#16 Pamela Cantor, M.D., Turnaround for Children: Using Scientific Knowledge to Help Kids Thrive & Navigate Trauma

Having spent two decades as a child and adolescent psychiatrist, Pamela’s work with Turnaround for Children translates scientific knowledge about how children develop and learn, so that teachers and schools can support children where they are, and help them get where they need to be. We talk about the relationship between our genes and what we become and designing schools for the whole child rather than sorting based on narrow academic measures.

Content Warning: Please note, there are references to sexual abuse in this episode.

Show notes:
- Twitter: @Turnaround @DrPamelaCantor
- More about Turnaround For Children: https://turnaroundusa.org/
- More about Pamela Cantor, M.D.: https://turnaroundusa.org/team/pamela-cantor/
- Book Pamela references, The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook, Bruce D Perry: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/129909.The_Boy_Who_Was_Raised_as_a_Dog
- More about the building blocks for learning: https://turnaroundusa.org/what-we-do/tools/building-blocks/
- Benjamin S. Bloom’s The 2 Sigma Problem http://web.mit.edu/5.95/www/readings/bloom-two-sigma.pdfThe 180 Podcast: https://turnaroundusa.org/the-180-podcast-dr-pamela-cantor/
- Favourite book: Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., Brainstorm. The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain https://drdansiegel.com/book/brainstorm/
- “A Talk to Teachers”, by James Baldwin: https://www.spps.org/cms/lib010/MN01910242/Centricity/Domain/125/baldwin_atalktoteachers_1_2.pdf
- Binge watching, Queen’s Gambit, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10048342/
- Binge watching, The Biggest Little Farm, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8969332/
- Binge watching, My Octopus Teacher, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12888462/