The AFWI developed the video with considerable input from our partners at the Harvard Center on the Developing Child and the FrameWorks Institute. Using metaphors developed by FrameWorks and tested with audiences both in the US and in Alberta, "How Brains are Built" infuses core story concepts with energy, accessibility, and high fidelity to the science.

Sensory Issues in Young Children A Video Series by Pathways.org #1 Understanding the Senses: Do You Know There Are More Than 5? Accompaning Handout: http://pathways.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/understandingthesenses_english.pdf Watch this video to gain an understanding of sensory integration. This video uses animation to provide information about: the 7 senses, how individuals use sensory information, and possible signs of sensory integration issues. Visit http://www.pathways.org for more information, including a sensory integration checklist useful for checking any possible sensory issues in children. (Sensory integration issues can be addressed through occupational therapy.) If you think your child may have a sensory processing disorder, please ask your pediatrician to recommend your child to an occupational therapist for a sensory integration evaluation. Then find out if your child may benefit from sensory integration therapy. The sooner the better! Most people know about five of our senses... sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Each of these senses brings us important information. For example, touch helps you to know the difference between the feel of a bug crawling on your arm and the feeling of a friend tapping you on the shoulder. There are also two other senses that are very important. Our sense of balance and movement, which comes from our vestibular system. This sense helps us move our body without falling, so we can do activities like walking, riding a bicycle, or even sitting correctly at a desk. It is also the sense that lets you know that you are moving very fast on a roller coaster, even if your eyes are closed. We also get important information from our body position sense, or proprioception. This sense gives you information about the position of your body parts without having to look at them. It helps you do activities like walking up stairs without having to look down at your feet. This sense also tells you how much force to usewhen doing things like picking up and cracking open an egg. Putting together information from all of these senses makes it possible for us to participate in everyday activities. By integrating, or combining all the information we get from our senses, we can 'make sense' of the world around us and successfully move through and interact in our world. Most tasks involve a number of our senses working together. For example, when playing baseball, you need your sense of body position to know how you are standing and the position of your arms holding the bat. You need your sense of touch to grip and move the bat correctly in your hands. Your sense of vision lets you follow the ball with your eyes and helps your body know when to get ready to swing the bat. ...And your balance and movement sense helps you to stay upright, hit the ball and run the bases. We all need to integrate our senses to engage in everyday activities. When everyday activities become frustrating for a child, it may be because they are having trouble organizing and using information from their senses. Sensory integration issues can show up in many different ways. Your child might seem to be over or under reactive to different types of sensory experiences, such as textures, sounds or movements. Or a child might appear clumsy, or disorganized, or have difficulty learning new motor skills. Every child is unique in both their abilities and in their possible areas of concern. The good news is that there is help for children with sensory and motor challenges. Through occupational therapy using a sensory integrative approach a child can improve their ability to use sensory information while participating in a variety of fun sensory-motor activities. Occupational therapy using this approach often takes place in a large gym that has lots of fun opportunities for children to experience movement and use their senses to play, learn, and develop. Therapy helps kids simply be kids, learning and playing alongside friends, and fully enjoying their young lives. If you think your child might have issues related to poor sensory integration, ask your pediatrician to refer you to an occupational therapist for an evaluation. And don't wait. The earlier you start, the better for your child. For more information about sensory integration, contact Pathways.org either at www.pathways.org or call 1-800-955-CHILD to help your child reach their fullest potential. All materials including videos are provided at no cost; no fees or charges may be associated with any of the Pathways.org materials without prior written approval.

Not all stress is bad. But toxic stress—excessive or prolonged activation of stress response systems in the brain and body—can impact early childhood development. Activation of our stress response systems produces a wide range of physiological reactions, including increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure, and the release of stress hormones like cortisol. When a young child has supportive caregiver relationships, these responses are brief and return to normal quickly. However, when these responses remain activated at high levels for extended periods of time—without supportive relationships to help calm them—toxic stress can result. Toxic stress can disrupt the healthy development of brain architecture and the development of biological systems more broadly, with impacts on learning, health, and well-being across the lifespan. Reducing children’s exposure to toxic stress and providing safe, stable developmental environments can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic stress. *Learn more about toxic stress—and how to address it: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/key-concept/toxic-stress/* This video is part three of the "Three Core Concepts in Early Development" series from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University and the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. Watch more: - Part One: Experiences Build Brain Architecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNNsN9IJkws&t=0s - Part Two: Serve & Return Interaction Shapes Brain Circuitry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_5u8-QSh6A&list=PL0DB506DEF92B6347&index=2 To learn about other key concepts in early childhood development, visit https://developingchild.harvard.edu/key-concepts/ #ToxicStress #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment #ChildDevelopment

Mind Waves Music presents: 5 minute timer with calm and relaxing music Take a break and restart your brain and improve your mental health in 5 minutes. This 5 minute relaxing music video fit the best for a quick reboot of your brain during the work day, a day of a short meditation session, for falling asleep faster, for studying or just for relaxing. For the best effect, we recommend you: 1. Sit in a comfortable position; 2. Turn the volume to a comfortable level; 3. Close your eyes, and just think about something positive. Enjoy! Related videos: 10 minute timer with relaxing music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paeEvM2tYkc 15 minute timer with relaxing music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fAxlo20Yms 20 minute timer with relaxing music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzEOH00Z7nM Tags: #5mintimer #5min #timer

Serve and return interactions—responsive, back-and-forth exchanges between a young child and a caring adult—play a key role in shaping brain architecture. When an infant or young child babbles, gestures, or cries, and an adult responds with eye contact, words, or a hug, this back-and-forth interaction helps to build and strengthen neural connections in the child’s brain. Much like a lively game of tennis, these interactions are not only fun, but also good practice for building social and cognitive skills, and essential for healthy growth and development. *Learn more about serve and return—and practical ways to implement it: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/key-concept/serve-and-return/* This video is part two of the "Three Core Concepts in Early Development" series from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University and the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. Watch more: - Part One: Experiences Build Brain Architecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNNsN9IJkws&t=0s - Part Three: Toxic Stress Derails Healthy Development https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVwFkcOZHJw&list=PL0DB506DEF92B6347&index=3&t=1s To learn about other key concepts in early childhood development, visit https://developingchild.harvard.edu/key-concepts/ #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment #ChildDevelopment #BrainDevelopment

The attachment theory argues that a strong emotional and physical bond to one primary caregiver in our first years of life is critical to our development. If our bonding is strong and we are securely attached, then we feel safe to explore the world. If our bond is weak, we feel insecurely attached. We are afraid to leave or explore a rather scary-looking world. Because we are not sure if we can return. Often we then don't understand our own feelings. Support our work and become a patreon: https://bit.ly/3Q7qPR0 Never miss a new video: http://eepurl.com/dNU4BQ Support us to educate more parents about Attachment Theory: https://www.patreon.com/sprouts 💛 Course on parenting: Conscious Parenting Mastery helps new parents build those critical emotional bonds to their children. Sing up for a free masterclass here: https://go.mindvalley.com/sprouts-parenting Dealing with Attachment Issues: For those who feel like they can’t help themselves, or can’t find trust through their partners of family, we recommend looking for professional support through a therapy. Here three of therapies that those with such issues may want to look at: 1. Psychoanalysis. The aim of psychoanalysis therapy is to release repressed emotions and experiences, i.e., make the unconscious conscious. In order to do that, the therapist might try to bring back some childhood memories, to work at the root cause of the problem. 2. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). CBT is a psycho-social intervention that is widely used for improving mental health. Instead of trying to bring you back in time, it aims to explain to you what's going on inside your brain and how to cope with irrational feelings or fears. It’s the only form of therapy that’s widely recognized in Western countries as being effective. 3. The Hoffmann Process. This 7-8 day's guided process, designed by the American psychologist Hoffmann, brings participants back into their childhood to reconnect with their parents at the time when an attachment is formed. It's very intensive and could potentially be harmful if no proper supervision is being offered the month after. Special thanks to our Patrons: Ville Medeiros, Chutimon Nuangnit, Cedric Wang, Mike, Eva Marie Koblin, Julien Dumesnil, Mathis, and the others. You are wonderful !!! If you feel helpful and want to support our channel, write a comment, subscribe and spread the word or become a patron on www.patreon.com/sprouts. Full Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v82PcEvf_G2iolc5ejPY5dQ2RtqU1Vj9V5L_iIKWUhk/edit?usp=sharing Sources: Havard Study https://arizona.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/feelings-of-parental-caring-predict-health-status-in-midlife-a-35 Minnesota Study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857405/ Further Readings: https://www.psychologistworld.com/developmental/attachment-theory