2004 Playing for Keeps International
Conference
Collaborating Organizations
 Erikson Institute
Erikson Institute, located in Chicago's River North neighborhood, is one of the nation's leading graduate schools in child development, dedicated to the education of child development professionals.
History
Erikson was founded in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood in 1966 to provide early childhood teacher training to professionals serving in the newly launched Head Start program. Four prominent child advocates launched the institute: businessman and philanthropist Irving B. Harris; educator and activist Barbara Taylor Bowman; social worker Lorraine Wallach; and child psychologist Maria Piers.
The institute was named for Erik Erikson (1902-94), the German-born psychoanalyst who first proposed that children are not simply biological organisms but also products of society’s expectations, prejudices, and prohibitions.
Faculty
Erikson's 27 full- and part-time faculty are committed to expanding students' understanding of child development and generating research that improves the way children and their families are served. Faculty serve in national leadership positions, speak at professional meetings, publish articles and books for the academic community and the public, and serve as consultants to child care organizations and community programs.
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