About This Talk

Polyvagal Theory and the Developing Child: Systems of Care for Strengthening Kids, Families and Communities by Marilyn Sanders and George Thompson is finally here! Come join us for a book launch and discussion with one the authors, Dr. Marilyn Sanders. Dr. Sanders originally published her work in the acclaimed edited volume by Stephen Porges and Deb Dana, Clinical Application of the Polyvagal Theory. She is a board-certified pediatrician and neonatologist and provides clinical care for critically ill newborns, infants, and young children at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (CCMC) in Hartford, Connecticut. Dr. Sanders lectures throughout the United States and Europe, and routinely works with clinicians and trainees from pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, nursing and social work. In addition to addressing health care providers, she is also frequently invited to speak to state and community agencies working with young children and their families, early childhood policy advisors, and undergraduate and graduate students.

Come listen to two polyvagal practitioners talk about babies, this new book, life and the autonomic world of birth and health.

About Dr. Marilyn Sanders

Dr. Marilyn R Sanders is a board-certified pediatrician and neonatologist who cares for critically ill babies, infants, and their families at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Newborn Intensive Care Unit in Hartford, CT. Dr. Sanders did her pediatric residency at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and her fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Johns-Hopkins School of Medicine. She is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She also provides neurodevelopmental follow-up for babies and infants up to 3 years old. Her scholarly interest is providing trauma-informed care to hospitalized newborns, infants, young children, and their families. Her focus is the impact of the autonomic nervous system’s sense of safety, danger, or life threat on our emotions and behavior. She lectures throughout the United States and Europe. She has authored papers and book chapters on trauma-informed care for young infants, children, and their families in the hospital setting. Dr Sanders is currently under book contract with WW Norton and Company. Her book, The Polyvagal Theory and the Developing Child, to be published in July 2021, discusses implications of the Polyvagal Theory, for the well-being and development of infants, children, and adolescents.