Studies reveal there are strong links between the emotional well-being of young children and their personal and social development and academic performance. Young children need healthy, supportive and stimulating environments with a clear focus on, and commitment to, helping them develop high self-esteem and good relationships and become confident, happy and ambitious people.

In light of this, PECERA ( Hong Kong ) is delighted to announce that it will jointly organise a special seminar on this subject with Hong Kong Health Education and Promotion Foundation (HEP) on February 29, 2008. One of Australia 's leading health promoters and health educators, Professor Lawrence St Leger , will present “Building emotional well-being of young children through enhancing their living, playing and studying environments” at the seminar. He will share with the audience his experience in building better emotional health for children through school-based approach. All interested educators, parents and other professionals working with young children are welcome to register and exchange with him.

Details can be found as follows:

Seminar Topic:	Building emotional well-being of young children through enhancing their living, playing and studying environments
Date:	February 29, 2008 (Friday)
Guest Speaker :	Professor Lawrence St Leger Associate Professor and Former Dean of Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University , Australia
Moderator :	Professor Albert Lee Honorary Secretary of HEP, Director of Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ex-co Member of PECERA ( Hong Kong )
Time :	4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (with a question-and-answer session)
Language :	English (except that the question-and-answer session will be conducted in both English and Cantonese)
Venue :	The Auditorium, 1/F, Yew Chung International School 3 To Fuk Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Fee :	Free of charge
Registration :	Prior online registration will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis.
Enquires:	Please send your enquires to seminar@pecera.org.hk .
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About the speaker – Professor Lawrence St Leger

Professor Lawrence St Leger is one of Australia 's leading health promoters and health educators. He was Dean of the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences at Deakin University from 1995 to 2002 (now Faculty of Medicine, Health, Nursing and Behavioural Science). His current research areas are concerned with building the mental and physical wellbeing of people (with a focus on children and youth) through enhancing the environments in which they live, work and play. He has been commissioned by WHO to write teaching and learning materials for Asia Pacific countries. Recently he was invited to develop a set of protocols and guidelines for School Health internationally by the WHO, Centre for Disease Control, U.S.A. , and International Union for Health Promotion and Education in Paris. Professor St Leger has been working closely with Professor Albert Lee, Director of Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in developing school based health promotion including early childhood in Hong Kong and they have jointly published widely on that topic.