Trish Tucker (she/her), PhD - Speaker
Associate Professor
Western University
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Dr. Trish Tucker is also an Associate Professor in the School of Occupational Therapy at Western University and the Director of Child Health & Physical Activity Laboratory at Western University. Dr. Tucker’s expertise are in the broad areas of health promotion, physical activity, and childhood obesity prevention. Her primary area of research is the measurement and promotion of physical activity with a particular focus on preschool-aged children. Her lab is leading a number of interventions aimed at improving the physical activity levels of young children in Canadian childcare settings.
Trish Tucker (she/her), PhD's Sessions
Workshop
Regular physical activity is important for healthy child development. The early childhood education setting is highly influential on young children's movement behaviors. Increased effort is warranted to integrate more movement into early learning settings, given movement behaviors track from early childhood to later childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. This session will cover the importance of physical activity promotion in early childhood education and how we can implement best practices to ensure sufficient integration of movement into childcare programming.
Date: October 28, 2022
Time: 10:15 am - 11:45 am