Dr. Dan Siegel
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

For Parents, Educators + Professionals working with families/kids

March 1, 2013 from 9.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
Seattle Children's Theatre, Seattle

Tickets: SOLD OUT!

Professional rate $89  (3 x APA CEU's included)

Childcare Professional rate $49 (3 x STARS credits included)

Parent (non-professional) rate $39 

In this half-day seminar, leading neuropsychiatrist, Dr Siegel sweeps aside old models of 'good' and 'bad' parenting to offer a new scientific focus to the cultivation of healthy emotional + intellectual development, leading to calmer, happier, resilient kids. 

How we focus our attention shapes the connections in the brain.  And how the brain’s connections link to one another in an integrated way directly shapes how it functions in health.  An integrated brain creates a flexible, flourishing mind and compassionate, rewarding relationships.  By inspiring children to focus their attention, parents and educators can provide the kind of guidance that will promote the growth of neural integration at the heart of healthy brain development, which in turn offers powerful tools to develop the emotional intelligence kids will need to be successful in the world. 

This new approach to raising children will be explored through engaging discussion, case examples, and experiential immersions. Parents, grandparents, teachers and child development professionals will find this learning experience filled with scientifically-based ideas and practical skills that can promote well-being in children’s lives.

Dr. Siegel is currently clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine where he is on the faculty of the Center for Culture, Brain, and Development and the Co-Director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. An award-winning educator, he is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and recipient of several honorary fellowships. Dr. Siegel is also the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute in LA.

• World-leading expert on the confluence of neuroscience, mindfulness and psychotherapy
• Lectured for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Pope John Paul II and the King of Thailand
• Featured in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Boston Globe and O, The Oprah Magazine

Among his best-selling books, is Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation, which presents groundbreaking thinking on the healing power of "mindsight," the potent skill that is the basis for both emotional and social intelligence. The practice of Mindsight has been found to make positive changes in our brains – and in our lives. 

Please note: The half-day seminar is not part of the $99 Lecture Series offer

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