Todd Grindal from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard gave an informed lecture to about 50 childcare professionals, mental health professionals, school counselors and others about toxic stress – what it is, how it effects the growing brain, and what we as providers can to to mitigate the effects. This lecture was sponsored by the Building Bright Futures Council and held at the Montshire...

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Families Learning Together incorporates a strengths-based approach to service. This means we recognize that every family has practices that work well for all its members. Our job at The Family Place is to build on the foundation that's already there. To this end we teach essential skills and encourage healthy habits, and we connect families to the resources that will make it possible for them to fulfill...

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Tonya McMurray, the mental health counselor here at The Family Place, has some advice for talking to children about tragic, frightening events: It’s been a tough week. I’ve had a few questions from people about how to help families talk to children about the things that have happened this week, and I’ve been a part of a couple of conversations this morning about how hard this week has been for some...

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