Talk To Your Baby 2009 conference report - 'The first years last forever: the imperative of developing good communication from birth'
In October 2009, Talk To Your Baby held a conference to look at infant brain development and bilingualism in babies. The key presentations came from Robin Balbernie, who discussed the importance of early relationships on the developing brain of a baby and Charmian Kenner, who discussed how clever babies are at communicating in more than one language.
Full programme of speakers included:
- Liz Attenborough, Manager, Talk To Your Baby
- Robin Balbernie, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist from Gloucestershire CAMHS
- Dr Per O Svanberg, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Psychology Lead, FNP and CHPP Implementation Team, DoH
- Felicity Gillespie, formerly The Innovation Unit
- Amanda Heath, Education Officer, The Potteries Museums & Art Gallery
- Emily Hunka, Associate Director, Greenwich & Lewisham Young People's Theatre
- Charmian Kenner, Lecturer, Educational Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Asma Hafeez, Early Years Foundation Stage Consultant, Sandwell
- Cathy Hamer, Project Manager, Talk To Your Baby
The conference report summarises the key points from the presentations and can be downloaded below.
- The first years last forever
- Appendix: speaker biographies
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