Taylor, expert on "greener" environments for children, to speak Feb. 21

07 Feb 2012    

Andrea Faber Taylor is internationally recognized as an expert on the benefits of "greener"environments for children. She is a researcher with the Landscape and Human Health Laboratory and an instructor in horticulture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her PhD is from the University of Illinois.

Taylor's diverse published findings include such benefits of nature for children as initiating more creative play, producing greater concentration, and stimulating greater self-discipline. Her groundbreaking research on the benefits of nature for children with ADHD has resulted in extensive coverage in over 100 national and international media outlets, including Science News, the British Medical Journal, Prevention Magazine, Psychology Today, Globe and Mail, Parents Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times. Taylor's work has also been instrumental in sparking the "No Child Left Inside" movement to bring children back to nature.

The lecture is February 21 at 7: 00 p.m., Hardin Hall Auditorium located at 33rd Street and Holdrege.

This lecture is sponsored by the College of Education and Human Sciences; Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies; and Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools