TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 4:30 pm

1. NOTABLE BOOKS SERIES LECTURES at the COUNTWAY LIBRARY OF MEDICINE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 4:30 pm LECTURE Minot Room, 5th floor 5:30 pm BOOK SIGNING & RECEPTION Books for sale at the event by the Simmons College Bookstore Lahey Room, 5th Floor Countway Library 10 Shattuck Street Boston, MA For more information email Roz Vogel: rvogel@hms.harvard.edu or call 617- 432- 4807 “The implications of early experience for children's brain development, behavior, and psychological functioning have long absorbed caregivers, researchers, and clinicians. The 1989 fall of Romania's Ceausescu regime left approximately 170,000 children in 700 overcrowded, impoverished institutions across Romania, and prompted the most comprehensive study to date on the effects of institutionalization on children's well-being. Romania's Abandoned Children, the authoritative account of this landmark study, documents the devastating toll paid by children who are deprived of responsive care, social interaction, stimulation, and psychological comfort”. -- Harvard University Press -- MEET THE AUTHOR -- Charles A. Nelson III, PhD Professor of Pediatrics & Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, HMS Richard David Scott Chair in Pediatric Developmental Medicine Research, Boston Children’s Hospital