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SEPTEMBER 2005

Bank Street’s Infancy Institute Helps the Smallest Among Us

By Julie Ronneburger

The Graduate School of Bank Street College of Education presented its eighteenth annual Infancy Institute in June 2005. The three day event, titled “Infants, Toddlers, Families: Supporting Their Growth,” involved thirty-seven nationally renowned professors and experts in fields such as psychiatry, occupational therapy, music therapy, and nutrition. Over 270 participants from fourteen states around the country took part in workshops covering multiple areas of child-rearing ages 0-3, such as cultural diversity in child rearing, guiding principles in infant and toddler mental health, and exploring children’s love of movement. Some of this year’s participants, who could not have attended otherwise, received scholarships from a generous $5,000 grant from the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

This year’s keynote speaker was Dr. Martha Edwards who is the Director of the Center for Developing Child and Family at the Ackerman Institute for the Family in New York City. Edwards also teaches family therapy at the NYU Child Study Center, is a board member of the Zero to Three Network, and is the research committee chair and former board member of the American Family Therapy Academy. She has written about and presented nationally and internationally her model of parenting processes and her work in family therapy.

Throughout its eighteen-year history, the Infancy Institute has witnessed major changes in society’s awareness of research and discussion regarding the years 0-3. “Bank Street was at the vanguard in the area of infancy development, and the Infancy Institute strives to inform educators and non-educators alike about this critical time of development in very young children. We are continuously expanding our workshops to appeal to all child-care givers, not just to parents and educators,” says Carla Poole, Interim Director of the Infant and Parent Development and Early Intervention Program and Co-Director of the Infancy Institute.

The Institute was founded and directed by the Infant and Parent Development and Early Intervention Program at the Graduate School of Bank Street. The program offers a master’s degree with specialization in infant/ toddler development. For more information on the program, or to register for next year’s Institute, please call Carla Poole at 212-875-4523.#

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