SHH Pediatric Grand Rounds

Speaker: Paul H. Dworkin, MD, Executive Vice President for Community Child Health Director, Office of Community Child Health Founding Director, Help Me Grow National Center Connecticut Children's Medical Center Hartford, Connecticut Professor of Pediatrics University of Connecticut School of Medicine Farmington,Connecticut Objectives: At the conclusion, the participant should be able to:

1) CONNECT the science of early brain growth to interventions that promote a child's healthy development; 2) DESCRIBE the "biology of adversity"; 3) HIGHLIGHT the benefits of focusing interventions on vulnerable children at risk of adverse developmental outcomes. Questions and answers will allow for audience participation.