The Early Years – Why Quality of day care matters
Monday 24th August 2015
09.00 – 09.45
09.45 – 10.15
10.00
Registration (coffee/tea)
Opening
H.R.H Crown Princess Mette-Marit arrives for the opening
Welcome by the Director of Regional Center for Child and Adolescent mental Health, Region
Eastern and Southern Norway, Eyvind Elgesem
Opening talk by the Ombudsman for Children, Anne Lindboe
10.15 – 11.00
Jay Belsky, University of California, Davis: “Short and long term effects of quality of daycare
on child development”
11.00
H.R.H Crown Princess Mette-Marit leaves the conference
11.00 – 11.20
Ellinor Major, Norwegian Institute of Public Health: “Daycare centers from a public health
perspective”
11.20 – 12.20
Jay Belsky: “For whom the bell tolls: Which children are affected by their child-care
experience?”
12.20 – 13.00
Lunch
13.00 – 14.00
Harriet Vermeer, Leiden University, Department of Child and Family Studies:
“Daycare quality, child wellbeing and stress”
14.00 – 14.20
Break
Parallel sessions - Auditorium
English
Parallel sessions – Seminar room 104
Norwegian
14.20 – 15.05
Thomas Moser, Vestfold University College, Faculty
of Education: “Expectations of daycare from a
European perspective: views of
parents, daycare staff and policymakers.”
Anne Inger Helmen Borge, Psykologisk Institutt,
Universitet i Oslo:
«Effekt av utetid i barnehagen: Kan det redusere
overaktivitet og fremme oppmerksomhet?»
15.05 – 15.15
Break with coffee/tea – (chocolate /biscuits)
15.15 – 16.00
Arne Lervåg & Monica Melby-Lervåg, UiO,
Department of Education:
“Preventing Later Literacy Failure in Kindergarten:
A longitudinal Randomized-Trials Study of Oral
Language Development and Intervention among
second language learners”
16.00 – 16.10
Break
16.10 – 16.55
Ingunn Størksen, University of Stavanger, Centre
for Learning Environment:
“Preparing for school in Norwegian daycare
centers”
17.00
Reception
Lars Guldbrandsen, NOVA - Høgskolen i Oslo og
Akershus:
«Barnehagelærerne – Yrkesgruppen som sluttet
å slutte»
Om personal-situasjonen i norske barnehager
Erik Eliassen, Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus:
«Hvor tidlig er for tidlig?: Alder ved
barnehagestart og barns kognitive utvikling»
Funn fra studien Gode Barnehager for barn i
Norge (GOBAN)
Time
Tuesday 25th August 2015
09.00 – 09.45
Deborah Phillips, Georgetown University, Washington DC:
“Preschool education as engine of success”
09.45 – 10.30
Deborah Phillips: “The effects 10 years later on child development of a high
quality pre-Kindergarten program in Tulsa, Oklahoma“
10.30 – 10.45
Break with coffee/tea
10.45 – 11.30
Harriet Vermeer: “Interventions to improve quality of daycare”
11.30 – 12.15
Heidi Aase, Norwegian Institute of Public Health: “Vulnerable children in
daycare – quality matters”
12.15 – 13.15
Lunch
Parallel sessions - Auditorium
English
13.15 -14.00
Imac Zambrana, The Norwegian Center
for Child Behavioral Development:
"Relations Between Childcare and
Preschool skills: New findings from The
Behavior Outlook Norwegian
Developmental Study"
14.00 – 14.10
Break
14.10 – 14.55
Anett Kaale OUS og RBUP Øst og Sør:
"Social-comnunication intervensjon for
children with autism in the preschool"
Bodil Mørland, DMMH:
«Interprofessional cooperation to
ensure quality in Kindergarten on
young children’s right to protection”
Parallel sessions – Seminar room 104
Norwegian
Ellen Os og Leif Hernes, Høgskolen i Oslo
og Akershus:
«Med Blikk for Barn: Kvalitet i
barnehagetilbudet for barn under 3 år»
Else Johansen Lyngseth, DMMH:
«Tidlig innsats og kvalitet i barnehagen»
Henriette Harbitz, Høgskolen i Sogn og
Fjordane:
«Estetisk kommunikasjon og omsorg
med de yngste barna I barnehagen»
14.55 – 15.05
Break with coffee/tea – (Waffles)
15.05 – 15.35
Françoise D. Alsaker, University of Bern, Switzerland: "Bullying in
Kindergarten: Facts and Implications"
15.35 – 16.05
Mai Brit Helgesen, UiT The Artic University of Norway:
“Bullying as a social phenomenon“
16.05 – 16.20
Concluding remarks by the Assistant Director of Norwegian Institute of Public
Health, Arne Holte