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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.

Listen to our episodes below, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Your Child's Brain is produced by Kennedy Krieger Institute with assistance from WYPR.

What is SYNGAP1? podcast episode.

What is SYNGAP1? Learn About This Rare Disease and How Our Brains Work

Listen in as our host, Dr. Brad Schlaggar, president and CEO of Kennedy Krieger, talks with neurologist Dr. Connie Smith-Hicks, an expert on SYNGAP1-related disorder.

Kabuki Syndrome podcast episode.

Kabuki Syndrome: Why Studying Rare Diseases Is So Important to All of Us

Join Dr. Brad Schlaggar, president and CEO of Kennedy Krieger, as he discusses research around rare disease with Dr. Jacqueline Harris, a pediatric neurologist and an international leader in the study of Kabuki syndrome.

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Strokes Aren’t Just for Adults: What You Need to Know About Pediatric Stroke

Many people think strokes only happen to adults, but children—even newborns—can have strokes too. Unfortunately, awareness is low, and strokes in kids are often misdiagnosed, which can lead to dangerous delays in treatment.

Raising a Child with a Disability—A New Resource for Families podcast episode

Raising a Child with a Disability—A New Resource for Families

Join Dr. Brad Schlaggar, president and CEO of Kennedy Krieger Institute and his guests Dr. Mary Leppert and Maureen van Stone, as they discuss the Maryland Guide for Families of Children with Disabilities.

Exploring Neuroplasticity podcast episode.

Exploring Neuroplasticity: How Early Childhood Shapes Brain Development and Learning

Listen to Dr. Brad Schlaggar, president and CEO of Kennedy Krieger Institute and his guests, Drs. Joanna Burton and Gwendolyn Gerner, as they discuss neuroplasticity in early childhood and its role in brain development and learning.

Building Brains Through Connection: How Social Interaction Shapes Emotional Intelligence in Children podcast

Building Brains Through Connection: How Social Interaction Shapes Emotional Intelligence in Children

Join Brad Schlaggar, president and CEO of Kennedy Krieger Institute and his guests Drs. Maya Opendak and Tomomi Karigo as they discuss the development of our brains’ neural systems for social and emotional behavior, and the factors that can interrupt that development.

Helping Parents Build Skills for Effective Parenting

Helping Parents Build Skills for Effective Parenting

Join Dr. Brad Schlaggar, president and CEO of Kennedy Krieger, along with Dr. Debbie Gross and Amie Bettencourt, as they explore the Chicago Parent Program—a proven, innovative approach that helps parents build skills and support their children’s mental health and well-being.

Dr. Nancy Grasmick and a student of Kennedy Krieger's Fairmount Campus.

Back to School – Improving the Education of Children with Neurodevelopmental Challenges

As students get ready to go back to school soon, Kennedy Krieger President and CEO Dr. Brad Schlaggar and his guest, Dr. Nancy Grasmick, former superintendent of schools for the state of Maryland, discuss educating students with neurodevelopmental concerns, the importance of training teachers to meet the needs of those students and what can be done to improve the educational outcomes of all students.

Two adults with Down syndrome wearing athletic apparel.

Benefits of Inclusion Through Participation in Sports

In this month’s episode of Your Child’s Brain Dr. Brad Schlaggar, President and CEO of Kennedy Krieger Institute, is joined by Jim Schmutz and Abby DiGilio from Special Olympics Maryland to discuss the power of sports and how participation in sports enables individuals with developmental disabilities to shatter stereotypes and succeed, not only on the playing field, but also in life.