Hardwired to Connect?
A Symposium on New Policies for Children at Risk
Tuesday, September 9, 2003
Hart Senate Office Building
Room 216
Constitution Avenue, NE and 2nd
Washington, DC

Agenda

9:00 Welcome
David Blankenhorn, President, Institute for American Values
Ken Gladish, National Executive Director and CEO, YMCA of the USA
Chuck Stetson, School Ministries

Opening Comments
Dr. Wade F. Horn, Assistant Secretary for Families and Children,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

9:45 Panel ``What are the main findings of this Report?"
Elizabeth Berger, The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
W. Bradford Wilcox, University of Virginia
Lisa Miller, Columbia University

Questions

10:45 Break

11:00 Discussion ``What are main implications and next steps?"
Enola Aird, Institute for American Values
Peter Benson, Search Institute
Irv Katz, National Assembly
Chuck Stetson, School Ministries
Robert Wilkins, YMCA of the East Bay (Oakland, CA)

Moderator: David Blankenhorn

12:00 Break
12:15 Lunch ``How Mother Nurture Helps Mother Nature"

Introduction
Dr. Kathleen Kovner Kline, Dartmouth Medical School

Keynote
Dr. Stephen Suomi, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Questions

2:15 Comments
Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, U.S. Surgeon General

Questions

2:40 Break

2:55 Small Discussion Groups
1. ``What do the findings and recommendations of this report mean for my work?"
2. ``What are next steps? Follow-ups from this report and meeting?"
3. ``What further research in this area is needed?"

3:30 Discussion Group Reports

4:00 Evaluation, Next Steps

4:15 Closing Comments
Ken Gladish, National Executive Director and CEO, YMCA of the USA

4:30 Adjourn