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The Supporting Child Caregivers Podcast

Alexandra Harrison

Helpful information about child development and parenting issues for child caregivers--parents, teachers, health workers, and other child caregivers across the globe.

kids & family parenting

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Episode 175: The SCC Pod - A Neonatologist in the...

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2026/03/31

The Neonatologist Dr. Jaclyn Ruggiero talks about her care of critically ill newborns with complex medical needs in the NICU, while also promoting practices that strengthen the infant-caregiver relationship. She will explain how these early experiences support the infants’ regulation and their connection with their caregivers.

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36:44

Episode 174: The SCC Pod - Parenting Premature...

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2026/03/17

Prof M Angeles Cerezo, a psychologist at the University of Valencia talks about the challenges and joys of parenting a premature infant.

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42:14

Episode 173: The SCC Pod - Lauryl Ramakrishnan -...

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2026/03/02

Lauryl Ramakrishnan, a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Lactation Consultant in Pediatric Primary Care and Lactation Medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance gives us her insights into helping new mothers successfully nurture their babies, in that way building their self-confidence, their feelings of comfort and safety, and ultimately strengthening the mother-infant bond. Breastfeeding can be particularly challenging with premies, because premies can have a harder time breastfeeding, and also

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Episode 172: The SCC Pod - Premature Babies with Dr....

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2026/02/19

Dr. Ana Mayen, a Salvadoran neonatologist, talks about her experience caring for preterm babies in El Salvador. She is a major member of our SCC team at the Casa de Vida, the residence for young pregnant teens in El Salvador. Since pregnant teens are a high risk group for preterm births as well as other complications, her experience and knowledge has been extremely important to us.Dra. Mayen is a Salvadorean pediatric neonatologist currently working at the Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro

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Episode 171: The SCC Pod - Celebrating Holidays in...

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2026/01/06

Dr. Hanife Akal talks about her family vacations in Turkey—especially summer vacations shared by both sides of her extended family.

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Episode 170: The SCC Pod - Shazia Parveen -...

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2025/12/29

Dr. Shazia Parveen talks about how she celebrates the holiday of Eid in Pakistan and how she helped the children flood survivors celebrate life by planting trees to heal the earth.

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Episode 169: The SCC Pod - Bob McDonell Holiday...

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2025/12/22

Bob McDonell, the Director of Mi Casa Kids El Salvador talks about the holiday traditions of his childhood in the U.S. and now how Christmas is celebrated in El Salvador by the children at Mi Casa and by his family in San Salvador.

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Episode 168: The SCC Pod - Carlotta Bettancourt and...

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2025/12/15

Dr. Carlotta Bettancourt describes an innovative group therapy model for children on the Autism Spectrum paired with volunteer high school mentors.

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Episode 167: The SCC Pod - Sylvie Goldman, Autism,...

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2025/11/18

In our next episode of the series “Autism Today”, Professor Sylvie Goldman, of the Child Neurology and Cognitive Neurosciences Division of the Department of Neurology at Columbia University, talks about her work related to movement disorders and the identification of autism in girls.

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Episode 166: The SCC Pod - Cynthia Martin: Assessment...

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2025/11/04

Dr. Cynthia Martin discusses her work with developmental differences such as autism. She will focus on the assessment of these children and refer to studies of their long-term outcome. Her work is fascinating and compelling.

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Episode 165: The SCC Pod - Ask Me Anything

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2025/10/20

Alexandra Harrison answers listeners’ questions about grandparents, divorce, and pressured children.

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Episode 164: The SCC Pod - A Tribute to the...

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2025/10/08

Patricia de las Casas Elias Bonnemaison, a psychanalyste, author, member of the Peruvian volleyball team, and grandmother, talks about her experience as a grandmother in Peru. Her daughter, Rocio Luna de las Casas, a psychologist, infant mental health specialist, and psychoanalytic candidate, will join the conversation to discuss Peruvian grandmothers and daughters, culture, and the power of relationships.

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Episode 163: The SCC Pod - Chris-Ander Paraison and...

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2025/09/18

Chris-Ander Paraison is a rising sophomore at Harvard studying Chemistry. He was born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, but moved to Massachusetts alongside his family following the 2010 Haitian Earthquake. Outside of academics, Chris enjoys playing guitar, watching anime, and hanging out with friends. In the future he hopes to either pursue a career in medicine, biotechnology, or pharmaceuticals. He talks about how his family values have shaped his life and his ambitions for the future.

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Episode 162: The SCC Pod - Family Values and the Most...

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2025/08/27

Shamala Senthilkumar is a speech and language pathologist who has worked with young children, the terminally ill, and the medically disabled. She draws on her strong family values and commitment to early relational health to motivate her work with this vulnerable population.

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Episode 161: The SCC Pod - Ivana Ron and Mexican...

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2025/07/24

Ivan Ron, A recent Harvard graduate who studied government and psychology, Ivana Ron, has given a lot of thought to family values from both an academic and personal point of view. She is big sister to four little sisters in a close family that includes her mother and grandmother and enjoys the richness of a Mexican heritage. Ivan has also been the gifted Instagram creator for SCC!

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Episode 160: The SCC Pod - Family Values in Quiet...

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2025/06/26

Dr. Marva Lewis, researcher, infant parent psychotherapist, and highly valued colleague of many of us in the infant mental health community, talks about the quiet moments in which family values are communicated.

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Episode 159: The SCC Pod - Nigerian-American Family...

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2025/05/27

Iyanu Shonukan, a first year student at Harvard College talks about the values he was taught by his Nigerian-American parents and how they have shaped his ambitions to provide underserved people with culturally responsive care in the mental health space.

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Episode 158: The SCC Pod - Family Values of Chinese...

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2025/04/09

What is the number one family value for Chinese adolescents and young adults? You may be surprised. Two Chinese students, Joanna and Jacky, join us from Hangzhou, China, and Boston Massachusetts, to describe two different school experiences but the same family values.

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Episode 157: The SCC Pod - Passing on Family Values...

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2025/03/31

Dr. Muhammad Zeshan, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and social media influencer speaks about how he recommends passing on cherished family values to your children.

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Episode 156: The SCC Pod - Family Values with Dr...

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2025/03/17

Dr. Abishek Bala, Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Central Michigan University, who traveled with me on my second trip to india, talks about the values he learned from his Indian family that he hopes to pass on to his young daughter living with him and his wife in the US. It is a thoughtful interview and includes some surprises for those of us brought up in the U.S.

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