Talks
PROFESSIONAL TALKS
to TEACHERS, PARENTS & BEYOND
WINTER/SPRING 2018
Norfolk, MA Public Schools, Early Childhood Programs.
January
• “The Play-Learning Connection: Why Play Is More Important Now Than Ever in Early Childhood Settings.”
FALL 2017
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Atlanta, GA. November
• “The Play-Learning Connection: Why It’s More Important Now Than Ever.”
• “How Early Childhood Professionals Can Advocate for Appropriate Practice in These Times:
Family Child Care Association.
Bellerica, MA. October
• “Understanding and Promoting Infant-Toddler Play in Family Child Care Settings.”
Fairfield County (CT) Assoc. for the Education of Young Children.
Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT. October
• “The War Play Dilemma: What’s the Problem and What Parents and Teachers Can Do about It?”
Community Cooperative Nursery School (Teachers & Parents)
Norwalk, CT. October
• “The War Play Dilemma and Boys: What’s the Problem and What Parents and Teachers Can Do about It?”
WINTER/SPRING 2017
World Forum on Early Care and Education.
Auckland New Zealand. May
• Panel Coordinator: “Building Resilience to Help Young Children Deal with Trauma from Natural Disasters, Political Turmoil or Family Conflict: Lessons from Around the World.”
125th Anniversary Celebration Banquet of Association for Early Childhood Education International. (Invited Talk).
Bellerica, Washington, DC. Invited Talk. April
• “Lucy Wheelock: Pioneer in Early Childhood Whose Ideas and Vision Live On at Wheelock College Today.”
Wheelock College Alumni Symposium.
Wheelock College. April
• “Teachers Speak Out: How School Reform Mandates Are Failing Low-Income Young Children.”
Wheelock College Community-Wide talk.
March
• Sabbatical Research Presentation. “Teachers Speak Out: How School Reform Mandates Are Failing Low-Income Young Children.”
Berry Brook School.
Duxbury, MA. February
• Sabbatical Research Presentation. “Teachers Speak Out: How School Reform Mandates Are Failing Low-Income Young Children.”
MenTeach New England Symposium.
Wheelock College. January
• Keynote Address: “Play Today: What’s Going On & What Can We Do about It?
FALL 2016
National Assoc. for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference.
Los Angeles, California. November
• “School Reform Mandates Versus the Whole Child: Special Challenges for Low Income Children.” [With Denisha Jones, Howard University].
Wheelock College.
October
• David Hawkins’ Curiosity & Learning Conference. Workshop: “Play Dough: Play in School Today?”
Women Explore.
Cambridge, MA. October
• “Where’s the Hope? Innovation in Education.”
Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard.
Cambridge, MA. October
• “Endangered Play, Endangered Development: Why Play is Even More Important in the 21st Century”
Children’s Trust Fund. [Full-Day Training]
—Central Mass (Westford). September 8
—Southern Mass (Taunton). September 22
• Family Center Coordinators Full-Day Trainings. “Beyond Remote Controlled Childhood: Helping Families Deal Effectively with Media and Technology in These Times & Why It’s So Important to Do So.” [2nd & 3rd of 3 Statewide Trainings to reach all Massachusetts Family Center Coordinators.
SPRING 2016
Kathmandu, Nepal.
May
• Talk for Nepali Media Reporters et al. “Challenges & Opportunities Facing Today’s Young Children: How Media and Technology Are Affecting Young Children’s Development, Learning & the Future.”
• Talk sponsored by ICRI, Karuna Foundation & Others. “Beyond Remote Control Childhood in Early Childhood” (for Teachers, Progrm Mgrs, & CD Experts).
• Talk at University of Kathmandu. “The Impact of Natural & Person-made Traumas on Young Children and How to Help Them Heal.”
Children’s Trust Fund.
Chicopee, MA (State’s Western Region). May.
• Family Center Coordinators in Western Mass (Chicopee)—1-Day Training/Workshop. “Beyond Remote Controlled Childhood: Helping Families Deal Effectively with Media and Technology in These Times & Why It’s So Important to Do So.” [#1 of 3 Trainings to reach family center coordinators through Massachusetts.]
New Haven, CTAEYC and Yale University.
• Community Talk for Teachers & Parents: “Endangered Play, Endangered Development: Why Play Is More Important Now than Ever in the Lives of Children.”
Quinsigamond Community College.
Worcester, MA.
• Community Talk for Teachers & Parents: “Changing Times, Changing Play: Why Play Is Even More Important in the 21st Century.”
California AEYC Annual Conference.
Pasadena, CA. April.
• Keynote Address: “Remote-Control Teaching/Remote-Control Play—What’s Going On and What Can We Do about It?”
Sonoma Countywide Conference.
Rohnert, Park, CA. March.
• Keynote Address: “Endangered Play, Endangered Development: Supporting Children’s Play in This Changing World.”
• Workshop: “Promoting Play Today: Special Focus on Low Income Children & Gender Issues.
Sonoma State University. Early Childhood Programs & Diversity Center Programs.
• College-wide Lecture: “So Sexy So Soon! So Violent So Soon! How Gender Messages In Today’s Society Impact Healthy Development, Behavior and Relationships AND What We Can Do about It.”
FALL 2015
Fayerweather Street School.
Cambridge, MA.
• Annual Grandparents’ Day. Keynote: “The Value of a Progressive FSS Education for the Real World: What the Research Tells Me as a Professor of Education at Wheelock College & What My Own Experience Tells Me as the Parent of a 1996 FSS Graduate.”
National Assoc. for the Education of Young Children.
Orlando, FLA. November.
• Defending the Early Years Panel Session: “Cognitive Development and the Challenge of Common Core State Standards.” Facilitator: Levin. Panelists (DEY Advisory Board Members): Constance Kamii, Lilian Katz, Joan Almon.
• Play, Policy & Practice Special Interest Panel Session. “Advocating for Play in Early Childhood Education: Building Effective Strategies.” Facilitator: Johnson. Panelists: J. Almon, Dorothy Sluss, & D. Levin.
• Defending the Early Years Annual Meeting. “Special Challenges Teachers Are Facing by School Reform and How DEY Can Help.”
Northeastern University.
Boston, MA. November .
• Strong Women, Strong Girls School Volunteer Program & Book Club. Workshop: “Tools for Helping Middle School-aged Girls Grow Up in Today’s Sexualized Culture.”
Wheelock College.
October.
• Cultivating “the Scientist” in Every Child: The Science Education of David Hawkins Conference. Workshop: “Clay Boats.”
Kurn Hattin Homes for Children.
Williamsburg, VT.October 23.
• 24th Annual Conf. for Northeast Professionals. Full-Day Training Workshop. “So Sexy So Soon.”
