About the Conference!
Join the Maine Children's Alliance and the Maine Children's Growth Council to better understand the social emotional learning and development of Maine's young children. Find out what best policies and practices are working in Maine and in other states to improve social and emotional outcomes. Discuss what Maine can do to better support parents, child care providers and children. Lunch will be included.
Following the conference there will be a Social Emotional Development and Learning ad hoc committee meeting from 1:30 to 4:00 PM to discuss survey findings and create initial drafts of policy recommendations to make to the State Legislature. This afternoon meeting is free of charge and the public is welcome to observe the ad hoc committee policy discussions. If you plan on only attending the ad hoc committee meeting portion of the event which is free and open to the public, please register here.
Featuring:
Dr. Sheila Smith
Sheila Smith Ph.D. directs the early childhood team at the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), and has extensive knowledge about policies that can benefit low-income children. Dr. Smith will be presenting her findings on the social emotional development and learning of Maine's young children.
Learn more about Dr. Smith here.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Walter Gilliam
Dr. Gilliam is the director of The Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale and a renowned expert on early childhood development. Listen and join the conversation to learn what we can do to support health social emotional development in Maine's young children.
The Maine Children's Alliance is nonpartisan, nonprofit that promotes sound policies
and practices for Maine children, youth and families. www.mekids.org