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Dr. Gerard Costa Teaches How to Use Books to Enhance Development

In this video, psychologist Dr. Gerard Costa shares ways to use books to enhance infants and children’s overall development. He discuses the research on how infants respond to the human face and voice and how even young babies can tell if parents are emotionally present around them.  Join Dr. Costa in this segment to learn ways you can use books to support bonding as well as specific examples of books to enhance social, emotional and intellectual development.

For more information about the information that Dr. Costa went over in the video, you can click below to download the PDF file that outlines Dr. Costa’s summary on using books to enhance development.

Using Books to Enhance Development

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Licensed Psychologist , Dr. Costa is Director of the YCS Institute for Infant and Preschool Mental Health. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and an Advisory Board member of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders. His holds a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Temple University and has presented and published extensively about infant mental health. In October 2007, he received the Christian Kjeldsen Champion for Children Award. In January, 2010, Governor Jon Corzine appointed him to the newly established New Jersey Council for Young Children.

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