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For Immediate Release
August 27, 2008
For more information, contact
Nicholas Mascari
(585) 395-2754
nmascari@brockport.edu
The Hunter Institute Conference on Young Children
Conference Program
The College at Brockport
Saturday, September 27, 2008
The College at Brockport
New York Room, Cooper Hall
9 am – 4 pm
The registration fee is $15 per person, $5 for Brockport students. It includes the workshop program, Continental breakfast, lunch and refreshments. The workshop staff can accommodate participants with special needs if they are known in advance.
To register, contact: Dr. Kathy Peterson-Sweeney The Hunter Institute on Young Children The College at Brockport, State University of New York 350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY (585) 395-5319 E-mail: kpeterso@brockport.edu
Program
8:00 - 8:30 Registration and Coffee
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome and Introductions
8:45-9:45 How Young Children Learn: Encouraging Early Childhood Mathematics
Doug Clements PhD
University of Buffalo
9:45-10 Break and Networking
10:00 - 11 Early Recognition of Developmental Delays
Lynn Cole PNP
Golisano Children’s Hospital
11:00 – 11:15 Break and Networking
11:15 – 12:15 Managing Problem Behaviors in Young Children
Marcie Desrochers, PhD
College at Brockport
12:15 - 1:00 Lunch, Vendors, Posters
1:00 – 2:00 Breakout Session #1
How Gender, Race and Culture Impact Little People
Lou Sweigman, PhD
The College at Brockport
Model for Child Attachment
Connie Rodriguez, MSEd
The Children’s Institute
Practical Application of Mathemetics to the Young Classroom
Janka Szilagy, PhD
The College at Brockport
Brain Development: Nature verses Nurture:
The Importance of the Early Years
EJ Kim, PhD
The College at Brockport
2:00 - 2:15 Break with Dessert
2:15 - 3:15 Breakout Session #2
Music and Movement in the Environment: Learning Through Play
Natalie Sarrazin, PhD
The College at Brockport
Brain Development: Nature verses Nuture:
The Importance of the Early Years
EJ Kim, PhD
The College at Brockport
Complexity of Single Parenting: How it Affects Young Children
Janet Weisensel, LMSW
Golisano Children’s Hospital
Children's Exposure to Violence
Dawn Pozzi, MPH
Children’s Institute
3:15 – 3:30 Evaluation
Session #1 Descriptions
How Gender, Race and Culture Impact Little People When young children first notice racial, cultural, and/or gender differences, how do they make sense of what they see? What societal messages do they receive? Together we will explore ways to help them develop dispositions that genuinely accept difference and embrace diversity.
Model for Child Attachment: The Power of Nurturing Can you spoil babies by picking them up when they cry? Responsive and respectful infant care lays the foundation for healthy trusting lifelong relationships.
Practical Application of Mathematics to the Young Classroom Participants of this session will learn about why it is important to nurture young children’s thinking about various mathematical concepts. Current research related to the concepts and practical ideas for the classroom will be shared.
Brain Development: Nature verses Nurture: The Importance of the Early Years How do nature and nurture contribute to early brain development? This presentation addresses the implication of nature and nurture of early brain development for teachers/caregivers. We also will discuss the importance of early intervention for young children who may delay in early brain development.
Session #2 Descriptions
Music and Movement in the Environment: Learning Through Play
This session will look at how sound, music and movement, used in early childhood environments, enhances social and cognitive development. A range of songs, games, movement activities and stories will be introduced and experienced by participants, with suggestions for integration provided.
Brain Development: Nature verses Nurture: The Importance of the Early Years
How do nature and nurture contribute to early brain development? This presentation will address the implication of nature and nurture of early brain development for teachers/caregivers. Also, the importance of early intervention for young children who may delay in early brain development will be discussed
Complexity of Single Parenting: How it Affects Young Children
This presentation will discuss the positive effects of single parenting, the struggles families face, and will confront the myths. How to support single parent families in a way that will enhance child development will be explored using of case examples.
Children's Exposure to Violence
This workshop is designed to increase understanding of the dynamics of families living with domestic violence between the adult partners, to explore how those dynamics impact children, and to give the participants tools to better serve the children and to reinforce protective factors.
The College at Brockport, State University of New York
350 New Campus Drive * Brockport, New York 14420-2931
(585) 395-2754 * FAX (585) 395-2723 *
www.brockport.edu