NAEYC hosts the National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development as a unique opportunity for colleagues to learn and share together. This year’s program will feature more than 200 sessions, networking opportunities, forums, exhibits from prominent publishers, and other resources.
 
This year the Institute will include Featured Sessions on a variety of key issues in the field:
 
Putting PLAY Back into Practice
Edgar Klugman, Wheelock College; Baji Rankin, New Mexico Association for the Education of Young Children; Joan Almon, Alliance for Childhood; Debra Lawrence, Southeast Regional Key; Susan Blandford, Reusable Resources
Presented in collaboration with the Play, Policy, and Practice Interest Forum
 
Connecting Home Cultural Knowledge in Young Children’s Play
Lynn Cohen, Long Island University; John A. Sutterby, University of Texas at Brownsville; Myae Han, University of Delaware; Robert Brown, Extras for Creative Learning
Presented in collaboration with the Play, Policy, and Practice Interest Forum
 
The Culture of Babies' Play
Linda Gillespie and Tracie Dickson, Zero to Three; Diane Dodge, Teaching Strategies, Inc. 
Presented in collaboration with the Infant/Toddler Professionals Interest Forum
 
Play Power: Preparing 21st Century Children for a Global World
Roberta Golinkoff, University of Delaware; Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Temple University
 
The Link Between Intentional Make-Believe Play and the Development of Self-Regulation:  What We Know and What Teachers Can Do About It.
Deborah J. Leong, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Elena Bodrova, McREL
  
Early Childhood Mathematics: Research Findings and Recommendations for Practice and Policy for the 2008 Report of the National Research Council
Sue Bredekamp, Early Childhood Education Consultant; Douglas Clements, University at Buffalo, SUNY 
 

The Research Symposium is now accessible to all Institute registrants!
Tuesday, June 16th from 8:00 - 10:00 am.
 
NAEYC Research Symposium
Rebecca New, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Angeline Lillard, University of Virginia; Mon Cochran, Tufts University and NAEYC; Walter Gilliam, Yale University and NAEYC; Linda Halgunseth, NAEYC
Presented by the NAEYC Office of Applied Research
Come learn:

• The latest evidence-both qualitative and quantitative-on how play effects children's cognitive, behavioral, and socio-emotional outcomes and
• How this research translates into policy and classroom practice. Guest speakers include Rebecca New (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Angeline Lillard (University of Virginia)