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Season 2Episode 17September 10, 2020

Can a Pandemic Have a Silver Lining? with Dr. Danielle Roubinov

COVID-19 has upended our world, but Dr. Danielle Roubinov of the University of California says it has also forced researchers to innovate in ways that could help kids and families

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Season 2Episode 16August 20, 2020

The Meaning of Healing for Black Kids and Families, with Dr. Isha Metzger

Dr. Isha Metzger noticed that the gold-standard treatment for children delivered at Children’s Advocacy Centers wasn’t working for her clients and came up with a brand-new adaptation to serve Black

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Season 2Episode 15August 6, 2020

Best of the Best: Greater Than the Sum—Multiple Adversities in Children’s Lives, with Dr. Sherry Hamby

In this rebroadcast of a popular episode, adversity and even violence are common in children’s lives. So how do we help kids thrive?

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Season 2Episode 14July 17, 2020

Best of the Best: The Hidden Cost of Resilience, with Ernestine Briggs-King, Ph.D.

In this rebroadcast of a popular episode, resilience is good, but research shows all may not be well with kids who look like they’re doing just fine.

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Season 2Episode 13July 2, 2020

Best of the Best: The Bystander Effect, with Dr. Wendy Walsh

In this rebroadcast of a popular episode, When schools shut down during the pandemic, one consequence was kids isolated at home, making it more important for all of us to

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Season 2Episode 12June 11, 2020

We’re Not All Having the Same Pandemic, with Rabah Kamal and Dr. Carole Campbell Swiecicki

Rabah Kamal from Kaiser Family Foundation offers insights into the impact of the pandemic on mental health, and Carole Campbell Swiecicki from Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center gives us the

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Season 2Episode 11May 28, 2020

The Intersection of Technology and Forensic Interviewing, with Dr. Debra Poole and Dr. Jason Dickinson

In cases of suspected child abuse, can children be interviewed remotely, or must the interview be done in person?

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Season 2Episode 10May 21, 2020

Bonus Content: Universal Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences, with Dr. David Finkelhor

Bonus content from our recent interview with David Finkelhor—should we screen everyone for ACEs?

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Season 2Episode 9May 7, 2020

Let’s Talk About Spanking, with Stacie LeBlanc

About 75% of physical abuse starts as physical discipline gone awry, and spanking is ineffective and harmful to kids, yet many child abuse professionals still avoid raising the issue with

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Season 2Episode 8April 22, 2020

This Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint: Pacing Yourself Through the Pandemic, with Françoise Mathieu

Françoise Mathieu of TEND joined us to discuss healthy ways to handle working in a high-stress job in the middle of an even more stressful pandemic.

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