{"id":1099,"date":"2021-03-05T01:36:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T01:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2024-06-10T01:37:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T01:37:48","slug":"effects-of-the-pandemic-on-childrens-resilience-and-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/2021\/03\/05\/effects-of-the-pandemic-on-childrens-resilience-and-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"Effects of the Pandemic on Children\u2019s Resilience and Vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nSandra Russ, Ph.D. – Distinguished University Professor and Louis D. Beaumont University Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Friday March 5, 2021
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nOnline Zoom Meeting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

Greetings, and I hope the new year and new semester are going well for you. Spring approaches. May we all stay very well as we wait and hope.<\/p>\n

Social distancing continues on campus and the more than three decades-old tradition of the \u201cFriday Lunch\u201d will continue in its new, online form through the semester. We\u2019ve begun with a mix of our own excellent faculty and leading scholars from beyond our campus. This week we welcome one of our campus leaders to share perspectives from her path-breaking research.<\/p>\n

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyday life in deep and worrisome ways, raising tough policy questions. One of the most controversial involves the effects on young children from closing schools. But what about children of pre-school age, who also may no longer be able to go to formal day care or informal play groups? The CDC states that \u201cmany young children\u2019s social, emotional, or mental well-being has been impacted by the pandemic.\u201d Children may be affected, for example, directly by social isolation, protective measures against the virus, and disruption of routines and structure. The pandemic creates dilemmas as illustrated by one expert\u2019s proclamation that, \u201cboth supportive relationships and social distancing\u201d are \u201ccritical priorities.\u201d The direct challenges are exacerbated by the indirect effects on children of the economic and psychological stress on their families.<\/p>\n

One way to think about this challenge is in terms of \u201cresilience\u201d \u2013 defined<\/span>\u00a0in one description<\/span><\/a>\u00a0as \u201cwhy some children do well despite adverse early experience,\u201d in which \u201cprotective experiences and coping skills on one side counterbalance significant adversity on the other.\u201d Such descriptions may make resilience look like a set of tools to be learned. But it\u2019s much more subtle than that; as Sandra Russ\u2019s research shows, for example, resilience is linked to children\u2019s imagination and ability to pretend.<\/p>\n

Professor Russ is one of the world\u2019s leading scholars of how children play and why that matters. Her research has included creating the \u201cAffect in Play Scale\u201d that is used internationally. She has helped show linkages among creativity, coping, and wellbeing. Whether that should make us more or less worried about the effects of COVID-19 is not clear to me \u2013 but I am eager to learn from her!<\/span><\/p>\n

Signing In<\/h3>\n

This semester’s discussions will begin at 12:30 p.m., the usual time. The meeting will be set up as from Noon to 2:00 p.m., so people are not all signing in at the same time and to allow for the discussion to run a bit long.\u00a0Each week we will send out this newsletter with information about the topic. It will also include a link to register (for free) for the discussion.<\/strong>\u00a0Every Monday the same information will be posted on our website:<\/span>\u00a0fridaylunch.case.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you register, you will automatically receive from the Zoom system the link to join the meeting. This week’s link for registration is:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/cwru.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJcqcO-orzwpE9OGaYw-14ZHeUfSZIOFTHLj<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.<\/p>\n

Please e-mail<\/span>\u00a0padg@case.edu<\/span><\/a>\u00a0if you have questions about how the Zoom version of the Friday Lunch will work or any other suggestions. Or call at 216 368-2426 and we’ll try to get back to you. We are very pleased to be partnering this semester with the<\/span>\u00a0Siegal Lifelong Learning Program<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to share information about the discussions.<\/p>\n

Best wishes for safety and security for you and yours,<\/p>\n

Joe White
\nLuxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

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About Our Guest<\/span><\/h3>\n

After joining the Case Western Reserve University faculty in 1975,\u00a0Sandra Russ<\/strong>\u00a0focused much of her research on children\u2019s pretend play\u2014specifically how it can affect such functions as creativity, coping and ability to understand emotions. Professor Russ has authored or edited six books, and published dozens of articles in refereed academic journals. Sandra Russ was named a fellow in her academic division of the American Psychological Association, and four years ago received the Rudolf Arnheim Award for Outstanding Achievement in Psychology and the Arts.<\/p>\n

Working with students has always been a priority for Sandra Russ, who earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. That\u2019s what drew Professor Russ to academia after five years in a clinical setting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Schedule of Friday Lunch Upcoming Topics and Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 12: Dictatorship by Degrees: Xi Jinping in China.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Steven P. Feldman, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Professor Emeritus in Business Ethics.<\/p>\n

March 19: What\u2019s the Problem With Big Tech?<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Anat Alon-Beck, J.D.<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Law.<\/p>\n

March 26: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 2: Student Debt: What Are the Problems? For Whom? And What Could Be Done?<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Richard Kazis<\/strong>, Senior Consultant, MDRC, Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, and Board Chair of The Institute for College Access and Services.<\/p>\n

April 9: Healthcare, Public Health, and Population Health.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Scott Frank, MD<\/strong>, Associate Professor and Director of Public Health Initiatives, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences.<\/p>\n

April 16: Dropping the Pilot? Assessing Angela Merkel\u2019s Chancellorship.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Kenneth F. Ledford, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Chair, Department of History.<\/p>\n

April 23: Depression\u2019s Past and Future.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Jonathan Sadowsky, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Theodore J. Castele Professor of History.<\/p>\n

April 30: The Republican Party and Demographic Change.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Girma Parris, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science.<\/p>\n

May 7: Defending Disability Insurance.<\/strong>\u00a0With\u00a0Kathy Ruffing<\/strong>, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Center for Policy Studies
\nPublic Affairs Discussion Group<\/strong><\/p>\n

Effects of the Pandemic on Children\u2019s Resilience and Vulnerability<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sandra Russ, Ph.D. – Distinguished University Professor and Louis D. Beaumont University Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday March 5, 2021
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nOnline Zoom Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n

Greetings, and I hope the new year and new semester are going well for you. Spring approaches. May we all stay very well as we wait and hope.<\/p>\n

Social distancing continues on campus and the more than three decades-old tradition of the \u201cFriday Lunch\u201d will continue in its new,<\/p>\n

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