PSU Researcher to Moderate Compassion Panel with the Dalai Lama
Mark Greenberg, director of the Penn State Prevention Research Center and the Edna Bennett chair and professor of human development and family studies, will moderate a panel of international scholars with the Dalai Lama at the "Exploring the Seeds of Compassion" event April 11 to 15 in Seattle.
The panel is part of a five-day discussion featuring the Dalai Lama on ways that parents and caregivers can show love and compassion that positively affect the social and emotional learning of children from birth to age 5.
Greenberg's panel, "From Knowledge to Compassion Action: What We All Can Do," will occur from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Friday, April 11, and will feature John Gottman, author of "How to Raise an Emotionally Secure Child"; Bob Marvin, co-originator of Circle of Security; Karen Gordon, founding executive director of Whole Child International; Mary Gordon, founder/president, Roots of Empathy; and Roger Weissberg, president, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning.
The Seeds of Compassion event is intended to celebrate and explore the relationships, programs, and tools that nurture and empower children, families and communities to be compassionate members of society. A fundamental part of the dialogue to be held at this gathering will explore the scientific basis for the development and growth of compassion and foundational social and emotional skills beginning at birth.
The event will be Webcast; for information regarding access, see http://www.seedsofcompassion.org/
This press release courtesy of Penn State's Department of Public Information
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