MVLA schedules parent event Jan. 10
Niobe Way, Ed.D., is scheduled to discuss “Boys and the Crisis of Connection” as part of the Los Altos-Mountain View Speaker Series 7-9 p.m. Jan 10 at Los Altos High School’s Eagle Theater, 201 Almond Ave.
The lecture will address stereotypes about boys and men as well as reveal that boys not only share their deepest secrets and feelings with their closest male friends, but also claim they would go “wacko” without them, according to Way. Yet as boys become men, she said, they become distrustful, lose these friendships and feel isolated and alone.
Way is professor of Applied Psychology in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University. She is co-director of the Center for Research on Culture, Development, and Education at NYU and president of the Society for Research on Adolescence. Way is a nationally recognized leader in the field of adolescent development and in the use of mixed methods. She has studied the social and emotional development of girls and boys for more than two decades.
The presentation, designed for parents and counselors of K-12 students, is free, but reservations are requested. To reserve a space, visit niobewaymvla.eventbrite.com.
The Mountain View-Los Altos High School Foundation and the Los Altos-Mountain View PTA Council co-sponsor the event.
For more information, visit www.ptac.mvwsd.org/parented.
Selpa 1 hosts lecture on mobile devices
Selpa 1 CAC, a group of parents of children with special needs, has scheduled a parent education night, “Using iPads for Special Education Teaching,” 7-9 p.m. Jan. 18 in the Covington School Multipurpose Room, 205 Covington Road, Los Altos.
The use of iPads is on the rise in special-education teaching, therapy and communication. Mobile devices are key to providing special-needs educators with lightweight, easy-to-use and affordable communication options. They also offer speech and language pathologists a motivating, innovative way to elicit speech and language from a wide variety of clients in a therapy setting.
Danielle Sampson will examine how to use the iPad in a therapy room and as a communication device. She will review a variety of applications designed for children with special needs.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
For more information, visit www.selpa1cac.org.
