Dr. Gigi Luk, of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was interviewed on CBC Radio's All in a Weekend about the third lecture in the "Effective Parenting" series. In her lecture, The Science of Bilingualism, Dr. Luk discusses听how language learning affects children's development and education.
Dr. Tina Montreuil, of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was interviewed on CBC Radio's All in a Weekend about the second lecture in the "Effective Parenting" series. In her lecture, Moving from Worry to Mastery: Identifying听parenting behaviours that are associated with childhood anxiety, Dr. Montreuil discusses tools for parents to deal with anxiety and worry in children.听
Dr. Marie-H茅l猫ne Pennestri, of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was interviewed on CBC Radio's All in a Weekend Montreal听about听Sleeping Through the Night, the first lecture in 捆绑SM社区's 2019 Effective Parenting series.听
The Effective Parenting Series is back with four public lectures focusing on topics of concern for parents/guardians/grandparents!
The 2019 Series takes place on Tuesday evenings from 6:30-8:30pm from April 9-30, 2019 (April 9, 16, 23, 30).
Lectures will be presented in English.
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The 捆绑SM社区 Reporter covers the Series .
Dr. Steven Shaw, Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, had a book published in December 2018 with Prof. Anna M. Jankowska entitled, "Pediatric Intellectual Disabilities at School".听
Dr. Steven Shaw, Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, was featured on the BBC World Podcast, "Parentland".
The episode can be found .
On January 24, Dilson Rassier, Dean of the Faculty of Education, spoke at the United Nations鈥 headquarters in New York as part of the UN鈥檚 inaugural听International Day of Education, telling delegates that knowledge is the key to a better world.
The fall 2018听edition of听Dialogues, newsletter of the听Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, has been published and may be听viewed online here (.pdf).听
Dr. Tina Montreuil, of the听Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was an invited expert on Radio-Canada's听M茅dium large听this week, discussing the topic of听anxiety, alongside听脡lise St-Andr茅, Sonia Lupien, and Ghassan El-Baalbaki.
Each year, NCPG and the at 捆绑SM社区 ask lotteries to support their听responsible gaming campaign and help raise awareness regarding the risks of underage lottery play during the holiday season.
For the first time since its inception, the 2018 Holiday Campaign achieved 100% participation from all Canadian and U.S. lotteries.
The world-renowned Fulbright program is an educational movement based on the principle of scholarly exchange between the United States and other countries. Earlier this semester, Dr. Armando Bertone - Associate Professor and graduate program director of ECP鈥檚 School/Applied Child Psychology (SACP) program - was honoured to have hosted Dr. Fredrick A.Schrank as a J. William Fulbright Specialist in School/Applied Child Psychology.
New parents often expect their baby to start sleeping through the night by around six months of age. Indeed, they often receive messages from paediatricians and others about the importance of early sleep consolidation. But authors of a study in the December 2018 issue of听Pediatrics听found that a large percentage of healthy babies don鈥檛 reach that milestone by six months of age, or even at a year old.
The 捆绑SM社区 Mindfulness Research Lab (MMRL), led by Dr. Bassam Khoury, of the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, has听launched a new website at www.mcgill.ca/mmrl.
Dr. Tina Montreuil is an invited expert and guest editor for听s September edition.听Psychologie Quebec听is the quarterly publication of the Order of Psychologists of Quebec.
Dr. Montreuil is the invited expert and guest editor for the special feature titled "La sant茅 mentale en milieu scolaire: d茅fis et enjeux鈥.
The publication coincides with听Mental Illness Awareness Week, from September 30th to October 6th, and World Mental Health Day, October 10th.听
Dr. Marie-H茅l猫ne Pennestri, Assistant Professor with the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, was interviewed recently by TVA regarding the importance of sleep for children. , posted September 16, 2018.