September 2008 panel of speakers

We are pleased to announce two nationally acclaimed keynote speakers this year:

David Elkind, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus of Child Development at Tufts University and the author of several books, including: The Hurried Child, Ties that Stress, and The Power of Play. Dr. Elkind is one of the country's most esteemed researchers on child development and has published over 400 articles on this topic. He is a visionary who has spent over 25 years advocating for the health and well-being of young children. Ken Ginsburg, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Adolescent Medicine specialist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Ginsburg has written several books, including, A Parent's Guide to Building Resilience in Children and Teens, and co-authored Less Stress and More Success. Dr. Ginsburg also wrote the definitive memorandum for the American Academy of Pediatrics, The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds. Panel speakers also include: Denise Pope, Ph.D., has been a lecturer at the Stanford University School of Education for the past 8 years, specializing in student engagement, curriculum studies, qualitative research methods, and service learning. She founded and directs the SOS: Stressed-Out Students project, a national research and intervention project for K-12 schools to counter the causes of academic stress and increase student health, engagement with learning, and integrity.  Her book, "Doing School": How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students (Yale University Press, 2001) was awarded Notable Book in Education by the American School Board Journal. Dr. Pope is a 3 time recipient of the Stanford University School of Education Outstanding Teacher and Mentor Award. Madeline Levine, Ph.D. is a psychologist with over twenty-five years of experience as a clinician, consultant and educator. Her current New York Times best-selling book, The Price of Privilege, published by HarperCollins, explores the reasons why teenagers from affluent families are experiencing epidemic rates of emotional problems.  Backed by cutting edge research, Dr. Levine proposes solutions that are both practical and credible.  Dr. Levine has taught Child Development classes to graduate students at the University of California Medical Center/ San Francisco. In addition, she is the author of two books on child development and the media: Viewing Violence and See No Evil.  Three students at different stages in their academic careers (a middle school student, high school student, and college student) to be announced soon.