Janice Englander Katz, Ph.D., H.S.P.P.

Private Practice and Imagination Station Child Development Center
831 Washington Street
Michigan City, IN 46360
219.406.0723
jankatz@comcast.net

Janice Englander Katz, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist with 27 years of experience working to improve the lives of children, families and adults. Dr. Katz is the founder and president of The Child Care Consortium that operates Imagination Station, a NAEYC accredited, licensed educational child care center in Michigan City. She provides mental health consulting for child care programs and teaches Child Psychology at Purdue University North Central.

Dr. Katz is an inexhaustible community organizer committed to finding systematic solutions to societal challenges. Concerned about our nation’s appalling preschool expulsion rate and the dire ramifications of untreated early behavior problems, Dr. Katz has been working diligently to create an early childhood mental health consultation system for the state of Indiana. She is an active member of the Infant Mental Health Task Force of Indiana Association for Infant and Toddler Mental Health and is on the Social Emotional Development Committee for Indiana Sunny Start. Dr. Katz also serves as Chair of the Public Policy Committee for the Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children. She developed the strategic plan for Northwest Indiana United Way Success By 6 and remains on the SB6 Steering Committee. She has served on many nonprofit Boards, is a frequent presenter at local, state and regional conferences and provides workshops for physicians, educators and parents on a variety of topics. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. at Washington University in St. Louis and her B.A. at University of Minnesota on a gymnastics scholarship. Dr. Katz and her husband have two sons ages 22 and 18.

 

The Magical Mirror: A Reflective Approach to Promoting Social and emotional Development

The factors that make some children or behaviors very challenging for you while others seem simple may lie within you. YOU, the educator, are the most powerful and influential resource you will ever need. By exploring and utilizing the process of reflection, participants will learn to assess their strengths, weaknesses, preferences, biases and styles in order to use these unique attributes to improve social and emotional competence in young children.

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