Annual Educators' Night with Michael Thompson

Annual Educators’ Night with Michael Thompson

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
November 30, 2007
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Free. Reservations required.

(2 PDPs) Join nationally and internationally-renowned consultant, author, and psychologist, Michael Thompson as he explores the complex world of children and childhood in contemporary American culture. Book signing to follow.
All educators welcome; free materials for libraries and classroom. Reservations required (413) 658-1126. Space is limited.

Please join me in helping to spread the word about the Museum’s annual Night for Educators. This year Michael Thompson will speak in conjunction with the Museum’s exhibition, Children Should Be Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture Book Art. See below for details to share with others. Please forward to all those you think might be interested in hearing this wonderful speaker who has written and presented extensively on such topic as

· The nature of boys: strengths and vulnerabilities

· Friendship development, popularity and social cruelty

· Adolescent development

Information about Michael:

Michael Thompson, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, lecturer, consultant and former seventh grade teacher. He conducts workshops on the development of boys and social cruelty in childhood for both public and private schools across the United States. He is the author of Speaking of Boys and coauthor, with Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., of The New York Times bestseller Raising Cain. The father of a daughter and a son, he and his wife observe children’s friendships from their home in Arlington, Massachusetts.

~ Rosemary A. Agoglia,Curator of Education, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst