• Mission: To promote the understanding of the inner emotional life of children through collaboration with their families, educators, pediatricians and mental health professionals.

    a Mission

  • Emotional intelligence: The ability to understand and manage feelings. It is the foundation for all other success skills, including self-discipline, self-advocacy, learning, working and forming healthy relationships.

    E Emotional Intelligence

  • Parents of children in treatment at the Hadden Clinic are part of the treatment team – working with the therapist and applying new understanding at home and other social settings.

    F Clinic

  • Year after year, the generosity of our donors and grantors makes it possible for The Hanna Perkins Center to continue its work with children and families.

    H Thank you

  • The on-site Hanna Perkins Butterfly Garden, a gift of the Hershey Foundation, is a learning garden nurtured by students, and provides 50% of the vegetables used in the Hanna Perkins kitchen.

    C Learning Garden

  • Hanna Perkins School maintains a 6-to-1 student-teacher ratio, assuring an extraordinary level of personalized attention to each child.

    G Classroom ratio

  • A positive first-time experience with school will set the stage for future learning and the ability to make friends. With a team-based approach, Hanna Perkins gently guides each child through this transition.

    D First time experience

  • For more than 60 years, The Hanna Perkins Center for Child Development has contributed to the healthy emotional development of children and families throughout Northeast Ohio and beyond.

    B School Building

Our School

The right start lasts a lifetime.

Preschool, kindergarten and parent/toddler programs that focus on emotional intelligence – the ability to understand and manage feelings.

A challenging and engaging academic curriculum individualized for the needs of each child.

A unique team approach – both gentle and effective – applying a wealth of expert resources toward each child's success.

A historically preserved facility offering large spaces, natural light and other amenities.

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For Parents

Dedicated to helping parents understand their child's behavior to be a form of communication.

Offerings for parents and families include:

Reinberger Parent/Child Resource Center, where parents and children can play with their children to encourage mastery of age-appropriate skills.

Hadden Clinic, offering evaluation, treatment and parent guidance for children and adolescents.

Research, articles, a blog and other useful resources.

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For Professionals

Offering 3 types of service to professionals.

1. Continuing education and consultation for early childhood educators, care providers, child life workers, clinicians and others who attend to the needs of children.

2. Accepting referrals from physicians, psychologists, child advocates and others who see children with issues that may affect their overall wellbeing.

3. Analytic training for practitioners interested in child analysis.

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A formula for a perfect kids’ summer

May 14, 2013 By The Grandmothers

Warm, sunny days! Aren’t they great after having been cooped up all winter? Everyone is so ready for fresh air and freedom. And freedom is what we grandmothers wish for your young children during spring and summer. Yes, we know we must be concerned for their safety and we understand that the work week continues [...]

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    Spring in the school garden

    May 6, 2013 By Bob Rosenbaum

    The growing season has begun in earnest, and the children at Hanna Perkins School have been making the most of it in the school’s garden. The garden encompasses both a vegetable garden and the Hanna Perkins Butterfly Garden – a gift of the Hershey Foundation. Children have been cutting daffodils to decorate their classrooms, notes [...]

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      65,000 register for course on ‘Emotional Intelligence’

      May 14, 2013 By Bob Rosenbaum

      Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, manage and communicate feelings. At Hanna Perkins Center, emotional intelligence is regarded as a key to happiness and success in life. We’re not alone in this. Earlier this spring, Richard Boyatzis – a highly regarded professor at Case Western Reserve University – offered a free online class called Inspiring [...]

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        What We Do

        The Hanna Perkins Center for Child Development is recognized world-wide as a unique and indispensable contributor to the healthy emotional development of children and families throughout Northeast Ohio and beyond.
        Our mission: To promote the understanding of the inner emotional life of children through collaboration with their families, educators, pediatricians, and mental health professionals through service, training, community engagement and research.
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