2018 Summit Videos
Speaker Videos
Check out the videos below for a summary of the presentations brought to you by speakers from the Redesign for Whole Families 2018.
Check out the videos below for a summary of the presentations brought to you by speakers from the Redesign for Whole Families 2018.
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Improving Children’s Access to Mental Health Care
Presenter: Katherine Lingras Katherine Lingras, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota, specializes in early childhood mental health. Her research is focused on making mental health care more accessible in early childhood and bridging gaps between academic research and practice. In this video, Lingras shares insights from a recent study that integrated mental health services–specifically screening for social and emotional development—into a pediatric clinic. |
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Understanding the Realities of Material Hardship
Presenter: Colleen Heflin How do low income households – specifically those experiencing material hardship — participate in our social service delivery system? This question is central to research by Colleen Heflin, a professor at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Material hardship is different from poverty, explains Heflin. Heflin's research seeks to better understand how the current human service delivery system may contribute to these hardships, and what changes can be made to help put individuals on the path to economic self-sufficiency. |
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Engaging Dads in Family Programs
Presenter: Gregory Fabiano "We were running parenting programs, and dads weren't showing up for them," says Gregory Fabiano, a professor of counseling at the University at Buffalo. Fabiano is an expert on evaluating and treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other disruptive behavior disorders in children and teens. In this video, Fabiano discusses the importance to designing support programs for children that actively engage parents — and how he and colleagues created an innovative sports little league program to increase the participation of dads. |
Engaging Dads in Family Programs from Civios on Vimeo. |
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The Geography of Poverty in America
Presenter: Scott W. Allard "Poverty problems are problems for everybody," says Scott W. Allard, Daniel J. Evans Endowed Professor of Social Policy at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington. Allard's book Places in Need: The Changing Geography of Poverty explores the rise in poverty in America's suburbs over the past three decades. In this video, Allard discusses how the shifting geography of poverty — in combination with the persistent poverty problems in urban centers — poses new challenges for public and nonprofit assistance programs. |
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Training Developing Brains to Regulate Stress
Presenter: Eric Pakulak Eric Pakulak, acting director of the Brain Development Lab at the University of Oregon, is using neuroscience research to develop more effective family-based training programs for young children and parents. Our work is "providing evidence at the level of brain mechanisms for the effects of poverty on the developing brain, but I think more importantly, what we can do about it and how we can use this evidence to design and implement effective programs for families," he says. |
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Coordinated Education Programs for Children and Parents
Presenter: Teresa Eckrich Sommer "One of the biggest determinants of the outcomes of any individual is their level of education and income," says Teresa Eckrich Sommer, a research associate professor at Northwestern University. Unlike many human services programs that treat each member of a household individually, Sommer's research is focused on designing programs for families. This "two-generation" approach aims to improve human capital outcomes for parents and children simultaneously." |
