The Center for New York City Affairs (http://newschool.edu/milano/nycaffairs), an applied policy research institute based at the Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy (http://www.newschool.edu/milano), explores how chronic stress and early trauma shape the brain development of very young children. Increasingly, research shows that innovative, early-life work with infants, toddlers and their parents can help prevent the need for much more costly interventions later on. Can we reduce the likelihood of abuse, neglect and mental illness in stressed-out, low-income families? What kinds of targeted interventions are working? And how should government and nonprofits respond? A conversation with experts in the field, and the release of the latest edition of Child Welfare Watch (http://blogs.newschool.edu/child-welfare-nyc). Keynote remarks by: - Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., FAMRI professor of child health and development, Harvard School of Public Health A conversation with: - Linda Lausell Bryant, executive director, Inwood House - Susan Chinitz, professor of clinical pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Piazadora Footman, parent; editorial assistant at Rise, a magazine written by and for parents in the child welfare system; and Chances for Children participant - Benita Miller, deputy commissioner of family permanency services, NYC Administration for Children's Services Moderated by: - Andrew White, director, Center for New York City Affairs, The New School THE NEW SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT | http://www.newschool.edu/public-engagement The Child Welfare Watch project is made possible thanks to the generous support of the the Ira W. DeCamp Foundation, the Child Welfare Fund, the Viola W. Bernard Foundation, the Sirus Fund, the Pinkerton Foundation, the Prospect Hill Foundation and the Milano Foundation. Location: Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall Friday, October 4, 2013 at 8:30 am to 10:30 am

• published: 14 Oct 2013
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