The Uses and Abuses of Biology: Neuroscience, Parenting and Family Policy in Britain
Friday 28 March 2014, The British Library, Euston Road, London
This event will disseminate findings from two studies funded under the Faraday Institute’s ‘Uses and Abuses of Biology’(UAB) programme. These studies explore recent developments in family policy and associated changes in the practice of health visiting and other aspects of professional work with families. They pay particular attention to the emphasis now given in family policy and practice on what are claimed to be findings from neuroscience about the fetal and infant brain. The event will begin with a keynote lecture by John T. Bruer, author of the book ‘The Myth of the First Three Years’, the seminal critique of now-familiar claims about the critical importance of brain development in very early life.
The programme for the event is here:
http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/parentingculturestudies/files/2013/11/UAB-final-programme.pdf
Information about the UAB studies can be found here:
http://www.brainscience.soton.ac.uk/
http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/parentingculturestudies/research-themes/early-intervention/current-projects/
Read a commentary by John T. Bruer here:
http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/parentingculturestudies/files/2011/09/Special-briefing-on-The-Myth.pdf
If you would like to attend this event, email Ellie Lee [log in to unmask]
The event is free, but places are limited, and there is now just a small number of places available.
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