July 9, 2025 Webinar to Focus on How Extreme Heat Can Affect Young Children Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child will host a webinar on how extreme summer heat can affect young children. Learn More Excess heat can affect young children’s development and health both in the moment of contact and across their lifespan. Putting together strategies to reduce exposure to extreme heat benefits children and their caregivers. The Center for the Developing Child will host a live conversation, Addressing the Impact of Extreme Heat on Young Children, at 1 p.m. on July 17. The webinar will explore how communities are working to reduce the effects of extreme heat on early childhood development. The discussion will be led by Lindsey Burghardt, MD, MPH, FAAP, the center’s science officer and founding director of the Early Childhood Scientific Council on Equity and the Environment. Panelists will include Michelle Kang, chief executive officer of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), and Jennifer Vanos, associate professor in the School of Sustainability and the College of Global Futures at Arizona State University. They will share strategies to protect children from extreme heat, support caregivers, and ensure the healthy development of all children. Those interested in attending the webinar should register on the Center on the Developing Child. TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
