A free lecture series on the psychology of everyday life, recently awarded for its innovation, kicks off Monday, Feb. 2 with a lecture offering insight into the mind of a preschooler.
The 23-lecture series, presented by The University of Western Ontario Psychology Department, is called Finding Your Way: A Series on Psychology of Everyday Life.
All talks are free and open to the public. A variety of topics will be discussed, including: parenting, ADHD, public speaking, healthy relationships & sexuality, child development, anger, depression, procrastination, assertiveness, and chronic pain.
The first lecture in the series is Understanding How Preschoolers Think: What this Means for Parenting Them, held 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Stevenson & Hunt Meeting Room at the Central Library.
This talk will review how preschoolers think about the world around them, how this relates to challenging behaviours, and what the most effective parenting strategies are for working with these typical but difficult behaviours.
No registration is required for the lectures and those attending may receive two hours of free validated parking in Galleria London during library hours.
For more information on other lectures in the series visit:
https://psychology.uwo.ca/news/Feb%202009_uwo_series_brochure.pdf.
The lecture series was developed by a group of Clinical Psychology graduate students who recognized a need in the community for access to and information about child, adult and family mental health services and information about relevant psychological research. The students created the group, “Advocacy through Action: Students Bringing Psychology to our Community.”
The Ontario Psychological Association recently awarded the group its Public Education award for this lecture series.
The Advocacy Through Action Group is also actively participating in university- community efforts to provide mental health services to Londoners who are underserved.