Emotions and Education

Affect, Anxiety and Achievement

April 19, 2012

April 19, 2012

Alfred Lerner Hall (W. 115 St. and Broadway), New York, NY

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schedule

Thursday, April 19, 2012 Opening Addresses: Emotion, Education and Learning
8:45 AM to 10:00 AM	Keynote I: The Emotional Brain Joseph E. LeDoux, PhD Room: Roone Arledge Auditorium
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM Coffee Break and Book Signing
10:20 AM to 11:20 AM	Keynote II: Play, Stress and the Learning Brain Sam Wang, PhD Room: Roone Arledge Auditorium
11:20 AM to 12:20 PM	Keynote III: We Feel, Therefore, We Learn Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD Room: T Roone Arledge Auditorium
12:20 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break (On Your Own) and Book Signing
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
Sessions: 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM	Using Affect To Increase Engagement and Achievement	Understanding Emotions and The Teenage Brain	Effects of Anxiety and Stress on Achievement
	Part I - 1:30 - 3:00 PM Using Brain Research to Promote Emotional and Engaged Learning for School Success Judy Willis, MD, EdM Part II - 3:10 - 4:10 PM Emotional Intelligence in Parenting Robin Stern, PhD Part III - 4:10 - 5:30 PM Creating Emotionally Literate Schools: A Skill-based Sustainable Approach Marc A. Brackett, PhD	Part I - 1:30 - 3:00 PM Teaching to the Adolescent Social-Emotional Brain Glenda W. Crawford, EdD Part II - 3:10 - 4:10 PM Inside the Emotional Teen Brain Jay N. Giedd, MD Part III - 4:10 - 5:10 PM The Neuroscience of Teens: Emotions, Risk and Decision-Making Abigail A. Baird, PhD Part IV - 5:10 - 5:30 PM Panel Discussion	Part I - 1:30 - 3:00 PM Teaching in the Presence and Aftermath of Anxiety and Trauma Janet N. Zadina, PhD Part II - 3:10 - 4:10 PM The Effects of Stress on the Developing and Adult Brain: Social Environment, Plasticity and Resiliency Bruce S. McEwen, PhD Part III - 4:10 - 5:10 PM Stress, Poverty and Early Childhood: How Experience Shapes a Child's Brain, Self-Regulation Ability and School Success Clancy B. Blair, PhD Part IV - 5:10 - 5:30 PM Panel Discussion