Through its outreach to teachers, parents, administrators, community coalitions, and others committed to facilitating the growth of healthy, creative children, the Child Development Institute communicates a progressive educational philosophy and provides a forum for the discussion of issues related to children, childhood, and education.
The Learning Child Series
The Learning Child is a series of documentaries produced for public television by Jonathan Diamond Associates and guided by the faculty of the Child Development Institute. The documentaries represent the view that intellectual, social and imaginative growth, as well as specific skills such as literacy, develop optimally in the context of activities that are inherently meaningful to the child.
Upcoming Events
Longfellow Lecture
The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger’s
Temple Grandin, PhD
Thursday, September 23, 2010
4:30 p.m.
Wright Lecture
When Parents, Educators, and Clinicians Collaborate: Classrooms for All Learners
A Panel Discussion with Stephanie Gould, Maggie Hoffman, and Cassandra Hyacinthe
Jan Drucker, moderator
Monday, July 12, 2010
4:30 p.m.
Facilitating Play for Young Children
Save the Week: June 14-18, 2010
Join us for the 2010 Facilitating Play program, where participants explore uses of play in learning and therapeutic contexts as well as approaches to serving as a “playworker” in a range of settings, including outdoor parks, children’s museums, and hospitals. Sessions on campus are complemented by field observations of children at play.