Media Coverage

EDC’s Shai Fuxman discusses Sesame Street introducing a new character whose mother is battling an opioid addiction.

Kerri Nickerson of EDC’s Suicide Prevention Resource Center believes everyone has a role to play in preventing suicide on college campuses, not just the school’s counseling centers.

EDC’s Shelley Pasnik responds to the fine YouTube received for collecting children’s data and the challenges parents face when their children go online. “For the typical parent needing to navigate a ‘woolly media landscape,’ it’s really difficult,” she says.

EDC’s Terresa Humphries-Wadsworth makes the point that “everyone can do something in suicide prevention.” The article also discusses Humphries-Wadsworth’s work with the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention.

Cheryl Carrier, executive director of Ford Next Generation Learning (Ford NGL), is interviewed about the impact of the program. EDC has been a partner on Ford NGL for close to 20 years.

An article about promising practices to prevent suicide features EDC’s Julie Goldstein Grumet discussing how health care systems are using Zero Suicide.

Learning about science is pivotal to early learning, yet many parents do not feel comfortable in engaging their children on the topic.

EDC’s Shai Fuxman is interviewed on Greater Boston about research that students with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to be victims of cyberbullying. According to Fuxman, rather than ban social media, schools can create curricula to reduce cyberbullying.