Penquis CAP to hold child care symposium

BANGOR – Internationally known child development expert Dr. David Elkind will be the keynote speaker later this month at the annual child care symposium sponsored by the Penquis CAP Resource Development Center and the Child Care Training Coalition.

The symposium will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at Eastern Maine Community College’s Rangeley Hall.

Elkind is a psychologist and author of 18 children’s books and numerous articles and research contributions. He also is a past co-host of the Lifetime television series “Kids These Days.” He has appeared on several television programs, including “The Today Show” and “Oprah.”

The keynote speaker is professor of child development at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., and has done research in the areas of perceptual, cognitive and social development, attempting to build on the research and theory of Jean Piaget.

The symposium will offer workshops by local experts on child development issues, including an introduction to the Maine Early Childhood Learning Guidelines.

The symposium is funded in part by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. Registration, which includes continental breakfast and lunch, is $35.

For information, call the Penquis CAP Resource Development Center at 973-3533.