Jennifer Hays-Grudo, PhD, is a regents professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Center for Health Sciences at Oklahoma State University, where she directs the Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Adversity (CIRCA), an NIH-funded center addressing the effects of early life experience on health and development. She co-chairs the Oklahoma Legislative Task Force on Trauma-Informed Care. She has published numerous scientific articles on the effects of adversity on children and families, on risk-taking in adolescents, and on the effects of nutrition and hormone therapy on quality of life and cognition in postmenopausal women. She is co-author with Amanda Sheffield Morris of Adverse and Protective Childhood Experiences: A Developmental Perspective. Amanda Sheffield Morris, PhD, is a regents professor and the George Kaiser Family Foundation Chair in Child Development and an extension specialist at Oklahoma State University in the Department of Human Development and Family Science. She is also an adjunct professor at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research. She is a co-investigator on the multi-site NIH-funded Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study and a principal investigator on a similar study of infant development, the Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) study. Dr. Morris has authored numerous articles and chapters on child and adolescent development and the neuroscience of emotion regulation and parenting and is co-editor of the book, Authoritative Parenting: Synthesizing Nurturance and Discipline for Optimal Child Development, published by the American Psychological Association.
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Introduction: A Tale of Two Dogs Part 1. Science of Adversity and Resilience: The Power of Childhood Experiences 1. The Enduring Effects of Childhood: Adverse and Protective Experiences 2. How Adversity and Resilience Are Passed From Generation to Generation Part 2. Parenting to Build Resilience: The Importance of Relationships and Resources 3. Promoting Resilience in Babies and Young Children 4. Promoting Resilience in School-Aged Children 5. Promoting Resilience Adolescent and Young Adults Part 3. Parenting in a World of Adversity: Strategies and Practical Tips 6. Discipline Versus Punishments 7. Parenting Teens and Young Adults Today: Challenges and Opportunities 8. How Parents Can Heal From Their Own ACEs 9. Putting it All Together: Forming Resilient Families Resources