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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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