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CCPPNS is proud to welcome Gloria DeGaetano as our 2008 Keynote Speaker Cherishing and Preserving Childhood in our “Screen Machine” World Television, DVD, video games –all small screen technologies can be useful tools, providing unprecedented educational opportunities and communication advances. How does overuse and misuse of these screen machines actually impact early childhood development? How do these screen machines affect fragile brain awakenings; tender emotional development; and innocent, impressionable minds? Most importantly, what do we do about it? Gloria DeGaetano shares valuable research and crucial considerations for adults interested in making sure our youngsters grow cognitively, emotionally, socially, and spiritually to be able to enjoy their childhood to the fullest extent. Ms. DeGaetano examines five Vital Needs of children that often get short-changed in our high-tech world. Ms. DeGaetano invites us to become “knowledgeable warriors” on behalf of our children. Fully aware that taming the screen machine is not easy, she provides practical suggestions and inspiring ideas, giving audiences a new way to think about screen machines and their influences on children in particular and childhood in general. Gloria DeGaetano, founder and CEO of the Parent Coaching Institute, is a nationally and an internationally acclaimed speaker, educator, consultant, and author . A leading expert in child development, media literacy, and brain research, Ms. DeGaetano produced the nation’s first parent educational video and training for early childhood educators on Healthy Brain Development in a Media Age. Her books include: Parenting Well in a Media Age; Screen Smarts: A Family Guide to Media Literacy; StopTeaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie, and Video Game Violence; Television and the Lives of Our Children; and Media Smarts for Young Folks. An innovative, inspirational leader, Ms. DeGaetano has been interviewed on many national radio shows, including NPR’s Fresh Air and Marketplace. She has appeared on NBC’s Today Show and special documentaries produced by NBC, ABC, and the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. Her popular radio program, Parent Appreciation Radio is now available on i-Tunes. Friday’s Special Keynote Speaker 1:15 -3:00 PM CCPPNS proudly welcomesLarry Garf “Hey, Quit Pushing!” How We Put Children at Risk by Starting Academics Too Early "Today's parents find themselves under extreme pressure to drive their children academically at ever younger ages. Well meaning friends, relatives, as well as the media, make us feel like we're not giving our children "all the advantages" if we don't start academics early on. Using approachable language and concrete examples, Larry Garf reflects how this push is actually counterproductive, resulting in higher levels of anxiety, self esteem issues, inaccurate diagnoses of learning disabilities-but not higher academic achievement." Larry Garf has had an unusually broad range of teaching experiences, beginning in 1973. He is in his tenth year as a member of the Human Development faculty at Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena. His teaching background includes first and second grade, as well as special education (K-12). In addition to his position at Pacific Oaks, he continues to work with children, teaching art to youngsters, K-6. Larry’s wife Melanie, is an artist. They are the parents of 18-year old twins who attended a parent cooperative preschool, where Mr. Garf spent hundreds of happy and illuminating hours observing child development unfolding in a natural and unhurried way. Mr. Garf’s writing and teaching revolve around the fact that too many of today’s young children no longer have the opportunities his own children did: to develop and mature at their own pace, without being rushed or pressured at an early age. HEY, QUIT PUSHING: How We Put Children at Risk by Starting Academics Too Early, centers in on the negative consequences we create when we pressure our young children: elevated levels of anxiety and stress without the gain of higher academic achievement. |
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