In the United States alone, there are nearly 20 million children with developmental, cognitive, behavioral, and/or learning disorders. It is widely recognized that the needs of children with these issues are growing in number and complexity while, at the same time, a critical shortage of access to physician specialists is resulting in delayed diagnoses, longer wait times for treatment and, consequently, poorer outcomes.  On this month’s episode, Kennedy Krieger president and CEO, Dr. Brad Schlaggar is joined by colleagues Dr. Miya Asato, a pediatric neurologist and Dr. Mary Leppert, a developmental pediatrician to discuss the critical shortage and what is being done to address it and more importantly, what parents can do.

Resources:

Center for Disease Control – Concerned about Your Child’s Development https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/concerned.html

Learn the Signs – Act Early https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/index.html

Milestone Tracker App https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones-app.html

In the United States alone, there are nearly 20 million children with developmental, cognitive, behavioral, and/or learning disorders. It is widely recognized that the needs of children with these issues are growing in number and complexity while, at the same time, a critical shortage of access to physician specialists is resulting in delayed diagnoses, longer wait times for treatment and, consequently, poorer outcomes.  On this month’s episode, Kennedy Krieger president and CEO, Dr. Brad Schlaggar is joined by colleagues Dr. Miya Asato, a pediatric neurologist and Dr. Mary Leppert, a developmental pediatrician to discuss the critical shortage and what is being done to address it and more importantly, what parents can do.
Resources:
Center for Disease Control – Concerned about Your Child’s Development <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/concerned.html" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/concerned.html</a>
Learn the Signs – Act Early <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/index.html" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" data-ogsc="">https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/index.html</a>
Milestone Tracker App <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones-app.html" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" data-ogsc="">https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones-app.html</a>

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.

Each month&nbsp;Your Child&rsquo;s Brain&nbsp;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.

Your Child's Brain

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.

The Impact of a Physician Shortage on Children

We humans, typically, have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Sometimes, for a variety of reasons, we have an extra chromosome or we are missing one. Down syndrome, also known as Trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder that occurs when an individual has a full or partial extra copy of their 21st chromosome. Down syndrome is the most frequent of the chromosomal disorders in humans, occurring in approximately 1 in 700 births in the US. With improved care of often life-threatening clinical challenges, individuals with Down syndrome are living much longer.

In this month’s podcast of Your Child’s Brain we are going to talk about Down Syndrome and especially focus on how the increased lifespan of those with Down syndrome is impacting treatment and research for people living with this diagnosis.



Resources

· Down Syndrome Association of Maryland (dsamd.org)

· National Down Syndrome Society (ndss.org)

· National Down Syndrome Congress (ndsccenter.org)

· Global Down Syndrome Foundation (https://www.globaldownsyndrome.org)

· LuMind IDSC Foundation (https://lumindidsc.org)

· NIH – research plan across the LifeSpan - Project INCLUDE for co-occurring medical conditions (www.nih.gov/include-project)

· Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (nih.gov)

· National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices - Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Resources | The NTG (the-ntg.org)

We humans, typically, have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Sometimes, for a variety of reasons, we have an extra chromosome or we are missing one. Down syndrome, also known as Trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder that occurs when an individual has a full or partial extra copy of their 21st chromosome. Down syndrome is the most frequent of the chromosomal disorders in humans, occurring in approximately 1 in 700 births in the US. With improved care of often life-threatening clinical challenges, individuals with Down syndrome are living much longer.
In this month’s podcast of Your Child’s Brain we are going to talk about Down Syndrome and especially focus on how the increased lifespan of those with Down syndrome is impacting treatment and research for people living with this diagnosis.
 
Resources
· Down Syndrome Association of Maryland (dsamd.org)
· National Down Syndrome Society (ndss.org)
· National Down Syndrome Congress (ndsccenter.org)
· Global Down Syndrome Foundation (https://www.globaldownsyndrome.org)
· LuMind IDSC Foundation (https://lumindidsc.org)
· NIH – research plan across the LifeSpan - Project INCLUDE for co-occurring medical conditions (www.nih.gov/include-project)
· Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (nih.gov)
· National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices - Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Resources | The NTG (the-ntg.org)

Down syndrome and the impact of a longer life span

How does experience and one’s  environment influence the early development of our brains? We’ve known for a long time that  this question does not simply boil down to “Nature” vs “”nurture”, a false dichotomy. Instead, brain development might best be thought of as a cascading interaction between nature and nurture that unfolds over time. Twenty five years ago, the National Academy of Sciences published a landmark report called From Neurons to Neighborhoods which dove deep into this question. 

In this month’s episode of Your Child’s Brain, join Dr. Brad Schlaggar and his guests.as they reflect on this influential report and discuss how early experiences, environments and exposures influence the developing brain early experiences, environments and exposures influence the developing brain.

How does experience and one’s  environment influence the early development of our brains? We’ve known for a long time that  this question does not simply boil down to “Nature” vs “”nurture”, a false dichotomy. Instead, brain development might best be thought of as a cascading interaction between nature and nurture that unfolds over time. Twenty five years ago, the National Academy of Sciences published a landmark report called From Neurons to Neighborhoods which dove deep into this question. 
In this month’s episode of Your Child’s Brain, join Dr. Brad Schlaggar and his guests.as they reflect on this influential report and discuss how early experiences, environments and exposures influence the developing brain early experiences, environments and exposures influence the developing brain.

How Experience and Environment Impact Our Early Brain Development

In this episode of Your Child’s Brain, Dr. Brad Schlaggar is joined by his Kennedy Krieger colleague, Dr. Doris Leung, to discuss a set of diseases of muscle that we refer to collectively as muscular dystrophy (MD). Muscular dystrophy is actually a group of rare genetic diseases that cause progressive weakness and degeneration of muscles. Overall, the muscular dystrophies vary in age of onset, severity, and the pattern of the affected muscles. A general principle shared by all forms of MD is that they grow worse over time as muscles progressively degenerate, atrophy, and weaken.

For more information about muscular dystrophy, these resources might be helpful:

· Kennedy Krieger Center for Genetic Muscle Disorders https://www.kennedykrieger.org/patient-care/centers-and-programs/center-for-genetic-muscle-disorders 

· Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy https://www.parentprojectmd.org/ 

·Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation https://www.myotonic.org/

· FSHD Society https://www.fshdsociety.org/

In this episode of Your Child’s Brain, Dr. Brad Schlaggar is joined by his Kennedy Krieger colleague, Dr. Doris Leung, to discuss a set of diseases of muscle that we refer to collectively as muscular dystrophy (MD). Muscular dystrophy is actually a group of rare genetic diseases that cause progressive weakness and degeneration of muscles. Overall, the muscular dystrophies vary in age of onset, severity, and the pattern of the affected muscles. A general principle shared by all forms of MD is that they grow worse over time as muscles progressively degenerate, atrophy, and weaken.
For more information about muscular dystrophy, these resources might be helpful:
· Kennedy Krieger Center for Genetic Muscle Disorders <a href="https://www.kennedykrieger.org/patient-care/centers-and-programs/center-for-genetic-muscle-disorders">https://www.kennedykrieger.org/patient-care/centers-and-programs/center-for-genetic-muscle-disorders </a>
· Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy <a href="https://www.parentprojectmd.org/">https://www.parentprojectmd.org/ </a>
·Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation <a href="https://www.myotonic.org/">https://www.myotonic.org/</a>
· FSHD Society <a href="https://www.fshdsociety.org/">https://www.fshdsociety.org/</a>

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