Ye Rang Park, a research assistant professor at FRC, discusses in a new FRC podcast a study she conducted on mindful parenting as well as her new community-based participatory project through cross-discipline collaboration. Parents who are interested in how mindful parenting can reduce conflicts with their children and promote positive youth behaviors will want to hear this interview!

In this podcast, Samantha Iwinski, a predoctoral fellow in the Department of Human Development & Family Studies at Illinois, goes in depth on the topic of executive function and its development in individuals. She also discusses a study she co-authored with Professor Kelly Bost that analyzed data on hundreds of young children to find out how the regular consumption of sugary snacks and other foods, in conjunction with chaotic living environments, may impair the executive function skills of children.

In this podcast, Jeanne Kramer talks with host Sal Nudo about the Illinois Neurodiversity Initiative, which will begin on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus in the Fall 2022 semester. Kramer is the director of The Autism Program and a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies.

The Family Resiliency Center is a research and policy center that conducts transdisciplinary research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.