Noted Psychologist To Lecture

Jane Healy, Ph.D

Noted educational psychologist, author and lecturer Jane Healy, Ph.D. will discuss the latest research on brain development. She offers practical suggestions that parents, teachers and childcare professional can use to prepare children for adult life in our face-paced, electronic era. Dr. Healy's lecture, entitled "Developing Creative Minds in the 21st Century: Strategies for Successful Parenting and Teaching," will take place on Tuesday, October 23 at 8:00 p.m. at Long Island University's C.W. Post Campus.

Dr. Healy will discuss the miracle of neuroplasticity - how the child's brain develops in response to experience. Among the questions to be addressed are:

• How can we best educate our children for the tasks they will face as adults in the 21st century?

• And how can we best engage them in activities that promote healthy brain development?

"We know from good research that music, the arts, the humanities - a broad range of studies and physical movements - actually improve the brain," says Dr. Healy. "They help bring about the integration of neural development, information, thinking, creativity, and imagination that will be so badly needed in the twenty-first century."

Dr. Healy has worked with all ages from pre-school to graduate school. Her major research interest has been in finding practical applications of current brain research for teachers and parents. A graduate of Smith College, she holds a master's from John Carroll University a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University and post-doctoral work in developmental neuropsychology. Her many years of experience include: parent, classroom teacher, reading/learning specialist, elementary school administrator, and clinician. She is recognized internationally as an author, lecturer and consultant. She has received international media coverage, including Nightline, Good Morning America, the Today Show, CNN and NPR, for her ideas about the impact of technology, media and culture on children's brain development.

Dr. Healy's award-winning books include: Your Child's Growing Mind: A Guide to Learning and Brain Development from Birth to Adolescence; Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think and What We Can Do About It, and Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds - and What We Can Do About It.

Co-sponsored by The Waldorf School of Garden City and Long Island University's School of Education, "Developing Creative Minds in the 21st Century: Strategies for Successful Parenting and Teaching," will take place on Tuesday, October 23 at 8:00 p.m. in Room 119 of the Humanities Hall at Long Island University's C.W. Post Campus at 720 Northern Blvd in Brookville, N.Y. Tickets are $10 per person or $15 per couple. To purchase tickets or for more information, please contact Carol Proctor at (516) 742-3434 ext. 129 or email proctorc@waldorfgarden.org.