Welcome to the Zigler Child Forum and our wonderful line-up for the Fall semester. Lectures are held on Fridays at 2:00 p.m. We’re kicking off the semester with a presentation on Friday, September 19th from our own Walter Gilliam, PhD, Director of the Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy. We hope to see you there. All lectures are held at 2:00 pm at the Yale Child Study Center in the Cohen Auditorium, E Level, 230 S. Frontage Rd. Our preliminary schedule is as follows: Friday September 19th: Walter Gillam, Yale Child Study Center Putting early childhood mental health consultation on the national list of priorities Friday October 3rd Taroub Faramand, Women Influencing Health, Education, and Rule of Law (WI-HER) Child Health in the Palestinian Territories Friday October 17th Liz Fraser and Jim Horan, CT Association for Human Services Building Opportunity, Two Generations at a Time Friday October 31st Myra Jones-Taylor, CT Office of Early Childhood Delivering on the Promise for CT Children and Families Friday November 7th Mark Pachucki, Harvard Medical School Social Relationships and Health in Childhood Friday November 14th Marc Brackett, Yale Child Study Center Emotional Intelligence: From Theory to Practice Friday November 21st Linda Mayes, Yale Child Study Center tbd Friday December 5th Kasia Chawarska, Yale Child Study Center tbd —————————————————————————————————————— Erika Christakis, M.P.H., M.Ed. Lecturer, Early Childhood Education Yale Child Study Center 310 Prospect Street, room 210 New Haven, CT 06520 978.828.4095 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>