In this episode Lewis First, MD, MS, FAAP, editor-in-chief of Pediatrics, is back for another edition of “First Up.” He joins hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, with a bird’s-eye view of what’s in the September issue of the journal. The hosts also talk to Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed, FAAP, about strategies to shape parent and adolescent understandings of development.
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Lewis First, MD, MS, FAAP
Guest
Dr. First is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont (UVM) Larner College of Medicine, Chief of Pediatrics at the UVM Children’s Hospital, and editor-in-chief of the AAP’s peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics. Dr. First also educates the public weekly as a broadcaster and columnist with his “First with Kids” segments that appear on radio, television, and in local newspapers.
Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed, FAAP
Guest
Dr. Ken Ginsburg practices Adolescent Medicine at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He directs Health Services at Covenant House Pennsylvania, where he serves Philadelphia’s youth enduring homelessness.
Dr. Ginsburg is the founding director of The Center for Parent and Teen Communications, which works with key influencers to empower parents with the strategies and skill sets that will strengthen their family connections and position them to guide their teens to become their best selves. It works to shift the cultural narrative about adolescence from being a time to survive to one in which development is to be optimized and celebrated. Its parenting website - parentandteen.com - was awarded the 2019 Seal of Approval from The National Parenting Center.
His books include Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings and Raising Kids to Thrive: Balancing Love with Expectations and Protection with Trust, published by the AAP. His AAP multimedia toolkit, “Reaching Teens: Strength-Based, Trauma-sensitive, Resilience-building Communication Strategies Rooted in Positive Youth Development,” offers youth-serving professionals applied strategies to optimally serve young people.
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
The interviewees have no conflicts of interest to disclose
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*The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and not necessarily those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.