#84 - Unlocking Your Kid's Brain: Elevating Child Development with Dr. Rebecca Jackson

A Dad's Path

Will Braunstein

Parenting, Kids & Family

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Understanding your child's brain can be the key to unlocking their full potential. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Rebecca Jackson, an expert in child development and author of "Back on Track: A Practical Guide to Help Kids of All Ages Thrive."

🧠 Key Takeaways:

The importance of sensory experiences in shaping emotional circuitry.
The role of stress and anxiety in both parents and kids and how to manage it.
The impact of the pandemic on developmental milestones and how to mitigate its effects.
Practical, actionable strategies for optimizing your child's skills and abilities.

🔍 Topics Covered: 1️⃣ Sensory Perception: How variety in sensory experiences can contribute to emotional maturity. 2️⃣ Stress & Anxiety: The amplifier of all challenges and how to navigate them. 3️⃣ Pandemic Impact: The long-term effects on developmental milestones and how to adapt. 4️⃣ Actionable Advice: Real-world strategies for parents to implement immediately.

📌 Resources:

Follow Dr. Rebecca Jackson on Instagram @drrebeccajackson
"Back on Track: A Practical Guide to Help Kids of All Ages Thrive" by Dr. Rebecca Jackson. Available wherever books are sold.

Brain Balance for Child Assessments.

Enjoy this episode and Dad On!

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to a Dad's Path podcast.
0:04.0	We're real dads solving everyday problems.
0:06.5	Each week we tackle issues that dads everywhere face and deliver actions you can take right
0:10.3	away.
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0:16.2	exclusively for dads.
0:18.0	Our goal is to help you make fatherhood count.
0:20.5	Dad on!
0:31.0	Hello, and welcome to another episode of a Dad's Path podcast.
0:35.7	I'm Will Bronsteen.
0:36.7	Today, we're here with Dr. Rebecca Jackson.
0:39.7	She's no stranger to the impact of the pandemic on children of all ages.
0:43.1	She wrote a book called Back on Track, which offers guidance for parents to help them support
0:47.4	their kids in achieving important developmental milestones at school, at home, and at play
0:52.6	and it goes from birth through teenage years.
0:54.4	So it covers it all.
0:55.9	Dr. Rebecca is the Chief Programs Officer of Brain Balance, and this book is the culmination
1:00.3	of two decades of learning practice research.
1:03.3	Some there, some elsewhere paired with observations from pandemic times that highlight what's
1:07.4	needed to maximize development in today's day and age.
1:10.6	Each chapter discusses how to add purposeful activities, so it's very action oriented,
1:15.9	to impact development from birth through teenage years, et cetera.
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