July 15, 2025
Thursday, July 24, 2025 | 4 – 5:30 p.m. ET
All brain functioning is “state-dependent” – cognition, emotional, social, and motor functioning shift with the internal state of the individual. Dr. Perry’s presentation will focus on exploring principles of state-dependent functioning and the key neural systems that mediate each person’s stress-response capabilities. He will then explain how unpredictable and overwhelming stress, distress, and trauma impact an individual’s functioning and the implications for brain development in children.
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Over the last thirty years, Dr. Perry has been an active teacher, clinician and researcher in children’s mental health and the neurosciences holding a variety of academic positions. His work on the impact of abuse, neglect and trauma on the developing brain has impacted clinical practice, programs and policy across the world. Dr. Perry is the author, with Maia Szalavitz, of The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog, a bestselling book based on his work with maltreated children and Born For Love: Why Empathy is Essential and Endangered. Dr. Perry’s most recent book, What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing (2021), co-authored with Oprah Winfrey, has been translated into 26 languages and has been on the New York Times Bestseller list for over 100 weeks after becoming #1 on the list in April of 2021.
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