Dr. Abraham J. (Joe) Avni-Singer, a clinical instructor in pediatrics and at the Child Study Center, and School of Nursing alumna Karen Klein will be the featured speakers in the next talk sponsored by the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy as part of its series on social policy issues. On Friday, Sept. 26, they will discuss Project SHINE, a resource center for family child care providers at the Fair Haven Community Health Center. Their talk, which is free and open to the public, will begin at noon at the Rose Alumni House, 232 York St.
Dr. Avni-Singer and Ms. Klein, a pediatric nurse practitioner at the Fair Haven Community Health Center, are the cofounders and codirectors of Project SHINE.
Dr. Avni-Singer is a member of the pediatric staff at the Fair Haven Community Health Center in New Haven and is a consultant to the Phyllis Bodell Child Care program at the School of Medicine. He also serves on the child care committee of the Connecticut chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
In addition to providing primary care at the Fair Haven Community Health Center, Ms. Klein has developed a number of programs for children in elementary schools and housing projects in New Haven.
For more information, call 432-9935.