, and the strengths of others, and celebrate and promote them.

Guest: Chris Trout, Strengths in Focus