Families Alive Lecture Series
The Families Alive Tanner Lecture Series features lectures and presentations by leading scholars and practitioners in family science, human development and early childhood. Lectures and presentations will be held in person on the campuses of Weber State University, and are free and open to the general public.
There are typically eight lectures per year. Recordings of lectures will be made available online 1-2 weeks after the lecture.
The Department of Child and Family Studies has hosted the Families Alive Tanner Lecture Series at Weber State since 1984. We are grateful for an endowment from the OC Tanner Corporation and other sponsors including the Utah Marriage Commission for their support and helping make these lectures possible.
Contact Paul Schvaneveldt, Chair of the Families Alive Tanner Lecture Series, at pschvanveldt@weber.edu with questions.
What We Can Learn from Babies: Harnessing the Power of Non-Verbal Dynamics
Presented by Ilse DeKoeyer
When: April 9, 2025 at 1 p.m.
Where: Shepherd Union, Room 312, Weber State Ogden Campus
Lecture and Presenter Information
Nonverbal communication is powerful! Infants and young children communicate through eye gaze, facial expressions, sounds, as well as movement patterns and rhythms. Through videos, demonstrations and slides, I will show how babies communicate and develop a sense of self nonverbally, how caregivers can tune into nonverbal dynamics to communicate optimally with babies and young children, and how we can support caregivers to facilitate these processes. Come and be amazed!
Ilse DeKoeyer is an Early Relational Health Specialist at United Way of Utah County (Help Me Grow Utah) and a founding member of the Utah Association for Infant Mental Health. She has taught at the University of Utah for more than two decades, currently teaching the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Certificate Capstone program. Her research has focused on how babies and young children develop a sense of self within their relationships.