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Education Michele Perlmutter Education Michele Perlmutter

Just released, “Whole-Child Development, Learning, and Thriving: A Dynamic Systems Approach” by Turnaround for Children's Founder, Pamela Cantor, M.D., et al.

The book makes a case for using 21st century science to design a 21st century education system that reveals the boundless potential of all children. The authors dig deeply into the science to explain how children develop through a system of dynamic relationships and the collective set of contexts that they experience across their life spans.

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Health Lisa Stone Pritzker Health Lisa Stone Pritzker

New California Preventive Mental Health Coverage Puts ACEs Science Front and Center

“A mother, frantic with worry, brought her newborn in for a checkup at the pediatric clinic at San Francisco General Hospital. But there wasn’t anything wrong with the baby. And over the next several months, no amount of reassurance could convince the mom that her child was eating, sleeping and growing just fine. If anything, the mother’s worry led to behavior that raised alarm bells for her health care providers.”

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