Past Event Archives: 2010 • 2009

Please Join Us For Our: Clinical Roundtable Series

Movement, an Instrument of Cognition
and the Translator of Emotion
March 4, 2010 at 6 - 8 pm
Ackerman Institute for the Family
149 East 78th Street (Library)

What you can expect:

This presentation will introduce the participants to the purpose and intent of motion in humans, and it will discuss the impact of mobility in the way observers perceive emotionality and cognition. The presentation will look at the studies of facial expressions including the work of Guillaume Duchenne in 1862, and the current investigations into what happens when there are Movement Differences at work. The goals for this presentation are:

• To learn the role of movement as a visible marker of developmental progress
• To understand the connection between mobility and cognition
• To discover the effect of emotions on facial expression
• To analyze what happens when movement conveys unclear messages

Carola d’Emery, PhD, PT

Carola d’Emery, PhD, PT hails from Chile, the beautiful country anchored between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains. She graduated from the School of Medicine at the University of Chile with a degree in Physical Therapy, and came to the United States to pursue a doctoral degree in Movement Sciences from Columbia University. Dr. d’Emery has dedicated 30 years to the practice of Pediatric Physical Therapy and 25 of those years are linked to Early Intervention. This has provided the foundation to become what she always wanted to be, an Early Interventionist. Dr. d’Emery is the Targeted Evaluation Team Clinical Educator for Sunny Days Early Childhood Developmental Services and she is a member of the N.J. State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC) since appointed in 2003. Dr. d’Emery is a consultant for Monmouth Regional High School and she is the President of deTech, a company she created to develop products and ideas meant to support and facilitate the daily experiences of exceptional children and their families.

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SAVE THE DATE

New York Zero-To-Three Network is pleased to announce that our

14th Annual Spring Conference
"Trauma and Resilience in Young Children and Their Families"

featuring keynote speakers
Dr. Daniel Schechter and Dr. Gilbert M. Foley
will take place on: Friday, May 14, 2010 New York City

Announcing the 2010 Emily Fenichel Award for Leadership

Nominations are invited for the 2010 Emily Fenichel Award for Leadership in the Zero-to-Three Field in New York. Established by the New York Zero-to-Three Network in 2007, the award honors the memory of Emily Fenichel, MSW, Associate Director of ZERO TO THREE: The National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, whose work often served to bring the voices of “unsung heroes” in the zero-to-three field to the fore. Because many zero-to-three leaders work quietly in their schools or organizations without much public acknowledgement, the Emily Fenichel Award is intended to provide an opportunity for their dedication to be recognized.

Nominees may be a supervisor, a teacher, a community advocate, a home visitor, a therapist, a childcare worker, a parent, a policymaker – anyone whose contributions to infants and toddlers through practice, research, leadership or advocacy are deemed exemplary by a panel of judges.

To nominate an individual for The Emily Fenichel Award, please submit a nominating statement of no longer than 750 words, typed, double-spaced, to Emily Fenichel Award Committee, New York Zero-to-Three Network, 331 West 57th Street, #166, New York, NY 10019. Deadline for submission is February 12, 2010.

The recipient of the 2010 Emily Fenichel Award will be announced in February 2010 and the award will be presented at the New York Zero-to-Three Network’s Annual Spring Conference to be held in May 2010 in New York City.

For further information about The Emily Fenichel Award, please contact Pamela A. Guarrera at the New York Zero-to-Three Network at 718-638-7788 or info@nyzerotothree.org.

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Member Newsletter . Issue 1 - Fall 2009

In This Issue

Emily Fenichel Award Presented
Evelyn Davis is Honored Recipient

New York Zero-to-Three's Spring Conference Hailed As Success
Suzi Tortora Explores Baby's World in Keynote Address

Save the Date!

Meet A New York Zero-to-Three Network Board Member
Evelyn J. Blanck, LCSW, Co-President

Board Members In The News
Former NYZTT Board Member Daniel Schecter, MD

Membership Database is in the process of being updated

New York Zero-to-Three Website has a new look!

Download PDF Newsletter . Issue 1 - Fall 2009

Join the Infancy Policy Leadership Circle

Developed in spring 2008, the Infancy Policy Leadership Circle was formed by the New York Zero-to-Three Network to be the voice for infants and toddlers in New York State's policy and advocacy work. The goal is to help develop and advocate for policies and services that improve the lives of our youngest children and their families. The Infancy Policy Leadership Circle is a cross-disciplinary group that reflects diversity in a variety of ways geographic, cultural, political. It is open to all who have a passion for babies. It is staffed by two ZERO TO THREE Policy Center-appointed Birth-to-Three State Advocates as part of the Creating Connections for Babies Project in conjunction with Winning Beginning New York.

The overarching goal of the Infancy Policy Leadership Circle is to broaden the scope of systems and services that serve young children. To do this we plan to:

• Build a more cohesive and stronger infancy policy movement in New York State
• Create an overall policy agenda for infants and toddlers in New York State
• Develop regional groups to address local issues

Read more about the Policy Leadership Circle and become a member

New York Zero-to-Three Network Releases Assessment of New York City's Successes and Failures in Meeting the Needs of Infants and Toddlers

New York City is falling short in addressing the specific health and emotional needs of infants and toddlers, leaving them vulnerable to a host of physical, social, and educational problems later in life, says a report released today by the New York Zero-to-Three Network. Entitled "Unequal from the Start: A Check-Up on New York City's Infants and Toddlers, " the report points out that New York City is spending millions of dollars on the treatment of older children for conditions that could have been prevented in the first three years of life. Download the Network's press release, the executive summary, or the full report.