Helping Children Flourish, Generation to Generation | Linda Mayes, Yale Child Study

Meet Dr. Linda Mayes, notable pediatrician, researcher and Director of the Yale Child Study Center, who underscores why helping children flourish matters, from generation to generation. ABOUT LINDA MAYES, MD, PhD Dr. Linda Mayes is the Arnold Gesell Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology and Director of the Yale Child Study Center. She is also Special Advisor to the Dean in the Yale School of Medicine. Trained as a pediatrician, Dr. Mayes’s research focuses on stress-response and regulatory mechanisms in young children at both biological and psychosocial risk. - To learn more about Dr. Mayes, visit https://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/faculty/linda_mayes.profile ______ ABOUT THE ECPC CONFERENCE SPEAKER VIDEO SERIES Watch 14 compelling talks by 25 world champions in evidence-based science & practice, education, human migration, web technology & media. Learn why they join together in expertise to pave a road to hope and build pathways to peace through the transformative power of children & families. Hear them sound the global call to action as they launch the ECPC Pledge to Action for Peace. - To meet the speakers and learn more about this video series, visit https://bit.ly/2vopVrt - To take the ECPC Pledge of Action for Peace, visit https://ecdpeace.org This ECPC event was organized by and made possible with support from Queen’s University Belfast, Yale University, and UNICEF. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Distinguished ECPC affiliated presenters join us from the halls of Yale University (Child Study Center, the MacMillan Center for Area Studies, Web Services) Queen’s University Belfast, the United Nations, The Global Movement for The Culture of Peace, UNICEF, Sesame Workshop, ACEV-Mother Child Education Foundation, IRIS-Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, and the NGO Committee on Migration. ABOUT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PEACE CONSORTIUM (ECPC) The ECPC was established to grow a global movement for peace, social justice and prevention of violence through using evidence-informed strategies to enable the world community to advance peace, security and sustainable development. We must address root causes of violence and conflict, and we must empower children and families to be agents of change to advance social cohesion and peace. JOIN US! - Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2Ugeyj5 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecdpeace/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/ecdpeace MUSIC "Euphoria" by Crutchfield "Cinematic Motivation Trailer" by StudioKoloma