We’re pleased to welcome Arietta Slade ’73, Ph.D. as the guest speaker for the 2026 Longfellow Lecture at Sarah Lawrence College. Dr. Slade is a clinical psychologist, Professor Adjunct of Child Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center, Professor Emerita at the City College of New York, and Co-Founder of Minding the Baby, an interdisciplinary home-visiting program for high-risk mothers and infants. An internationally recognized scholar of attachment and the parent-child relationship, she will discuss how parents, caregivers, clinicians, and teachers can “hold the child in mind” to foster understanding, connection, and healthy development.
Sarah Lawrence College offers 1.5 CTLE hours for this in-person program on the Bronxville campus. Attendance is required to receive CTLE hours.