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Your Child's Brain
Released the first Thursday of the month

Each month Your Child’s Brain will bring together experts in child brain health, including researchers, educators, physicians and therapists as well as families to discuss contemporary topics about child and youth brain health and development.

Your Child's Brain is produced by Kennedy Krieger Institute with assistance from WYPR.

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  • a mother cuddling her baby isolated in white background with space for text.
    Infant and early child development
    On this episode of Your Childs Brain, Dr. Mary Leppert, Dr. Joanna Burton, Dr. Gwendolyn Gerner discuss infant and early child development.
  • Child psychology and psychiatric therapy for children concept as broken crumpled paper taped together as an education support and medical or counselling treatment metaphor in a 3D illustration style.
    The impact of trauma on children’s brains
    On the latest episode of Your Child’s Brain we discuss the impact of trauma on children’s brains.
  • Hand choosing green happy smiley face paper cut.
    Youth Mental Health
    In this third episode of Your Child's Brain, a podcast series about the mysteries of the child’s developing brain, we discuss mental health and the impact on children and teenagers.
  • Neurons and synapses in a child's brain. Photo via Naeblys stock.adobe.com.
    The Neuroscience Of Learning
    On the second episode of Your Child’s Brain, a podcast series about the mysteries of the developing brain, we discuss the neuroscience of education.
  • Dr. Brad Schlaggar and Dr. Ali Fatemi with a family (the McGinns) whose daughter, Ellie, has a rare disease that KKI treats and for which Dr. Fatemi’s team is researching a cure.
    Introducing Your Child’s Brain
    In the first episode of Your Child’s Brain, Dr. Brad Schlaggar and Dr. Ali Fatemi—both pediatric neurologists and neuroscientists—introduce this new series by discussing the many mysteries of the developing brain, exploring neurological diseases, injuries, and overall health, and sharing their passion to better understand how a child’s brain grows, recovers, learns, and heals.