Recent Appearances

Dr. Donahue gives dozens of lectures annually to parents, teachers and mental health professionals throughout the U.S. The subjects focus on critical building blocks to healthy social and emotional development of young children. He can design a lecture based on your specific needs.

To discuss bringing Dr. Donahue to your organization and to set up a lecture, please contact him at PJD@drpauldonahue.com, or call 914-723-2929.

Here is a partial list of lectures and presentations by Dr. Donahue over the past few years:

2004 - 2007

• PARENTING WITHOUT FEAR
  Rosenthal Jewish Center Nursery School, Pleasantville, NY

• RAISING YOUNG EXPLORERS: THE IMPORTANCE OF OUTDOOR AND INDOOR PLAY
  Rye Methodist Nursery School, Rye, NY
  
  
• PARENTAL ANXIETY AND DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES
  White Plains Hospital Department of Pediatrics, White Plains, NY
  
  
• THE FAMILY SYMPOSIUM: PARENTING WITHOUT FEAR
  Byram Hills High School, Armonk, NY
  
  
• PARENTING WITHOUT FEAR
  School of the Holy Child, Rosemont, PA
  
  
• WHO IS IN CHARGE HERE: ESTABLISHING BOUNDARIES AND NEGOTIATING LIMITS WITH PRE-ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG TEENS
  Hommocks Middle School, Mamaroneck, NY
  
  
• WHAT MY CHILD REALLY NEEDS TO LEARN BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
  Heard In Rye, Kindergarten Readiness Forum, Rye, NY
  
  
• PARENTING WITHOUT FEAR
  The Dalton School, 108 E. 89th Street, New York, NY
  
  
• PARENTING WITHOUT FEAR
  Beth El Nursery School Rochelle, NY
  
  
• FOSTERING CHILDREN'S SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-DISCIPLINE
  UJA, Rye, NY
  
  
• DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS
  Manhattanville College, Department of Education, Purchase, NY
  
  
• HOW PARENTAL STRESS AFFECTS PRESCHOOL RELATIONSHIPS
  WAEYC Directors Group, Larchmont, NY
  
  
• TEACHING THE VALUE OF PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  Rye Presbyterian Nursery School, Rye, NY
  
  
• PARENTING YOUNG CHILDREN
  South Presbyterian Church, Dobbs Ferry, NY
  
  
• HOW TO NURTURE CHILDREN'S SELF-ESTEEM & LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS
  Sarah Lawrence College, Early Childhood Center
  
  
• THE CORNERSTONES OF DEVELOPMENT
  Georgetown University Training Institutes, Biennial Conference, San Francisco, CA
  
  
• EARLY CHILDHOOD CONSULTATION
  MANAGING AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CLASSROOM
  HELPING CHILDREN EXPOSED TO TRAUMA & VIOLENCE
  Arkansas Head Start Association, Arkansas Department of Human Services
  
  
• PARENTING WITHOUT FEAR
  Sarah Lawrence College, Early Childhood Center
  Westchester Jewish Center, Mamaroneck, NY
  Rye Presbyterian Nursery School, Rye, NY
  
  
• JUST SAY NO: POSITIVE DISCIPLINE THAT WORKS
  Westchester Jewish Center, Mamaroneck, NY
  Kids Base & the Little School, Scarsdale, NY
  Springhurst Elementary School, Dobbs Ferry, NY
  
  
• MOVING TOWARDS MORE EFFECTIVE PARENT TEACHER PARTNERSHIPS
  Westchester Association for the Education of Young Children;
  Address to Annual Meeting: White Plains, NY
  
  
• CHALLENGES FOR TODAY’S PARENTS: PRIVILEGES VS. ENTITLEMENTS
  Springhurst Elementary School, Dobbs Ferry, NY
  Westchester Reform Temple, Scarsdale, NY
  
  
• THE IMPACT OF MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY ON YOUNG CHILDREN
  Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York-Westchester Division, Mamaroneck, NY
  
  
• RAISING CHILDREN OF PRIVILEGE
  Larchmont Newcomers Club, Larchmont, NY
  
  
• CORNERSTONES OF PARENTING
  Ohio Department of Mental Health, Cincinnati, OH
  
  
• HELPING CHILDREN COPE WITH TRAUMA AND LOSS
  Ethical Culture School, New York, NY
  
  
• ALL WE KNOW ABOUT YOUNG CHILDREN: INTEGRATING BRAIN RESEARCH, LESSONS FROM DISASTER & CURRENT CHILD DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE
  Rye Methodist Nursery School, Rye, NY
  
  
• EARLY CHILDHOOD CONSULTATION
  THE CORNERSTONES OF DEVELOPMENT
  MANAGING AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CLASSROOM
  The Connecticut Department of Children and Families, Hartford, CT
  
  
• KEY ISSUES IN CHILDREN's MENTAL HEALTH
  Junior League of Westchester, Rye, NY
  
  
• STRENGTHENING THE BOND BETWEEN FATHERS AND THEIR TEENAGE DAUGHTERS
  The Ursuline School, New Rochelle, NY
  
  
• BUILDING AN EMOTIONAL CURRICULUM
  The Little School, Scarsdale, NY
  
  
• LEARNING TO TAKE CHARGE AT HOME
  Rye Presbyterian Nursery, Rye, NY
  
  
• HELPING FAMILIES COPE WITH STRESS
  Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York, Annual Conference, New Rochelle, NY
  
  
• MANAGING CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS
  The Guidance Center, New Rochelle, NY
  
  
• CORNERSTONES OF DEVELOPMENT
  Westchester Association for the Education of Young Children
  
  
• TIME TO SLOW DOWN: PRESERVING FAMILY TIME & FAMILY VALUES
  Westchester Jewish Center, Mamaroneck, NY
  The Little School, Scarsdale, NY
  
  
• CHALLENGES IN PARENTING: HELPING PARENTS NURTURE CHILDREN IN OUR COMPLEX WORLD
  Temple Beth Shalom, Hastings, NY
  
  
• THE IMPACT OF MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY ON CHILDREN: POTENTIAL BENEFITS/POSSIBLE HARM
  “Heard in Rye” Lecture Series, Rye, NY
  
  
• TIME TO SLOW DOWN: PRESERVING FAMILY TIME & FAMILY VALUES
  The Little School, Scarsdale, NY
  
  
• SIBLING RIVALRY/SIBLING BONDS
  HELPING PARENTS COPE WITH STRESS
  
• THE IMPACT OF MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY ON YOUNG CHILDREN
  Rye Presbyterian Nursery School, Rye, NY
  
  

2000 - 2003

• THE CORNERSTONES OF DEVELOPMENT
  • Rye Presbyterian Nursery School, Rye, NY
  • Riverdale Jewish Center, Bronx, NY
  • Jewish Community Center, Tarrytown, NY
  • KTI nursery School, Rye Brook, NY
  • Westchester Association for the Education of Young Children, NY
  • Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York, Department of Early Childhood Education, Annual Conference

• THE ROLE OF MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTANTS IN NURSERY SCHOOL
  Westchester Association for the Education of Young Children, Directors’ Meeting

• PLAY & IMAGINATION IN PRESCHOOLERS
  Rye Methodist, Rye, NY

• ENTITLEMENTS VS. PRIVILEGES
  Murray Avenue School, Larchmont, NY

• HELPING CHILDREN COPE WITH TRAUMA
  The Department of Children and Families, State of Connecticut

• HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN DEVELOP SELF-ESTEEM
  Temple Israel Nursery School, White Plains, NY

• PRESERVING FAMILY TIME & FAMILY VALUES
  Westchester Jewish Center, Mamaroneck, NY

• THE IMPACT OF FAMILY & COMMUNITY VIOLENCE ON YOUNG CHILDREN
  Training Conference sponsored by Georgetown University Child Development Center

• HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN COPE WITH TRAUMATIC EVENTS IN THEIR WORLD & IN THEIR COMMUNITY
  BJE Annual Conference, New Rochelle, NY

• MANAGING AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CLASSROOM
  Georgetown Child Development Center. National Teleconference

• INTRODUCING CHILD DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES IN THE CLASSROOM
  Board of Jewish Education, Directors Meeting, Great Neck NY

• PROMOTING DISCIPLINE & MORALITY
  Temple Israel, White Plains, NY

• BRAIN DEVELOPMENT & EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
  Temple Israel, New Rochelle, NY

• RESPONSE TO A NATIONAL DISASTER: HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN & THEIR CAREGIVERS COPE WITH THE RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE U.S.
  Conference on Brain Research and Emotional Development, Children, Inc., Cincinnati, OH

• A SCHOOL-BASED MODEL OF MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTATION
  Ohio Department of Mental Health. Columbus, OH

• INTEGRATING MENTAL HEALTH & EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: A NEW MODEL OF PARTNERSHIP
  Westchester Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference, NY

• ADDRESSING THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF YOUNG CHILDREN
  National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health, Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy, Georgetown University Child Development Center, 2000 Training Institute, New Orleans, LA

• WHO IS LOOKING OUT FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING OF OUR CHILDREN?
  Children’s Defense Fund National Conference, New York, NY

Earlier Lectures:

• BRIDGING THE GAP: MENTAL HEALTH & EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
  Paper presented at American Orthopsychiatry Association annual meeting, Washington, D.C.

• MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTATION IN HEAD START: THE IMPACT ON TEACHERS' EFFECTIVENESS
  National Head Start Research Conference, Washington, D.C.

• MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATIONS IN HEAD START
  Paper presented at the Roundtable on Head Start Research, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

• HOMELESS CHILDREN & FAMILIES: THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LARGER COMMUNITY
  Ethical Culture Society of Northern Westchester, NY

• ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER IN SCHOOL SETTINGS
  The Coalition of Non-Public Schools of Westchester, NY

• INTENSIVE SCHOOL-BASED TREATMENTS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN UNDER SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS
  Grand Rounds presentation, Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, NY

• MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN HEAD START: WORKING WITH HOMELESS CHILDREN & FAMILIES
  Paper presented at the American Orthopsychiatry Association annual meeting

• THE ROLE OF FANTASY IN DEVELOPING CAREER ASPIRATIONS
  Presentation to the Department of Psychiatry, Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY