So, reading books, singing, playing music, just observing what’s going on around them. So, parents can rest assured that babies and toddlers who are having that regular interaction with their primary caregivers in loving, supportive, nurturing ways with all sorts of serve and return moments all day long are still learning a lot. Because they are learning through serve and return interactions, it doesn’t need to occur in one particular kind of learning environment or even a specific variety of environments for them to continuously be learning. But for parents of babies and toddlers, I think we mostly have really good news. We’re a year into this and what’s been the effect? For some of these kids, it’s half of their life that they’ve lived within the COVID pandemic. I know this question is on a lot of people’s minds. Briggs: Thank you Sally, and thanks for having me. What can we tell parents and caregivers about the potential effects the pandemic lifestyle changes could have on development, particularly on infants and toddlers?ĭr. Rahil, thanks so much for being here with us today and just for timing, I’m going to jump right into our first question. Rahil Briggs, National Director of ZERO TO THREE’s HealthySteps program. And now a year later, we wanted to continue those conversations and discuss what we’ve learned, what needs to change, and where we go from here. You may remember we discussed the importance of self-care for caregivers, and the importance of physical distancing, not social distancing. In March of 2020, we recorded episodes exploring the impact the coronavirus pandemic could have on child development. Sally: Welcome to The Brain Architects, a podcast from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. ZERO TO THREE: Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood and official DC:0-5 Training for advanced infant and early childhood mental health professionals.Early Childhood Depression May Impact Brain Development in Later Years.USA Today: Opening ‘so many doors for families’: COVID-19 underscores the importance of wraparound care for new moms and children.Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impact on Development (RAPID) – Early Childhood.ZERO to THREE: Tips for Families: Coronavirus.HealthySteps: Caring for Yourself and Young Children During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Crisis.American Academy of Pediatrics: A superhero moment.Psychology Today: What Parents of Babies and Toddlers Need Right Now.A Guide to COVID-19 and Early Childhood Development.InBrief: Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body.Working Paper 15: Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body: Early Childhood Development and Lifelong Health Are Deeply Intertwined.
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