Day One begins with an overview of key insights derived from developmental,
affective, and contemplative neuroscience on the processes of change,
epigenetic influences on development, early brain development, and the
nurturing of social and emotional skills over the first 20 years of life. This will
provide scientific background for the Dialogue and raise fundamental questions
to be addressed.
The following presentation gives focus to the importance of emerging intersubjective differences in development to illustrate the role of early childhood and
gene-environment interplay. Once the science of early childhood development
is framed, we shift the discussion to how social and emotional learning adds
critical life skills to academic curriculum lessons, leveraging emotional and
social development to help children master essential human skills.
Richard J. Davidson, PhD
William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founder and Chief Visionary for Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc.
Richard Davidson received his PhD from Harvard University in Psychology and has been at Wisconsin since 1984. He has published more than 573 articles, numerous chapters and reviews, and edited … MORE
Michel Boivin, PhD
Université Laval
Michel Boivin, Ph.D., is the Canada Research Chair in Child Development, professor of Psychology, Director of the Research Unit on Children’s Psychosocial Maladjustment at the School of Psychology of Université … MORE
Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, PhD
University of British Columbia
Convening Faculty, Reviewer
Kimberly Schonert-Reichl is an applied developmental psychologist and a professor in the Human Development, Learning, and Culture area in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education at … MORE
