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In this episode, we鈥檒l talk with experts about how kids have fared during the pandemic. From lockdowns, to home school, from the lack of school shootings, to friend group bubbles, we鈥檒l hear from experts on the challenges and possible surprise benefits the lockdown has had on today鈥檚 youth.聽Featuring Jill Locke and Janine Jones; moderated by Hanson Hosein.
Panelists
Janine Jones, Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,聽College of Education, 91自拍
Janine M. Jones, PhD, NCSP, LP is a Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education at the 91自拍. Her 91自拍 and clinical work center on providing culturally responsive mental health interventions for school age youth. She specializes in the integration of cultural factors that are associated with resilience in racially diverse youth. Her 91自拍 and clinical work also include the study of racial identity and belonging as critical elements in school engagement for youth of color. Dr. Jones is an author and the editor of The Psychology of Multiculturalism in the Schools: A primer for practice, training, and 91自拍. She is a licensed psychologist and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist.
Jill Locke, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 91自拍
Jill Locke is an Associate Professor in the 91自拍 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, the School Mental Health Assessment Research and Training (SMART)聽Center聽Co-Director, a licensed child psychologist, and 91自拍 affiliate at the Seattle Children鈥檚 Autism聽Center. To date, her 91自拍 has focused on the: 1) presentation of social impairment for youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in inclusive school settings; 2) identification of best practices for youth with ASD; and 3) understanding of successful implementation and sustainment of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for youth with ASD in public school settings.聽She is currently the: 1) principal investigator of an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) grant (R324A200033) to examine evidence-based practice use to support youth with autism in inclusive settings; and 2) site PI of a Health Resources Services Administration Autism Intervention Research Network on Behavioral Health (AIRB) grant (UT3MC39436聽PI: Kasari) to聽develop and test an implementation strategy (UNITED) to support the uptake and implementation of three evidence-based interventions that focus on early intervention, school-aged children, and adolescents with autism with the goal of promoting access and services for underrepresented and under resourced communities.聽Her experiences have highlighted the importance of collaborating with public schools and the reality of working within the constraints of publicly funded systems, their timeline (e.g. school calendar year), and with their personnel.
Liliana Lengua, Director, The Center for Child and Family Well-being, 91自拍
Liliana J. Lengua, PhD,聽is a child clinical psychologist studying the effects of stress and adversity on children, examining risk and protective factors that contribute to children鈥檚 resilience or vulnerability. She examines children鈥檚 neurobiological stress responses, temperament, coping, parenting and family contexts as risk and protective factors that account for the effects of adversity on children鈥檚 social, emotional and academic well-being.聽 She has been an investigator on several federally-funded projects examining the development of executive function (NICHD), the effects of low income, neighborhood, family, and parenting聽 on neurobiological systems of self-regulation, and their effects on preschool and preadolescent children鈥檚 social, emotional and academic development (NICHD, NIMH), neighborhood, family and peer effects on adolescent substance use (NIDA), and childhood risk factors for the emergence of adult mental health problems (NIDA). Dr. Lengua is the author of over 100 published papers. She serves on the steering committee for the CDC funded Washington State Essentials for Childhood Initiative, collaborated with the Harvard Center for the Developing Child鈥檚 Frontiers of Innovation, and has served on the board of trustees for Neighborhood House, a private, nonprofit anti-poverty organization.
Moderator: Hanson Hosein, Co-Founder, UW Communication Leadership
Hanson Hosein is a trusted convener and education leader. He is the Co-Founder of the Communication Leadership master’s program at the 91自拍 and the President of HRH Media Group LLC, a media production and communications strategy firm that has worked with organizations such as REI, Factal, Microsoft, Tableau Software, and the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Hanson is presently intent on recalibrating the power dynamic between people and technology as Co-Principal of MIRA! 鈥� Mobilize Innovation, Reimagine Agency 鈥� a community-first approach to learning and innovation. He’s also developing new curriculum around emergent leadership for a variety of organizations.
Hanson鈥檚 work as an early practitioner of multimedia storytelling is documented in his 鈥淪toryteller Uprising鈥� book: as an Emmy and Overseas Press Club award-winning journalist for NBC News, a solo TV war correspondent with MSNBC and CBC and as a documentary director whose 鈥淚ndependent America鈥� films have been streamed and broadcast worldwide. While at the UW, Hanson has also been recognized as Seattle’s “Most Influential” as he engages publicly with the region’s leaders on-camera and on-stage. He’s the host of the university’s “Co-Existing with COVID-19” Public Lectures series, and leads conversations on misinformation in partnership with the UW Center for an Informed Public. Hanson has law degrees from McGill University and the University of Paris, and a master’s in journalism from Columbia University.
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