The Zero to Three is a national, nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.
Rosemary Blieszner received her Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University in Human Development–Family Studies with a major concentration in adult development and aging and a minor in sociology/social psychology. Her research has been supported by NIH and several foundations. She has published four books, with two more under contract, as well as nearly 100 book chapters and research articles in gerontology, family studies, psychology, sociology, and personal relationships journals. In 1997-98 she received the university’s Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence, in 2000 she received the Alumni Recognition Award from the College of Health and Human Development at The Pennsylvania State University, and in 2002 she was named Alumni Distinguished Professor, a position held by 10 faculty members at the university. She currently serves as editor of Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences.
This electronic newsletter series offers tips to people in three areas: personal development, couple relationships, and parenting. Each e-mailed tip includes a quote from an important scholar, a brief discussion of the quote, and an idea for application of the idea. Participants are invited to share with others at a blog.
Based on discoveries in positive psychology, this program suggests six keys to well-being. In addition to the summary map, reflection guides and journaling pages are provided. May be used for self-study or for group discussion.
Using gardening as the metaphor for cultivating a healthy couple relationship, this curriculum discusses six principles that make a big difference: commitment, personal growth, nurturing, understanding, solving, and serving. Each principle is discussed in a Lesson Guide that can be used for self-study, mentoring, or group discussion.
Each of 21 expectable challenges faced by preschool children is described from the child's point of view, inviting the reader to hear the child's voice and understand the child's need. Taking the child's perspective can help parents respond helpfully to children's developmental challenges.
The Health, Emotions, and Relationship Initiative for the Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families will be hosting the next International Association of Relationship Research Mini-Conference at the University of Arizona on October 20-22nd, 2011.
A first-of-its-kind study examining the long-term economic consequences of childhood psychological disorders finds the conditions diminish people's ability to work and earn as adults, costing $2.1 trillion over the lifetimes of all affected Americans.
