in this issue | spring 2018 - brazelton touchpoints
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In This Issue | Spring 2018In this edition of the Brazelton Touchpoints Center's quarterly newsletter, we pay tribute
to the legacy and impact of Dr. T. Berry Brazelton (d. March 13, 2018), do aroundup of the symposium and celebration held in Dr. Brazelton's honor, andshare exciting news and updates about programming, partnerships, and impact!
Saying Goodbye to a LegendThe world said goodbye to a true legendand advocate for children and familieswith the peaceful passing of Dr. T. BerryBrazelton on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 athis home in Barnstable, Massachusetts.At 99 years old, Dr. Brazelton was just afew weeks shy of his 100th birthday, whichhe would have celebrated on May 10th.
Rarely does an individual have such animpact on society that they manage tofundamentally alter the trajectory ofhumankind - for the better. By definition, arevolutionary is someone - a catalyst -that causes dramatic change. Few people achieve revolutionary status, and fewer stillleave an indelible mark that is forever written into our collective history.
T. Berry Brazelton was one such person, and a friend to all of humanity. As a leadingauthority on child development, Dr. Brazelton's ground-breaking research fundamentallychanged how we think of babies, earning him the nickname of the "Baby Whisperer" for
his keen insights and observations of newborns. Author of forty books and over 200scholarly articles, Dr. Brazelton has inspired more than 1,000 research publicationsaround the world, while his passionate advocacy led to the passage of legislation thatushered in a new deal for American parents and children. Breaking tradition, as apracticing pediatrician, Dr. Brazelton threw open the doors of hospitals and nurseries toparents, and empowered them to become active participants in their children's care,while founding the Brazelton Touchpoints Center to train family-facing providers to do thesame.
Hundreds of messages of condolence, remembrance, honor, and celebration havepoured in, speaking volumes to the impact that Dr. Brazelton made in so many ways, andon so many people. While news and media outlets around the world have written of Dr.Brazelton's passing, nothing is more powerful and telling than the personal and heartfeltthoughts so many have shared with us, and which we are honored to now share withyou.
While Dr. Brazelton is sadly missed and his passing a true loss, his legacy lives on in allof our work and in our collective impact.
Read some of the tributes from around the world written upon Dr. Brazelton'spassing, and watch our lifetime tribute slideshow below
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post
The Guardian
The New York Times
Boston Globe
Le Martin
The 2018 National Forum:Celebrate the Legacy, Empower the Future
Over three days in April in Newton, Massachusetts, BTC held its 2018 National Forum:Celebrate the Legacy, Empower the Future.
On Monday, April 23rd more than 250 practitioners, educators, and family-facingprofessionals gathered for the Dr. T. Berry Brazelton Symposium and Celebration. TheSymposium featured speakers working on the front lines of social justice with childrenand families in communities all across the country, and who are, in their own ways,carrying forward Dr. Brazelton's legacy.
The day began with a traditional native blessing and the reading of a poem to honor andremember Dr. Brazelton. Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz of the American Indian College Fund ledoff with a dynamic talk about the quest for equity in Indigenous early childhoodopportunities, with Sandra Gutierrez of Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors following with afocus on empowered parents as agents of change. Later that afternoon, Dr. ReneeBoynton-Jarrett of Boston Medical Center inspired the crowd with the power of networksto achieve shared community objectives, while Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children'sZone provided powerful testimony to what's required and what's gained by investing inthe strength and resiliency of communities.
Before lunch, a delegation representing Massachusetts Senator Edward J. Markey paidtribute to Dr. Brazelton for his lifetime of accomplishments to American society, andpresented a flag that had flown over the US Capitol building to Dr. Brazelton's childrenand grandchildren - what a true honor!
Read More.
View the Dr. T. Berry Brazelton Lifetime Tribute Video
Thank you to our sponsors!
Rob Reiner Honors Dr. BrazeltonNot only is Rob Reiner an awardwinning actor, writer, producer
and director, he is also apassionate advocate for children
and families. As a dear friendand colleague of Dr. Brazelton’s,
Rob created this video to paytribute to their work, partnership,and friendship, and shared it with
us for Dr. Brazelton’s birthday.And today, we share it with you!
Program UpdatesRegister for an Individual LevelTraining
Touchpoints training is hitting theroad in 2018 and coming soon to acommunity near you!
Chicago, IllinoisAugust 1st to August 3rdLittle Company of Mary Hospital Register Here!
Albuquerque, New MexicoAugust 28th to August 30thUniversity of New MexicoRegister Here!
Los Angeles, California - DATESCOMING SOON
Attend an Upcoming CommunityLevel Training
Loveland, ColoradoAugust 6th to August 10thResidence InnLearn more here!
Join Us in Welcoming the Newest Members of the BTC Site
Network!
Central Michigan University, College of Education & Human ServicesTeam Members: Holly Huffman, Amy Bond, Margaret Desormes
Comox Valley Community, Vancouver, CanadaTeam Members: Jan Ference, April Statz, Theresa Wilson, Jenny Nijhoff
Milwaukee Child Welfare Partnership at the University of WisconsinTeam Members: Staci Sontoski, Cindy Muhar, Connie Dunlap
Have you heard the news?
Continuing Medical Education credits(CMEs) are available for ALL BTCIndividual-level Trainings (ILTs) no matterwhere you attend!
The ILT offers healthcare providers and family-facing professionals an evidence-basedapproach to supporting families inunderstanding and responding to their child'sbehaviors and strengths.
In the ILT, participants learn:Strategies to build partnerships withparents that promote family strengthsTactics for helping parents understandtheir child’s development and navigate itsups and downsTechniques for talking with families aboutchild development concernsStrategies for active listening,collaborative problem-solving, andrelationship building
CMEs are awarded through Boston Children'sHospital, a BTC partner.
Contact Autumn Strausbaugh with any questions, or to learn more about ILTs and CMEs.
Spotlight: BTC's Parenting ProgramThe BTC Parenting Program offers a practical,preventative curriculum that supports positiveparent-child relationships. Over one-and-a-half daysof interactive training, providers and family-facingprofessionals learn:
Methods for engaging parents about theirchild's developmentStrategies for supporting parental mastery ofnew parenting skillsTechniques for facilitating groups of parentsin constructive and strengths-based dialogue
This course meets the Head Start ProgramPerformance Standard for Parenting Curriculum.For more information on the curriculum or trainingopportunities, contact Debby Sosin, LICSW,
Program Manager.
In Case You Missed It...We've been sharing a bunch of interesting articles and publications on social media that
highlight new research and knowledge about early child development, familyengagement, and more. Here is just a sampling of some of the things we're sharing within
our community - join us on Facebook today!
A study on the the impact ofvirtual assistants on childrenA list of children's books toread with your child incelebration of Black HistoryMonthAn article from our friend andcolleague, Gay Cioffi, thatexplores how we makeconnections
A New York Times article onhow Dr. Brazelton shaped thefield of pediatricsJoined the #pressforprogresson International Women's DayA webinar from FamilyConnections on systemicmental health
Notes from the Field
BTC faculty and staff are actively engaged in communities far and wide,working to build strong families and responsive systems of care. Here's
just a sample of some of what our faculty are busy doing!
BTC Director, Joshua Sparrow, MD, offered advice on how to discuss the death of aparent with young children for the Ask Amy column in The Washington Post. Josh gaveseveral keynote addresses, including at the West Virginia Early Childhood TrainingConnections and Resources 21st Annual Celebrating Connections conference, and theVenir au Monde entre Nature et Technologie in Switzerland. Additionally, Josh lent hisexpertise to several convenings, including the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's Mental Healthand Education Roundtable in Palo Alto, California, and the MIT Media Lab's NativeSpace-Farer: From Pregnancy to Early Childhood Development in Space Workshop inCambridge, Massachusetts.
Cathy Ayoub, RN, EdD, BTC's Director of Research and Evaluation, participated ina webinar on maternal depression for the Center of Excellence for Infant and EarlyChildhood Mental Health Consultants. Cathy was also a presenter for the OHS Training &Technical Assistance Professional Development Meeting and the Annual GranteesMeeting of Administration of Children and Families' Grants in Child Maltreatment, both inWashington, D.C.
Jayne Singer, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and BTC Faculty member, in her role asan active commissioner on the Massachusetts State Commission on Post-PartumDepression, joined the work of the subcommittee on Substance Use Disorders pertainingto maternal-infant health. Jayne gave a presentation on the integration of theTouchpoints Approach into DULCE (Developing Understanding and Legal Collaborationfor Everyone) methodology at the Annual Project DULCE All-Site meeting in California,delivered the keynote address to the Ohio Association for the Education of YoungChildren, and hosted a one-day professional program for the Maine Association forInfant Mental Health.
Through the BTC Speakers Bureau, ourrenowned faculty - including Josh, Cathy,and Jayne - draw on decades of clinicalexpertise, professional experience andcontemporary research in healthy child
and family development to deliverpresentations and keynote addresses,facilitate workshops, and participate inpanel discussions. Topics covered byour faculty include childhood trauma,
early learning and care, childmaltreatment and abuse, mental healthand the opioid epidemic, and strengths-
based interventions to parentempowerment.
Learn more about the benefits ofengaging BTC Faculty for your next
conference, convening, paneldiscussion, or workshops - contact us
today!
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