February 11, 2004
Parenting with self-understanding
Dr. Daniel Siegel, a faculty member at the UCLA School of Medicine and author of The Developing Mind and Parenting From the Inside Out, will be the speaker for the annual Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Lecture, sponsored by the School of Nursing.
Siegel will speak on “Parenting with the Brain in Mind: How Relationships Shape Early Child Development” at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25, in 130 Kane Hall on the UW campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
A leading authority on interpersonal relationships and parenting, Siegel earned his medical degree from Harvard University and has training in pediatrics, general adult psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry. He has a private practice and is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine.
He is a pioneering researcher in neurobiology and parent-child attachment. His book, Parenting From the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive, is based on the idea that when parents understand their own childhood experienes and patterns of communication, they are able to provide the emotionally sensitive care that their child needs.
The Soule Lecture, which is co-presented this year with the UW Center on Infant Mental Health and Development, will be preceded by a reception at 5:30 p.m. in the Walker Ames Room of Kane Hall. The reception is also open to the public, with reservations requested at nursalum@u.washington.edu.
