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The Hanna
Perkins Center For Child Development
Hanna Perkins Center, founded in 1951, is a
comprehensive child
development facility with a mission of
service, training, and research.
Hanna Perkins includes a school for children
ages 15 months to 7 years, a Child Therapy
Clinic that serves children and adolescents,
a research center that continuously considers
child development issues, and extension
programs that provide training and
consultation for early childhood educators
and caregivers.
All
of the work done by the Center is based on the concept that children have an
inner emotional life. It is the deeper
understanding of that inner life that helps
them grow.
As a member of our
board has commented, “Hanna Perkins is a
‘rudder’ for parents” who are always closely
involved in the work. Many
parents simply want the best start possible
for their children and are looking for
programming, be it therapeutic or educational
that will stimulate lifelong curiosity,
pleasure in learning, and an inner sense of
confidence and well-being
– what we call “mastery.”
The essence of the Hanna Perkins
experience is the sense of “mastery” children
and parents come to feel as they learn how their inside
feelings can effect outside behaviors.
It reverberates through our programs as
children are helped by their parents,
caregivers, teachers, and therapists to
struggle with conflicts – including those
occurring within their inner world, and
ultimately succeed in developmental tasks
that range from bodily self-care to putting
feelings into words.
Directions To
Hanna Perkins Center for Child Development
Directions to Westside Office
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