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Contact: Lindsey Fredericks

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Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702

Phone: (570) 829-6231

Email: lindseyf@hsweb.org

Date: March 7, 2023

Best-Selling Author Speaks at Head Start Event on Science Behind Early Learning

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (March 7, 2023) – Ellen Galinsky, author or “Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs,” spoke to a crowd of Luzerne County Head Start (LCHS) staff and Wilkes University’s education students and professionals at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre.

The event was held as a partnership between Head Start and the University. The keynote presentation called “Learning and Thriving: Questions and Lessons Learned” by the best-selling author addressed the science behind early childhood learning and development.

The event was held as a professional development opportunity for Head Start staff as well as aspiring early childhood education professionals.

Head Start is an income-based program that provides early childhood education and comprehensive services to pregnant women, children birth to age five, and their families. LCHS provides service to approximately 1,100 children and their families in Luzerne and Wyoming Counties.

(Photo Caption #1) From left to right: Dr. Suzanne Murray Galella, associate professor/chair undergraduate education, Wilkes University; Dr. Lori A. Cooper, EdD, Wilkes University; Lynn Evans Biga, executive director, LCHS; Ellen Galinsky, author and keynote speaker, “Mind in the Making;” Kelly Chamberlain, director of education, LCHS; Dawn Smith, director of operations, LCHS; Beth White, assistant executive director, LCHS

(Photo Caption #2) Author, Ellen Galinsky, addresses a crowd of Head Start staff and early childhood education students and professionals at Wilkes University as part of a professional development opportunity.