Deborah Porter assumed the university’s training to prepare her as a state child welfare worker would waste her time. She’d already trained in another state and didn’t think Nebraska could top it. “Wow! It opened my eyes,” said Porter, a child and family services specialist in Omaha. “There’s so much more I know now. I […]
The Zika outbreaks in 2015 and 2016 grabbed headlines worldwide when evidence linked the virus to brain damage in babies whose mothers were infected while pregnant. Media attention waned along with the epidemic. But for families and caregivers of children living with congenital Zika syndrome, a neurological condition associated with cognitive and physical disabilities, the […]
Their home bases are nearly 5,000 miles apart, but early childhood researchers in Nebraska and Brazil find common ground when it comes to enhancing opportunities for their nations’ children. “We’re all focused on healthy children and optimal learning,” said Susan Sheridan, director of the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools. “This […]