Dr. Jeremy Richman and Jessica Berlinski

Dr. Jeremy Richman and Jessica Berlinski

Dr. Jeremy Richman, PhD, tragically lost his 6-year old daughter, Avielle Rose, in the Sandy Hook massacre. As the founder and CEO of The Avielle Foundation, Dr. Richman is committed to preventing violence and building compassion through brain health research, community education, and engagement. Jessica Berlinkski, Chief Impact Officer at Adaptive Health Systems, works with educational organizations to build awareness and scale impact in Social-Emotional Learning.

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Dec 14, 2014
Learning Research

On Newtown Anniversary, A Call to Use Video Games to Encourage Empathy

Dr. Jeremy Richman, who lost his daughter in the shootings at Newtown, CT two years ago today, and Jessica Berlinski of Adaptive Health Systems call for a new wave of video games that can help young people develop empathy and other emotional skills. The two argue the research is there to prove their effectiveness and the time is now to “move from an unproductive, blame-based dialogue to one that incites positive action.”