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Jack P. Shonkoff
Pediatrics, child development
Known for
Director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
Why their work may matter
The Center's work on brain architecture, responsive relationships and the positive/tolerable/toxic stress distinction translates developmental science for people who work with children.
Connection to a theme in The Trenches
Chapter 5 leans on the same claim: relationships are not a soft add-on to development, they are part of the mechanism.
Start here
Center on the Developing Child — Key Concepts.
Books
- From Neurons to Neighborhoods (co-editor)
Research / articles
Original sources
In the resource library
- Brain Architecture — Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
- Toxic Stress — Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
Listed as additional recommended reading. This is not a source for The Trenches, does not imply endorsement, and does not imply agreement with everything this person teaches.