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Preconference
Event
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| Thursday,
September 23, 1999, 7:00 p.m. |
Experience,
Brain Development and the Next Generation
Dr. Bruce Perry,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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Conference
Agenda
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| Friday,
September 24, 1999, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| 8:00
a.m.: |
Welcome
to Precious Minds, New Connections
Mr.
Palmer Moe, Executive Director, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation,
San Antonio, TX
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| 8:30
a.m.: |
Rethinking
Neglect
Dr.
Howard Dubowitz,
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
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| 9:00
a.m.: |
Functional
Neuroimaging: Modalities for the Study of Brain Development
and its
Disorders,
Dr.
Peter Fox,
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San
Antonio, TX |
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Interaction
of Caregiver and Child |
| 10:10
a.m.: |
Touch
Therapy for Children and Adolescents
Dr. Maria Hernandez-Reif, Touch
Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami,
FL |
| 10:45
a.m.: |
Pospartum
Depression, Infant-Directed Speech, and Infant Learning
Dr. Peter Kaplan, The
University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO |
| 11:15
a.m.: |
Brain
Development: The Power of Play
Dr. Mary Ruth Moore,
University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX |
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| 12:00
- 1:45 p.m.: |
Lunch:
San Antonio Children's Museum
Located two blocks from the Empire Theatre. Exhibits displayed and
books for sale! |
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| 2:00
p.m.: |
Featured
Speaker:
Abuse
and Neglect and Its Influence on Brain Development
Dr.
Bruce Perry,
Chief of Psychiatry, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX |
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The
Myths of Culture, Poverty and Fatherhood |
| 3:40
p.m.: |
Empowering
Leadership through Faith and Culture
Sr. Tobin Lardie and
Sr. Anita de Luna, Mexican-American Cultural Center, San Antonio,
TX |
| 4:10
p.m.: |
Making
Ends Meet: The Perspective of Non-Residential, Low-Income Fathers
Dr. Laura Lein, The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX |
| 4:35
p.m.: |
Discounted,
Not Deadbeat: Helping Young Dads (and their children) Succeed
Mr. Michael Hayes,
Texas Fragile Families Initiative, Austin, TX |
| Saturday,
September 25, 1999, 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. |
| 7:30
- 8:15 a.m.: |
Check-in,
The
Empire Theatre |
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| 8:15
a.m.: |
Opening
Dance |
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Innovative
Programming |
| 8:30
a.m.: |
Enriching
Young Minds: Applying Research in the Arts, Child Development and
Neuroscience to Early Childhood Education
Dr. Deborah H. Atkins, University
of North Texas, Denton, TX |
| 8:55
a.m.: |
Prenatal
and Early Childhood Home Visitation by Nurses
Ms. Peggy Hill, Kempe
Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health, Denver, CO |
| 9:20
a.m.: |
Birth
to Three: Promising Approaches to Serving the Needs of Infants, Toddlers
and their Families
Ms. Linda Eggbeer,
ZERO TO THREE, Washington, D.C. |
| 9:40
a.m.: |
Helping
Parents to Prepare Children for Success in School
Dr. Craig T. Ramey,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL |
| 10:00
a.m.: |
Promoting
Successful Families and Schools
Dr. Sharon L. Ramey,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL |
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| 10:45
a.m.: |
Snapshot
of San Antonio's Children
Presentation
of recent research on San Antonio's children
Dr. Megan E. Kromer, Kronkosky
Charitable Foundation, San Antonio, TX
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| 11:20
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Finale:
Kronkosky
Charitable Foundation's Early Childhood Initiative
Mr.
Palmer Moe, Executive Director, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation,
San Antonio, TX
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| 11:40
a.m.: |
Questions
& Wrap-up |
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