Why Orphanages Are Bad

the-bigger-picture · live-learn · 25 Nov 2016 · 31 mins listen

Sonya Troller-Renfree researches the effects of early adversity on cognitive and neural development at the Child Development Lab, University of Maryland. We speak to her about how institutional care affects a child’s development, why some kids are more resilient than others, as well as her work on the Bucharest Early Intervention Project. Sonya was a keynote speaker at OrphanCARE Foundation’s conference on “Deinstitutionalization: A Paradigm Shift.”

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live and learn,deinstitutionalisation,orphans,orphanages,abandoned children,Bucharest Early Intervention Project,BEIP,foster care

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