Perspectives on Early Relational Health: Video Series |
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CSSP has brought together a diverse group of parents, pediatricians, researchers, and providers to participate in the development of Perspectives on Early Relational Health. This new video series features a variety of perspectives on why Early Relational Health matters, and how people are supporting and promoting these foundational early relationships. Each video features two to three people in conversation about what ERH means to them and how they are putting into action the call to focus on the relationships in infancy and early childhood that drive healthy development both for children and for their adult caregivers.
The first video in the series is now available and features David Willis, MD, FAAP, ERH Initiative lead and Senior Fellow at CSSP, and MaryEtta Callier-Wells, parenting program lead at Self Enhancement, Inc. in Portland, OR. They discuss the principles and framework of ERH, including why it is essential to child and family health, and what parents are telling us about healthy early relationships. Watch the video now and share it with anyone in your network who is curious about ERH.
Keep an eye out over the next month as two additional videos are released. The videos include:
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A dialogue about the paradigm shift in Pediatrics- from responding to toxic stress to promoting ERH, with Dipesh Navsaria, MD, FAAP and Andy Garner, MD, FAAP.
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A conversation between David Willis, MD, FAAP, and Junlei Li, PhD, Saul Zaentz Senior Lecturer of Early Childhood Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, discussing the foundations of emotional connection including the mutuality, or bi-directionality, of early relationships and what these healthy early relationships can look like across cultures and contexts.
Stay tuned for a discussion coming soon about the power of parent and provider relationships grounded in ERH, featuring Dayna Long, MD FAAP, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco and Attending Physician, Claremont Primary Care Clinic in Oakland, CA; Nai Pharn, Health Education Coordinator at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland; and a parent who participates in their clinic.
We hope you will share these videos widely and let us know how you’re using them, what you think of them, and whose perspectives we should include when we have an opportunity to expand on this initial series.
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Updates from the Early Relational Hub at CSSP |
Toys are ubiquitous in the lives of many infants and young children and often bring great joy to parents and caregivers as they use them for engaging, stimulating, and entertaining their young children. The February Willis & Friends will examine the preliminary findings from infant-parent research and the lived experiences and keen observations about shared emotional experiences from within the Latinx, Asian and Black communities.
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Campaign for Grade-Level Reading hosted a conversation about the unique, present moment policy and investment opportunities for promoting social and emotional development and ERH. The discussion was moderated by David Willis and featured a panel of experts including Susan Birch and Beth Tinker with the Washington State Health Care Authority, Beth Dworetzky of Family Voices, Kay Johnson with Johnson Consulting Group, and Alice Lam of Manatt Health. |
ICYMI: Strengthening Families Webinar: Perspectives on ERH
In February, CSSP is releasing a series of short videos highlighting Perspectives on Early Relational Health. The webinar included a sneak peek at this video series and a discussion about how an understanding of early relational health can enhance efforts to implement Strengthening Families.
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What is Early
Relational Health?
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ERH is a key building block for learning, development, and mental health. The foundational relationships that babies experience with their caregivers shape the health, development, and well-being of two generations—now and into the future. |
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What We're Reading and Watching |
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Ira Hillman, Einhorn Collaborative. Building Philanthropic Momentum in Early Relational Health. Read Here.
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Troller-Renfree, S., et al, The Impact of a Poverty Reduction Intervention on Infant Brain Activity. PNAS, Feb 1, 2022. Read Here.
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Early Relational Health Initiative Vision:
Harness the power of early relationships
for the flourishing of all.
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The mission of the National Early Relational Health Initiative 3.0 is to ensure that all infants, young children, and their families benefit from supports and social connections that advance early relational health and its contribution to lifelong well-being and thriving.
Structural racism, poverty, and other societal barriers can impede the formation of strong early relationships when they result in family stress, community disinvestment, and limited opportunity. When we focus on this foundation and support these relationships, children and their caregivers thrive—now and into the future.
The ERH Initiative is a part many activities at CSSP related to young children and their families, from DULCE, to Strengthening Families, to the Early Learning Nation work, to the EC-LINC work, to the development and promotions of anti-racist, family-driven, and effective early childhood policies, programs, and systems.
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