The next R.E. Ross Trust seminar is on working memory. Working memory is recognised as a vital cognitive system that supports learning, particularly during the childhood years.

Date: Monday 29 August, 2011

Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm (Registration from 9.00am)

Topic: Memory, Attention, Trauma and Learning: translating research into educational practice.

Venue: Ella Latham Theatre, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville.

This is the third seminar in the Early Years: From Research to Policy to Practice seminar series for 2011.

This presentation will provide an overview of the relationship between working memory and other kinds of memory and executive functions, and evidence linking working memory with a range of aspects of academic attainment will be reviewed. The cognitive and behavioural characteristics of children with poor working memory skills will be described, and methods for minimising the learning difficulties associated with working memory problems including both training and classroom interventions will be discussed.

The impact of trauma on memory and brain function in young children will then be discussed and the neuropsychology and evidence in respect of interventions and how parents and children experience recovery will be outlined.

This seminar will be of interest to early childhood professionals, community child health professionals, psychologists, school counsellors, guidance officers, teachers, support and special education teachers and medical professionals.

For more information see the program and registration form.