Click below for video recordings of CAP’s course, “Art of Social Change: Child Welfare, Education, and Juvenile Justice,” offered in spring 2019. Please note that some portions of particular videos have been edited.
Class 2 (Feb. 7): Early Childhood Adversity and Its Life-Long Impact on Brain and Behavioral Development
Guest Speaker:
Charles Nelson, Professor of Pediatrics, Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Education, Harvard University; Richard David Scott Chair in Pediatric Developmental Medicine Research, Boston Children’s Hospital
Class 3 (Feb. 14): Lawyering for Youth
Guest Speakers:
Frank Vandervort, Clinical Professor of Law, Univ. of Michigan Law School
Vineesha Sow, Staff Attorney, Health Law Advocates, Inc.
[David Deakin, Assistant District Attorney and Chief, Family Protection and Sexual Assault Bureau, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office] Recording not available.
Class 4 (Feb. 21): Child Welfare Challenges: The Use and Misuse of Science in Connection with Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome)
Guest Speakers:
[Sameer Sabir, Founder, Rehma Fund for Children; CEO of SevenOaks Biosystems] Recording not available.
Dr. Sandeep Narang, Division Head, Child Abuse Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago; and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Martha Coakley, Partner at Foley Hoag LLP; and former Attorney General of Massachusetts
Class 5 (Feb. 28): Education: Homeschooling: Pros, Cons & Future Directions
Guest Speakers:
James E. Dwyer, Arthur B. Hansen Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School
Meira Levinson, Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Class 6 (Mar. 7): Education: Integration and Related Strategies to Improve Disadvantaged Schools
Guest Speakers:
Richard Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation
[Richard Carranza, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education] Recording not available.
Class 7 (Mar. 14): Education: Systemic Reform Litigation, Policy Advocacy, and Community Organizing
Guest Speakers:
John Affeldt, Managing Attorney, Public Advocates, Inc.
Katy Nuñez-Adler, Community Organizer, Oakland Community Organizations
Class 9 (April 4): Education & Juvenile Justice: Educating Incarcerated Youth
Guest Speakers:
Lynette Tannis, Educational Consultant; Adjunct Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Christy Sampson-Kelly, Director of Schools, Center for Educational Excellence in Alternative Settings
Class 10 (April 11): Immigration: Some Responses to Trump Era Policies
Guest Speakers:
Jacqueline Bhabha, Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Lecturer of Law, Harvard Law School; and Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School
[Brad Karp, Chairman, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP] Recording not available.
Class 12 (Apr. 25): Juvenile Justice: Approaches to Reforming Juvenile Justice Institutions
Guest Speakers:
[Judith Edersheim, JD, MD, Founding Co-Director, The MGH Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior; Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Attending Psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital] Recording not available.
Karli Keator, Director, National Center for Youth Opportunity and Justice