Infant Observation: Paving The Way To Early Prevention
This seminar was presented on March 29, 2008
Presenter: Christine Anzieu-Premmereur, M.D., Ph.D.
March 29, 2008 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
INTRODUCTION
The model of Infant and Young Child Observation, as pioneered at the Tavistock Clinic in London and as practiced around the globe, is designed to deepen awareness and understanding of human development in all cultures and ethnic groups. It serves as an enduring foundation for making sense of interactions, the formation of relationships and of the internal world. It is suited for workers in a variety of fields - including teaching, child care, social work, psychology, psychiatry, nursing, midwifery and other allied professions.
At this one-day conference, members of the core faculty of the two-year Infant and Young Child Observation Program will be joined by Christine Anzieu-Premmereur, M.D., Ph.D., who is Director of the Parent-Infant Program at New York's Columbia Psychoanalytic Institute.
Dr. Anzieu-Premmereur will present two cases of early interventions with a four month old baby and an eighteen month old toddler. Sharon Alperovitz, M.S.W. will discuss the Early Intervention with a mother and an infant, and Carla Elliott-Neely, Ph.D. will lead a discussion of the material presented in the work with a mother and a toddler. They will discuss the clinical material making links between the Tavistock method of infant and young child observation and what this method can bring to the difficult work of early intervention with parents, infants and young children as well as enhancing clinical skills in all age groups. Nydia Lisman-Pieczanski, MD Chair of the program will be the moderator.
OBJECTIVES
- Deepen the participants' understanding of early intervention.
- Understand the way in which infant and young child observation informs early intervention.
- Increase the participants' awareness of preverbal communication and their own responses to intense unconscious communication.
- Explore how early intervention infant and young child observation can help the participants in their diverse professional settings.
PRESENTER
Dr. Anzieu-Premmereur is Director of the Parent-Infant Program at the Columbia Psychoanalytic Institute in New York City. Her extensive training includes receiving a PhD in clinical psychology at Paris University in addition to completing her Adult and Child Psychiatry training at the Paris Medical School. She also trained as an Adult and Child Psychoanalyst at the Institut de Psychoanalyse in Paris.
DISCUSSANTS
Dr. Elliott-Neely is a child and adult trained psychoanalyst in private practice in Washington, DC. She is on the Steering committee for the Infant and Young Child Observation Training Program at the Washington School of Psychiatry and is currently serving as President of the Association for Child Psychoanalysis. She has published in the areas of developmental imbalance, adoption, creativity, divorce-custody, and various psychoanalytic concepts.
Sharon Alperovitz is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and a graduate psychoanalyst of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. She is a founding member of the Infant and Young Child Observation Program of the Washington School of Psychiatry. She is a Teaching Analyst in the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute and on the core faculty of the Modern Psychotherapy Program, the Contemporary Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Training Program, and co-chair of the New Directions in Psychoanalytic Thinking Program of the Washington Center for Psycho-analysis.
Location
The Washington School of Psychiatry
5028 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC, 20016
Directions
CE/CME Award - 6
The Washington School of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to provide continuing education for psychologists. The Washington School maintains responsibility for the program. The School is approved by the Social Work Board of the State of Maryland as a provider of continuing education for social workers. The School is approved by the Medical Society of Maryland (MEDCHI) for continuing education for psychiatrists.
Fee - $195
Registration
Please call the School at 202-237-2700 to register. You can also use the conference registration form to register for this seminar by faxing it to WSP at 202-237-2730, or mail the form to: Washington School of Psychiatry, 5028 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Ste. 400, Washington, DC 20016.
CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS
Refunds will be made for cancellations received at the School office in writing prior to March 21 and are subject to a non- refundable administrative fee of $50.