UWSP - Health Promotion and Human Development - Gesell Institute

Gesell Institute

To provide a facility in which education students and related majors may observe the development process in young children.
To provide opportunities for students in teacher preparation programs to observe a master teacher and then apply principles discussed in teaching method classes to real life situations.
To give students opportunities to interact with parents and to observe parent-child interactions.
To provide a quality program for children two to five years of age.
To provide support and informational programming for parents.
To serve as a demonstration center for other programs in the community.
To serve as a research facility for UWSP faculty and graduate students.
To provide university students, in various fields of study, direct experience working with children ages two to five years.
University students are teacher assistants in the Gesell classroom, implementing developmentally appropriate activities and encouraging positive socialization, between members of the preschool group.