Date: Monday, July 8th 2024
Location: Glasgow Science Centre
Time: 3pm-5pm
Cost to attend: This is a free event, open to all members of the public
Contact info: For any questions, please contact
Event Sponsor: Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development

About The Event

This event will provide an opportunity for parents of young children in the Glasgow area to meet some of our international experts in early development, to ask questions about their children and to hear about our experts’ research. We will have a number of experts on different aspects of child development – from sleeping, to language use, to technology and screens, ets. In addition, to this, we will have a public talk from Anne Wood, the creator of Teletubbies and In the Night Garden. Mark your calendars and be sure to join us on July 8th, 2024.

Expression of interest: If you are planning on attending, please register your expression of interest HERE.

Speakers

Public Lecture

1. Anne Wood, Ragdoll Productions Ltd.
2. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Temple University

Meet the Experts

1. Anne Wood, Ragdoll Productions Ltd.
   How Teletubbies and In The Night Garden were developed
2. Brittany Howell, Virginia Tech
   Discovering the impacts of moms and milk on infant neurodevelopment
3. Caspar Addyman, Stellenbosch University
   How to make babies laugh and why it matters
4. Catherine Tamis-Lemonda, New York University & Lillian Masek,
   How to support your child’s language development
   
5. Jane Brumpton, Early Years Scotland
   Early years provision available in Scotland
6. Jenny Radesky, University of Michigan Medical School
   How can my child develop healthy relationships with screens?
   
7. Jesssica Bradshaw, University of South Carolina
   What are early signs of autism in infancy?
8. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Temple University & Molly Scott, Playful Learning Landscapes
   Playful Learning Landscapes
9. Kiley Hamlin, The University of British Columbia
   The origins of moral judgment in infancy
   
10. Koraly Perez-Edgar, Pennsylvania State University
    Temperament and parenting?
    
11. Lana Karasik, City University of NY
    How to support your child’s motor development
    
12. Leher Singh, National University of Singapore
    How bilingual children learn
    
13. Natalie Brito, New York University
    What do babies remember?
    
14. Natasha Kirkham, Birkbeck, University of London
    Attention development
    
15. Rachel Barr, Georgetown University
    Children learning from screens
16. Sabine Seehagen, Ruhr University Bochum & Sarah Berger, College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
    How sleep supports infants’ learning
17. Sam Wass, University of East London
    How to calm a crying child
    
18. Shoji Itakura, Doshisha University
    How infants percieve non-human agent
    
19. Tim Smith, Southgate University

Other Activities

Theatre Show

 Join us for a Theatre Show given by Caspar Addyman based on his book series ‘Babies Laugh’ https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/dr-caspar-addyman/44512.