Renowned Child Psychologist David Elkind to Speak at Endicott

Beverly, MA --  Endicott College is pleased to invite you to attend a lecture by renowned child psychologist and author Dr. David Elkind.  He will be speaking on Thursday, October 11 at 3:30 pm in the Rose Performance Hall at the Center for the Arts, Endicott College, 376 Hale Street, Beverly.  This event is free and open to the public.   

Dr. Elkind is author of The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon, All Grown Up and No Place to Go, Miseducation, and most recently The Power of Play among other publications.  His research is in the areas of perceptual, cognitive and social development and he has explored the very real difference between the mind of a preschool child and that of a school-age child. David Elkind makes it clear how much young children can learn when they are presented with appropriate challenges.

Dr. Elkind is Professor Emeritus of Child Development at Tufts University and past President of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.  He co-hosted the Lifetime Television series, Kids These Days and has appeared on The Today Show, The CBS Morning News, Twenty/Twenty, Nightline, Donahue, and the Oprah Winfrey Show.  David Elkind has also been profiled in People and Boston Magazine and was a Contributing Editor to Parents Magazine.

For more information, please contact Rachael Bradley at rbradley@endicott.edu or 978-232-2011.