Dr. Adam J. Hoffman will be presenting his research that examines child development in Indian Country. Specifically, he will provide insights on the role of ethnic-racial and gender identities in the lives of Native American adolescents. Dr. Hoffman will show how the context can shape these identities but also their potential to be leveraged as […]

Dr. Leitão conceptualizes Pluriversal Design as a form of design that engages with diverse worldviews and epistemologies to produce social change. Colonialism is not only about the dispossession of lands and exploitation of peoples; it is also about the destruction of knowledge systems—i.e., the Western epistemic canon became the only valid way to represent the […]

Attaining the ideal family meal can be a challenge for parents of young children.  While many attributes of the ideal meal are rooted in historical standards, parental expectations for preschool-aged children’s mealtime behaviors may be unrealistic for their developmental stage.  This seminar will discuss intervention strategies for age-appropriate expectations. Dr. Laura Bellows is an Associate […]

The Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools (TCI-S) is a trauma-informed program that provides school staff with safe, effective and trauma-sensitive skills to manage the emotional and behavioral challenges they encounter in their daily interactions with students. This talk will describe preliminary findings as well as the status of the trial given the pandemic.

Policymakers, practitioners and the American public are increasingly concerned that children are experiencing severe collateral consequences from the opioid epidemic. In this talk, Cornell Project 2Gen researchers and Cornell Cooperative Extension-Tompkins County practitioners will discuss their research-practice partnership addressing the impact of the opioid epidemic on vulnerable caregivers and their children