Dr Suzanne Zeedyk

Kildean Suite, Forth Valley College, Stirling

Thursday, May 9th 2013

4.30pm – 6.30pm

4pm for refreshments and registration

ALL WELCOME – please share with colleagues

For the past 25 years Suzanne has been an academic researcher, studying babies innate ability to communicate and connect with other people. In 1993, Suzanne took up an academic post in the UK as a Developmental Psychologist at the University of Dundee and has remained there since, currently holding the post of Honorary Fellow.  She is an inspiring and thought-provoking speaker that we can highly recommend hearing.
Suzanne has loved what the field of Developmental Psychology has taught her, why it is that a child’s earliest years have such a profound effect on their later years, including their emotional security, their trust in others, their self-confidence, their relationships, their connectivity. Now she wants to help ensure that this knowledge is spread as widely as possible and frequently acts as partner or speaker for a wide range of organisations throughout the UK and abroad including police, educators, health workers, nursery staff, parent groups and children’s theatre groups helping them to better understand the neuroscientific, biological, and psychological evidence concerning the human need for emotional connection, something creativity can be a channel for. Suzanne feels if we overlook emotional connection, then we all pay for it, through the services that governments need to fund such as prisons, mental health programmes, hospitals, fostering arrangements, extra support in schools and other services.

If you would like to join us please book free tickets via:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/333091

For further information contact: hoarec@stirling.gov.uk or gayle.martin@falkirk.gov.uk

Further events will be planned for the academic year 2013/14.  Please keep a look at our website

Forth Valley Creative Learning is a new collaboration between Education in Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannanshire Councils, creating together opportunities to explore creativity and creative learning

What creative activity for early years happens in your community?

Would you like more access to the arts and creativity for early years?

Would an Early Years Creative Network help?

Starcatchers is carrying out some research into the potential of an Early Years Creative Network for Scotland.

We want to hear the views of people across Scotland as part of this process – from parents, childcare professionals, artists, arts organisations, local authorities, and other local and national organisations working across different sectors with Early Years in Scotland

We would like to invite you to a consultation event to share your views. We are holding a series of events that you can attend:

• Tuesday 25th September at Eden Court, Inverness from 2pm – 4pm
• Wednesday 26th September at Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling from 3.30pm – 5.30pm
• Tuesday 2nd October at Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, Fife from 2pm – 4pm
• Wednesday 3rd October at Tron Theatre, Glasgow from 4pm – 6pm
• Monday 8th October at The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen from 10.30am – 12.30pm
• Tuesday 9th October at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh from 4pm – 6pm

Places at these events are free but must be reserved by emailing info@starcatchers.org.uk

Please pass on this invitation to anyone else you feel would be interested in attending

What creative activity for early years happens in your community? Would you like more access to the arts and creativity for early years?

Would an Early Years Creative Network help? Starcatchers is carrying out some research into the potential of an Early Years Creative Network for Scotland.

They want to hear the views of people across Scotland as part of this process – from parents, childcare professionals, artists, arts organisations, local authorities, and other local and national organisations working across different sectors with Early Years in Scotland.

They are holding consultation events at various venues throughout Scotland.  For more information please contact info@starcatchers.org.uk.

You can visit the new Education Scotland website, bringing together the best of HMIE and LTS content, at http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/ and for a focus on how the Creativity Portal caters for Early Years teaching you can read about in in the Early Years Matters publication here.