Young Children Without Homes National Conference 2013

May 20 & 21, 2013

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The Readiness Equation: Designing Systems to Support Young Homeless Children & their Families

Ensuring a child’s later life success requires empowered communities and coordinated efforts to deliver high-quality early education, a seamless transition from preschool to kindergarten, and family support throughout the first eight years of life. For children experiencing homelessness, expanding the focus beyond the preschool years and developing a systemic birth-to-eight approach is especially critical in order to offset their exposure to toxic stress and early life adversity.

Horizons for Homeless Children's Young Children Without Homes National Conference will convene hundreds of leaders and practitioners working in early childhood education, housing and homelessness, public schools, and health care - to share expertise and best practices in their fields.

Featured Speakers

Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., is the Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Harvard Graduate School of Education; Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital; and Director of the university-wide Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. He also chairs the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs, two multi-university collaborations comprising leading scholars in neuroscience, psychology, pediatrics, and economics, whose mission is to bring credible science to bear on public policy affecting young children.

Dr. Kenneth Hardy is Professor of Family Therapy at Drexel University and is also Director of the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships. Prior to joining the faculty at Drexel University, he was Professor of Family Therapy at Syracuse University where he also held positions as Director of Clinical Training and Research, and Chair of the Department of Child and Family Services. He is the former Director of the Center for Children, Families and Trauma of the Ackerman Institute in New York City.

The Conference will include workshops on the following topics:

Early education and care
School readiness and transitions
Family engagement and support
Advocacy and current policy issues
Interdisciplinary perspectives on family homelessness

Conference pricing:
$135 Individuals, one day
$270 Individuals, two days TODAY ONLY $50 discount: $220
$295 Individuals + CEUs, two days TODAY ONLY $50 discount: $245
$125 Groups 4 and over, p.p., one day*
$245 Groups 4 and over, p.p., two days* TODAY ONLY $50 discount: $195 p.p.
$150 Students, two days

*Groups must register together

CEUs available: please contact Tecla Ris at tris@horizonschildren.org for information.

10:57 AM 4/3/2013

Contact Information

Tecla Ris
Conference Coordinator
1705 Columbus Avenue
Roxbury MA 02119
T: 617-553-5434
Main: 617-553-5455
Fax: 617-445-2124
E: tris@horizonschildren.org
www.horizonschildren.org

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	Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., is the Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Harvard Graduate School of Education; Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital; and Director of the university-wide Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. He also chairs the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs, two multi-university collaborations comprising leading scholars in neuroscience, psychology, pediatrics, and economics, whose mission is to bring credible science to bear on public policy affecting young children.
	Dr. Kenneth Hardy is Professor of Family Therapy at Drexel University and is also Director of the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships. Prior to joining the faculty at Drexel University, he was Professor of Family Therapy at Syracuse University where he also held positions as Director of Clinical Training and Research, and Chair of the Department of Child and Family Services. He is the former Director of the Center for Children, Families and Trauma of the Ackerman Institute in New York City.