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March 23, 2026

Understanding the Science Behind Resilience

When children experience family crisis, the impact goes deeper than what we can see. It affects the developing brain. This short video from the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative explains how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) shape brain development, and more importantly […]

March 28, 2024

TED Talk: What Happens Early in Life & Importance of Early Childhood Education

Stephen Zwolak is the founder and CEO of LUME Institute and Executive Director of University City Children’s Center (UCCC), LUME’s lab school. Zwolak has more than 45 years of experience working in the field of early childhood. He is […]

January 16, 2023

TED Talk: How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime

Pediatrician Nadine Burke explains the impact that repeated stress, abuse, and neglect can have on a person’s lifetime health. This is a Ted Talk that was presented at TEDMED 2014. Original Source

January 16, 2023

TED Talk: People, not programs, change people

Vanessa Behan Board Member, Janet Mann, presented “People, not programs, change people” at TEDXSpokane on October 9, 2021. Original Source

April 6, 2021

Katrina’s kiddos didn’t have to experience her breaking point

Katrina, a single mom of five-year-old Cooper and nineteen-month-old Claudia, contacted Vanessa Behan explaining that she desperately needed a break and stated she was going to “pull her hair out.” Katrina shared that she could not remember the last time […]