Webinar Presenting educational guidelines for positive parenting in the first critical years
Addressed to parents of infants, toddlers and preschoolers Wednesdays: 25 November, 2 and 9 December 2020| 17:30-19:00
For new parents who are learning from their child or wish to learn more about parenting. A series of online meetings based on the principle of positive parenting, it is addressed to all parents trying to develop parenting skills through play, positive reinforcement, and «don’ts».
Parenting is a full-time job: it is undoubtedly fulfilling but at the same time exhausting. Being a parent is considered to be one of the most demanding roles of adult life. Parents and children develop their skills at the same time. How can parents have a positive effect at the development of their child, develop their own skills, but also those of their child?
In three online meetings, organized by the Onassis Foundation from November 25 to December 9, participants will be introduced to the notion of positive parenting as a model of children’s education. The following themes will be discussed: changes in the brain of new parents; the importance of the first months in the life of an infant; what skills to expect at different ages; the notion of discipline and reward. During the webinar parents will also be given examples and advice as well as educational material, aiming to support them so that they can have a positive impact on the emotional and social development of their child.
Led by: Neny Pervanidou, Associate Professor of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Produced by Onassis Education
Biography
Neny Pervanidou is Associate Professor of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of ATHENS (NKUA). Since 2007, she has been Head of the Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Unit of the First Pediatric Clinic of the NKUA at Choremeio Research Laboratory, Agia Sofia General Children’s Hospital.
Her doctoral thesis focused on post-traumatic stress of children and teenagers at the First Pediatric Clinic of the NKUA. From 2018 to 2019 she was a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at the “Mood, Brain, and Development Unit” of the National Institute of Mental HEALTH (NIMH), MD, USA. She is a regular member of the international Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (SDBP). Since 2008, she has been a founding member of three scientific societies. Dr Pervanidou has extensive teaching experience at undergraduate and post-graduate level, and has organized more than twenty conferences and educational seminars. Her research and clinical interests include child development and behavior, neurodevelopmental disorders (such as autism spectrum disorder and ADHD), and neurobiology of stress in children and teenagers. Her extensive list of publications includes 72 articles in foreign, peer-reviewed journals – impact factor 230.391. Her work has been cited widely: 3290 citations at Google scholar, 21 at h-index, and 42 at i-10 index. For more information on her publications, see her Google-scholar profile.
Information
Addressed to: Parents of infants, toddlers and preschoolers
Dates & time: Wednesdays: 25 November, 2 and 9 December 2020
17:30-19:00
Cost: Free admission
Participations: To participate, please fill the electronic form that you will find on the program’s website
Participations will be decided on a first come first served basis.
Informatio: 2103713000
Duration: The Webinar consists of three online sessions. Each one is one hour and thirty minutes long.
The program is under the scientific auspices of the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.