Activities & Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Video Presentation from the Bruce Perry series, Living and Working with Traumatized Children, entiltled "Neglect: How poverty of Experience Disrupts Development" will be hosted hosted by GEMMA, Monday, June 13, 2011, 5 to 6:30PM at the Early Learning Partners Meeting Room, 50 Pippy Place, Unit 19.  Admission is $5, and free to GEMMA members.

       Dr. Bruce D. Perry is the Senior Fellow of The Child Trauma Academy, a not-for-profit organization based in Houston (www.ChildTrauma.org) and adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago.  For more information please see the announcement.

Recent Events

Click on the following links to review flyers, programs and other information about recent GEMMA events.

Video Presentation from the Bruce Perry series, Living and Working with Traumatized Children, entiltled "HOW THE BRAIN DEVELOPS: The Importance of Early Childhood & NEGLECT, How poverty of Experience Disrupts Development" will be hosted hosted by GEMMA, Monday, May 16, 2011, 5 to 6:30PM at the Early Learning Partners Meeting Room, 50 Pippy Place, Unit 19.  Admission is $5, and free to GEMMA members.

Video Presentation from the Bruce Perry series, Living and Working with Traumatized Children, entiltled "Challenging Our Beliefs and the Amazing Human Brain" will be hosted hosted by GEMMA, Monday, March 21, 2011, 5to 6:30PM at the A.E.C.E.N.L. Office, 50 Pippy Place, Unit 19.  Admission is $5, and free to GEMMA members.

Video Presentation FROM THE BRUCE PERRY SERIES, LIVING AND WORKING WITH TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN, hosted by GEMMA, which will be followed by the GEMMA AGM, January 17th, 2011.

The Association of Early Childhood Educators Newfoundland & Labrador (AECENL) announces their 18th Annual Provincial Conference, Bring the Inside Out and Outside In, November 12 - 14, 2010, at the Holiday Inn, St. John's.  
       Speakers include Bev Bos, Rusty Keeler and Christine McLean.  For more information regarding the schedule of talks, registration, travel subsidies and contact information, click here.

The Association of Psychologists in Newfoundland Labrador (APNL) invite you to attend a one day workshop, An Introduction to Positive Discipline, Monday, May 17, 2010, 9am - 4pm, at the St. John's Health Sciences Centre.  
       For 20 years Dr. Joan Durrant has been conducting research on the psychological, cultural, legal and human rights dimensions of physical punishment of children in Canada, and she is the co-author of the Canadian Joint Statement on Physical Punishment of Children and Youth.
       For more information, see this schedule and registration form.

Family and Child Care Connections, and The Association of Early Childhood Educators  invite you to attend a one day event, Mudpies, Butterflies and The Ooey Gooey Lady.  Lisa Murphy, as the Ooey Gooey Lady, is a nationally recognized speaker.  This exciting workshop will be held on Saturday, June 5, at The Lantern on Barnes Road in St. John's.  
       For more information, see this notice and registration form.

Community Services Council announces the Campaign 2000 Report Card on Poverty to be released with screening of "Four Feet Up", a documentary portraying child poverty in Canada.  
       For more information see CSC's Nov 19th newsletter.

"Are current Canadian Parental Leave Provisions adequate?", a panel presentation and public forum on parental leave, will be held October 20th, 2009.  Join us for a discussion of how parental leave policies affect the parent child relationship during this period and the impact on the mental health of our children.  
       To learn more, click here.

"Rethinking Interventions with Vulnerable Children and Families" will be the subject of guest speaker Kenneth Barter at the FRP Canada Annual General Meeting.  Dr. Barter is a Professor with the School of Social Work, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and is known as a strong advocate for the protection of children and challenges legislative systems with the mandate to protect children to think differently in service delivery.
      The venue for the general meeting will be in the "After Cabin" of the Battery Hotel, 100 Signal Hill Road, St John's, Friday, October 16, 4-5pm.  For its invitation, click here.

The 17th Annual AECENL Provincial Conference, "Solidarity: Working Together for Quality Early Learning and Child Care", will be held October 16th - 18th, 2009.  This year's conference promises to be an exciting one!  To learn more, click here.

Family Child Care "expanding our vision"  ... 1st Provincial Family Child Care Conference.  
      To learn more, click here.

"Creating Community Connections", a workshop for providing support to youth-serving agencies and individuals, will be held Wednesday October 7. For its invitation, click here ... and for the registion form, click here.

 

Click on the following links to review flyers, programs and other information for recent GEMMA events.

It Really Does Take a Community, a presentation with Jim Mustard, Council for Early Child Development, takes place on Thursday morning, January 22nd, at St. Matthews School in Cowan Heights.  To learn more, click here.

An evening lecture is also open to anyone interested in revitalizing their community by insuring every child has the optimum early childhood.  Also on January 22nd, the meeting is located at the Holy Trinity Elementary Learning Resource Center.  To learn more, click here.

How Early Experience Effects Development - Including the Impact of Maltreatment on Brain Development with Dr. Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD. Tuesday, March 25 - Wednesday, March 26, 2008.  To learn more, click here.

Raising Voices for Children is a new, local action group spawning from Dr. Perry's recent visit.  To learn more, click here.

Maternal Depression - November 16, 2007.

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Last updated: June 11, 2011