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This training will present an overview of major developmental milestones with a focus on the importance of culture and racial/ethnic identity in infancy, early and middle childhood and how experiences with racism impact typical development.
Learning Objectives:
- Gain an overview of child development and identity development
- Understand how cultural and ethnic family values contribute to children’s development
- Understand discrimination and racism as a stressor affecting children’s development
- Examine how family serving institutions can contribute to cultivating ethnic and cultural family strengths to benefit the family system
Trainers
Lenna Ontai, Ph.D., as a specialist in Cooperative Extension, Department of Human Ecology, Human Development and Family Studies, focuses her research on understanding early socialization processes between partents and young children to understand factors that affect parents’ socialization efforts such as income and cultural background, as well as how these processes impact children’s health and development. As a specialist in Cooperative Extension, she is active in translating and disseminating current research findings in the areas of parenting and health in early childhood.
Leah C. Hibel, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at UC Davis. Her research focuses on the implications of stressful family contexts for mother and child health and well-being. She has studied stressors such as discrimination, poverty, marital conflict, intimate partner violence, and child maltreatment. She also studies cultural resilience. She studies both the behavioral and biological consequences of these factors on families. She received her doctorate from Penn State University in Biobehavioral Health and a minor in Human Development and Family Studies.