Dominican University Presents Lecture on Child Development

Dominican University’s Siena Center will present a lecture titled “The Formative Years” by Dennis Kirchen, associate professor of early childhood education at Dominican University. The lecture will be held Wednesday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m. in the Priory Campus Auditorium, 7200 W. Division Street, River Forest.

The early years of childhood are characterized by rapid developmental changes. While some of these changes are easy to see, others are not so obvious. Kirchen will discuss cognitive and social development for children aged birth through pre-adolescence and address why these are called the formative years. Elizabeth Jeep, associate director of the Siena Center, will offer a response to Kirchen’s lecture.

Admission to the lecture is $10. For more information on Dominican University’s Siena Center, please call (708) 714-9105 or visit www.siena.dom.edu. 

Dominican University established the Siena Center to engage the critical issues of church and society in the light of faith and scholarship. The center was named for St. Catherine of Siena, a 14th century laywoman who worked for the reform of the church and justice in the world. Her passionate devotion to the central issues of church and society inspires the work of the center in its schedule of lectures, symposia, workshops, retreats, research and seminars.