What if love—not flashcards—built the smartest brains?
Stanford’s Dr. Isabelle Howe is here with fresh insights on “relational intelligence,” why babies laugh eight times harder with a friend, and how junk tech is quietly choking your family dinners. We dig into France’s universal preschool, Head Start’s looming funding cliff, and the Sunday-night ritual that turns bedtime dread into disco therapy. Expect science, real-world inspiration, and hopeful ideas you’ll want to quote at your next parent-teacher night.
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What if love—not flashcards—built the smartest brains?
Stanford’s Dr. Isabelle Howe is here with fresh insights on “relational intelligence,” why babies laugh eight times harder with a friend, and how junk tech is quietly choking your family dinners. We dig into France’s universal preschool, Head Start’s looming funding cliff, and the Sunday-night ritual that turns bedtime dread into disco therapy. Expect science, real-world inspiration, and hopeful ideas you’ll want to quote at your next parent-teacher night.
In this episode of The Early Link Podcast, host Rafael Otto sits down with Liane Chappell, at the Hillsboro Early Childhood Center in Hillsboro, Oregon, to talk about Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education. Chappell is the principal at the Early Childhood Center, located at the Northwest Regional Education Service District (NWRESD).
The goal of the Early Childhood Center is to serve kids who have delays and disabilities, and to help them make progress in the areas where they need support. Notably, their aim is to serve every child in an inclusive, natural environment – whether that’s at home, in the classroom, or running errands with their family.
“I’ve always had a passion for inclusion and for wanting to see kids with disabilities be a part of their community like every other kid,” said Chappell. “That’s what has driven me throughout my time at NWRESD and even prior to that in early childhood. I’m working to see every kid be included and get the opportunities that they deserve.”
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The Early Link Podcast
What if love—not flashcards—built the smartest brains?
Stanford’s Dr. Isabelle Howe is here with fresh insights on “relational intelligence,” why babies laugh eight times harder with a friend, and how junk tech is quietly choking your family dinners. We dig into France’s universal preschool, Head Start’s looming funding cliff, and the Sunday-night ritual that turns bedtime dread into disco therapy. Expect science, real-world inspiration, and hopeful ideas you’ll want to quote at your next parent-teacher night.
