SESSION 2: Supporting Early Childhood in the Shadow of Covid-19, Lesley Koplow

August 6, 2020 at 9:00am-10:30am CDT

This session will look at social emotional and developmental issues that are likely to come into early childhood programs when children, parents and teachers return to school in person. These issues include heightened separation anxiety, regression, fear and relief for children and parents, who may react to in-person contact as both a source of vulnerability and a promise of connection and comfort. Practices and policies that support the emotional well-being of children, parents and teachers in the context of Covid-19 will be explored.

Register Here: Zoom Webinar with Lesley Koplow M.S., L.C.S.W.

Lesley Koplow M.S., L.C.S.W, is the Director of the Center for Emotionally Responsive Practice at Bank Street College. The Center collaborates with early childhood programs and elementary schools to support the social and emotional well -being of children, parents and teachers in the school setting. Ms. Koplow is the author of several books on child mental health in schools, including: Unsmiling Faces: How Preschool can Heal; Creating Schools That Heal: Real Life Solutions; Bears, Bears Everywhere: Supporting Children’s Emotional Health in the Classroom;  Politics Aside: Our Children and Their Teachers in Score-Driven Times; and Emotionally Responsive Practice: A Path to Schools That Heal (fall release). She was the winner of the 2013 New York Zero-To-Three Emily Fenichel Award for Educational leadership, and the Thomases Award for Leadership from Bank Street College in 2018.