Week 2: Exploration of Core Concepts & Review of the EcoBioDevelopmental Model, and the Human Development and Stress Theory

Class 2: Core Concepts: The EcoBioDevelopmental Model, Human Development, and Stress Theory

Topics

•       Review of the EcoBioDevelopmental Model

•       Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

•       Differentiation of types of stress: Positive, Tolerable, and Toxic Stress

•       How unmediated stress impacts early development

•       Trauma in the context of development across the life course

o   Types of traumatic stress: Acute, Chronic, and Complex Traumatic Stress

o   Impact of traumatic stress on indicators of wellbeing across the lifespan

Readings and Multimedia

·      Shonkoff, J., Garner, A., and the Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health (2011). The lifelong effects of early childhood adversity and toxic stress. Pediatrics, 129(1). doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-2663

·      National Childhood Traumatic Stress Network (2018). Effects of complex trauma.

·      Watch YouTube Video on the EcoBioDevelopmental Model (on Moodle Site)

·      Center for the Developing Child (2014). Excessive stress disrupts the architecture of the developing brain. National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. Working Paper #3.

·      Trauma Screening (Child Interview):

·      Trauma Screening (Parent Interview):

Grounding Technique Facilitation Activity