Visit VICPA at www.vicpa.org for more information about family engagement in early childhood education and development.
"We had an excellent experience at the conference throughout and appreciated the attention to detail, organization, engaging keynote speaker, location and positive environment. It was the best conference we have attended!"
"Thank you to all the organizers for the hard work planning such a large scale event. I learned some new things that I have already implemented at my centre. Looking forward to next years MTC!"
"The workshops were specific to needs of the educator/teacher and we can all relate since play is crucial in all aspects of the child’s development...It was by far the best conference and well thought out with different workshops."
Molly Stewart Lawlor, Ph.D., is an expert in child and adolescent social and emotional development. Dr. Lawlor’s research includes the investigation of mindfulness and psychological adjustment in children and adolescents, and evaluations of social-emotional learning programs for children and adolescents in school settings. She is lead author and serves as the Principal Scientific Advisor for the MindUP program (mindup.org), an evidence-based social emotional learning program grounded in neuroscience. Dr. Lawlor is also an advisor to children’s media projects including Peabody award-winning Stillwater (Apple TV), the award-winning Scout and the Gumboot Kids (Canadian Broadcasting Company), and Committee for Children’s Mind Yeti, a guided mindfulness app. Dr. Lawlor is an adjunct faculty member in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Lawlor is passionate about bringing research to practice in order to make social emotional learning accessible for all children and their adults.