Walter Gilliam is the Elizabeth Mears and House Jameson Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology at the Yale University Child Study Center and the Director of The Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy. Walter is on the Board of Directors of ZERO TO THREE, the Board of Directors, Child Care Aware of America; […]
Learning Begins at Birth, a short interview with Evelyn Effinger
Why We Need Parental Leave, a short interview with Walter Gilliam
Why Parents Need Support Before Children Enter Pre-K Programs- a short interview with Samuel J. Meisels
Excerpt from an interview with Samuel J. Meisels, EdD about the need for support before children enter Pre-K programs. He was the president of the Erikson Institute from 2002-2013. He is an emeritus professor of education at the University of Michigan and was on the faculty at Michigan for 21 years. In 2013, he became […]
Lack of Paid Sick Leave- a short Interview with Helen Pasley
Excerpt from an interview with Helen Pasley, the Director at the Early Childhood Center at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara California. Helen tells a story of a mom in her program who was trying to balance the needs of a sick child with keeping her job. Helen has worked with young children for […]
The Social Womb
Written and narrated by J. Ronald Lally, this 6-minute animation depicts why young brains need continuing nurturance, protection and enrichment once a child is born – a setting where the growing brain can flourish. He describes the development of a “social womb” similar in function to the nurturance a fetus receives while in the womb. […]