Educators, counselors, lawmakers, advocacy groups and parents will meet at the 91探花Friday and Saturday for the 91探花Conference on Early Learning, to be held at 91探花Tower.
The conference, sponsored by the 91探花College of Education and 91探花Educational Outreach, is designed to start a discussion on the best educational and policy practices to benefit the children of Washington state.
Topics will include nurturing children’s cognitive, emotional and social abilities; early diagnosis and treatment of learning disabilities; rethinking children’s capacity for scientific understanding; and maximizing mathematical abilities.
The two-day conference will be hosted by Patricia Wasley, dean of the 91探花College of Education, and Gail Joseph, assistant professor of educational psychology, and will feature several 91探花researchers presenting on educational issues. These include:
- Virginia Berninger, professor of educational psychology, presenting on the “Writing Route to Preventing Reading and Writing Problems.”
- Carolyn Webster-Stratton, professor of family and child nursing, presenting on “Research and Practice Update on Preventing and Treating Behavior Problems in Young Children: A Parent-Teacher-School Partnership.”
- Elham Kazemi, associate professor of curriculum and instruction, and student Adrian Cunard presenting on “Engaging Young Children’s Mathematical Thinking by Mathematizing the World.”
- Andrew Shouse, associate director of the 91探花Institute for Science and Mathematics, presenting on “Rethinking Children’s Capacity for Scientific Understanding.”
- Jean Kelly, professor of family and child nursing, presenting on “Research and Practice Update: Applying Attachment Theory in Early Childhood Practice: Promoting First Relationships.”
- Gail Joseph, assistant professor of educational psychology and early childhood and family studies presenting on “Child Care Quality and Early Learning.”
- Ellen Dissanayaki of the 91探花School of Music presenting on “Children’s Inherent Ability to Respond to the Arts and Insights into the Implications for Early Education.”
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