(9/10/07) BIDIP Conference

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*/Fall Conference /*

*/The Boston Institute for the Development of Infants and Parents/*

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*Saturday, October 27, 2007***

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*WHAT DOES MEDIA EXPOSURE DO TO *

*INFANTS? AND YOUNG CHILDREN'S *

*LEARNING, IMAGINATION AND RELATIONSHIPS?*

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*Mt.** **Ida** **College***

*Carlson Auditorium, *777 Dedham St., *Newton**, **MA***

*8:30 a.m. ? 5:00 p.m.***

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*_Daniel Anderson, PhD_*

*University** of **Massachusetts** at **Amherst***

/Very Young Children and Video: What Does the Research Tell Us/

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*_Dorothy Singer, EdD_*

*Yale** **University***

/Do the Electronic Media Foster or Impede Imagination and Creativity
in Children?
*and
* My Magic Story Car -- Using the Media to Help Preschoolers Learn
Their Social/Emotional
and Cognitive Skills /

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*_Susan Linn, EdD_*

*Associate Director of the **Media** **Center** at the Judge Baker
Children's Center,
**Harvard** **University***

/Babies, Toddlers, and Electronic Media: Aiding Development or
Training Consumers?/

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*/An exciting conference covering both the most current research and
debate on how we
think about media and our children, with innovative strategies for
the thoughtful use of
media with young children by educators and parents./*

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*For Information and CEU Credits:*

*BIDIP 617/484-6603 www.bidip@bidip.org <http://www.bidip@bidip.org/>*

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interest to some in
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