In this study, Dr. Liliana Lengua tested the hypothesis that the effects of income and cumulative risk on the development of effortful control during preschool would be mediated by parenting.
Focus Area: Child & Youth Well-Being & Resilience
Early Adversity and the Neurobehavioral Development of Children, Part 2
Dr. Phil Fisher, from the University of Oregon, builds on Dr. Lengua’s video to expand on how adversity impacts child development and strategies for promoting resilience.
Policy Brief: Advances in Social Emotional Learning: Current understanding, research and practice
This brief is a result of a CCFW Research to Real World Forum. After more than 30 years of research on social emotional learning (SEL) in classrooms, scientists and practitioners, recognizing that social emotional learning is…
Policy Brief: Laying a Foundation for Social & Emotional, Cognitive, and Academic Competence: Promoting Responsive, Secure Caregiving Relationships
This brief is a result of a CCFW Research to Real World Forum. When the primary attachment relationship is secure, children are more likely to have a range of positive outcomes, including empathy, curiosity, adaptive emotional regulation…
Policy Brief: Laying a Foundation for Academic, Social & Emotional Competence: Promoting Effortful Control
This brief is a result of a CCFW Research to Real World Forum. Effortful control, a core of self-regulation, has been shown to predict academic, social, and emotional success in both typical and at-risk children. In fact, it is a more robust predictor of early academic and social success than early verbal skills…
Early Adversity and the Neurobehavioral Development of Children, Part 1
Dr. Liliana Lengua examines how familial and social factors associated with adversity can shape children’s brain development as well as promising programs that promote their resilience.