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A LOOK AT THE WEEK AHEAD February 25 - March 3, 2000
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TEACHING PARENTS HOW TO BE FANS --
It's a sure sign of spring when parents start signing their kids up for Little League.
However, this year, while their kids are learning to bunt and pitch, parents in a Florida town will be learning how to cheer and root for their Little Leaguers in a more civilized manner.
"It appears there's enough of a problem out there that this kind of approach may be necessary," says Temple sports psychologist Michael Sachs of a decision by a Jupiter, Fla., athletic association requiring parents to take a good sportsmanship class prior to attending their kids' games.
Sachs, co-author of the book, The Total Sports Experience for Kids, A Parent's Guide to Success in Youth Sports, says that most parents have good intentions but sometimes get "caught up in the moment" during games.
Reach Dr. Sachs through the News Bureau, 215-204-7476.
WELFARE REFORM? --
While many welfare recipients have found jobs, "They are not retaining them," maintains Temple social administration professor Felice Davidson Perlmutter, who is moderating a Temple Issues Forum (TIF) on Welfare Reform In Philadelphia: Getting Off the Rolls/Staying on the Rolls.
"There are enormous problems in the workplace. Nobody knows what is happening to people off the welfare rolls. Many of them fall through the cracks."
The panel of faculty, civic and business leaders will discuss whether state officials are effectively using private sector and community organizations to identify and provide jobs, education and training to former welfare recipients and whether the state's reform plan addresses finding recipients better jobs.
The Forum is set for Thursday, March 2, 11:40 a.m.-1 p.m., in Kiva Auditorium, Ritter Hall, 13th St. and Cecil B. Moore Ave. Reach Dr. Perlmutter at her office, 215-204-1206, or through Temple's News Bureau.
IS IT 'ZERO TO THREE -- IS THE KEY"? OR, ZERO TO THREE -- LET THEM BE"? --
That's the crux of the debate currently waging in child development circles, spurred in part by John Bruer's controversial new book The Myth of the First Three Years: A New Understanding of Early Brain Development and Lifelong Learning, which debunks the "zero to three" theory that a person's behavior throughout his life is determined, to a large degree, by his experiences before age three.
Bruer, who says there's little brain research to support "zero to three" and argues that the brain has the ability to learn throughout the lifespan, will join four nationally prominent Temple professors to assess the impact his theories could have on child development and public policy--particularly child care--in a symposium, The Myth of the First Three Years: Implications for Child Development and Public Policy, on Monday, March 13, 1-3:30 p.m., at the University's Tuttleman Learning Center, 13th St. and Montgomery Ave.
Supported by celebrities and politicos, "zero to three" put child development "on center stage in both popular discussions and political debate," says Temple psychologist and symposium panelist Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, noting that the theory's popularity encouraged lawmakers to focus on child care and child development issues. "I only hope that Bruer's book, an important and timely piece, will not prompt decision makers to throw the baby out with the bath water."
Call the News Bureau for information.
This Week at Temple . . .
Sunday, Feb. 27, 3 p.m.: TEMPLE WIND SYMPHONY CONCERT -- Blair Bollinger, bass trombonist with The Philadelphia Orchestra, is featured soloist at a Temple University Wind Symphony concert, Arthur Chodoroff, conductor, and music by Grainger, Copland, Barber and Rimski-Korsakov, plus two Philadelphia premieres: Yiddish Dances by Adam Gorb and Concerto for Bass Trombone by Eric Ewazen. (Tomlinson Theater, 13th and Norris Sts.)
Friday, March 3, 9:15 a.m.-4:15 p.m.: SERVING 'LOST CHILDREN' -- Temple's school psychology program will present "Lost Children: Serving Disenfranchised Youth," a day long conference which will include a keynote session on violent boys, plus workshops on making schools safe, dealing with disruptive students, and assessing alienation and violence potential in students. (Radisson Twelve Caesars Hotel, 4200 City Ave.)
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