Early Childhood Mental Health: Supporting Emotional Development in Young Children

Ross Thompson

Wednesday, 03 Apr 2013 at 7:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union

Dr. Ross Thompson, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis, will share ideas for building mental health resources for children and families as well as strategies for intervention. Dr. Thompson is known for his work on early childhood emotional development and its application to public policy concerns. He studies early parent-child relationships, the development of emotion regulation, conscience development, and the growth of self-understanding in young children. He has written several books and publications, including Preventing Child Maltreatment through Social Support, and is currently working on a new book, Early Brain Development, the Media, and Public Policy. Barbara E. (Mound) Hansen Early Childhood Lecture Series

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Dr. Ross Thompson has served twice as Associate Editor of Child Development, was a Senior NIMH Fellow in Law and Psychology at Stanford University in 1989-90, and served on the Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development of the National Academy of Sciences (1998-2000). He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences committee that produced the report "From Neurons to Neighborhoods" in 2000. His other books are The Postdivorce Family: Children, Families, and Society and Toward a Child-Centered, Neighborhood-Based Child Protection System.

He has received the Boyd McCandless Award from the American Psychological Association, and the Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award from the University of Nebraska, where he was also a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers. In 2007 he received the Ann Brown Award for Excellence in Developmental Research, and the University of California, Davis Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award in 2011.

Cosponsored By:

• Human Development & Family Studies
• Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)