Clinical and Developmental Perspectives

 9 AM to 5 PM , Saturday, February 19

Alan Sroufe will be presenting findings from the first 20 years (and some data from 26 year mark) of one of the most detailed longitudinal study from birth through adulthood ever carried out.  The study, which follows the development of 200 children and their parents from a poverty sample, has been important for identifying the origins of both pathology and competence and the factors that make children vulnerable or protect them from developmental problems. Tracing the significance the attachment relations during the course of the study has been and integral part of the research design.

During the course of the day June Sroufe will be drawing from this rich data to explore clinical implications based on her clinical work with children and families.

Schedule

A Study of Attachment with Urban and Indigenous Dyads in México:

Report on a Work in Progress

9: 30 AM to 12:30 PM, Sunday, February 20

Work in progress: A study of mother-infant attachment during the first year of life in an urban and indigenous population if México. Sonia Gojman and Salvador Millan will be presenting data that includes ethnographic material, home observations, Adult Attachment Interviews of the mothers and Strange Situations. The study also used other instruments to study the relationship between culture and personality of the mothers (the social character interview)

Presenters

Alan Sroufe, PhD is the William Harris Professor Child Psychology in the Institute of Child Development and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota.  Professor Sroufe received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wisconsin in 1967, with a clinical internship at the Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute in San Francisco.  In 1984-85 was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.  Dr. Sroufe is a member of the Society for Research in Child Development and is on the editorial boards of 3 professional journals.  He is an internationally recognized expert on early attachment relationships, emotional development, and developmental psychopathology and has published six books and more than 100 articles on these and related topics. 

June Sroufe, PhD is a psychologist in clinical practice, a certified trainer in the Adult Attachment Interview, as has published papers of papers on adult attachment representation and on the clinical implications of attachment theory.

Sonia Gojman de Millán is a PhD in Psychology and a Psychoanalyst. She is Secretary General of the International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies (IFPS) and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Seminario de Sociopsicoanálisis A.C. She is a certified Trainer on the Adult Attachment Interview. She directs with Salvador Millan the Attachment Research project of Mexican Indian Dyads. She has been a researcher in various community and inter-cultural projects since1974. She has published extensively is Spanish and is an author of several chapters and articles in English. Her most recent publication, Identity in the Asphalt Jungle. A Study of Mexican Youngsters Who Work in the Streets will be published in the Journal International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Scandinavian University Press Vol 13 # 4.

Dr. Salvador Millán is a Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, co-founder, Training and Supervising Analyst of the Seminario de Sociopsicoanálisis A.C. México City. He co-directs with Sonia Gojman de Millán the Attachment Research Project of Mexican Indian Dyads. Social researcher in various communities and intercultural projects since 1974 that studies the relationship between culture and character development The Seminario has developed several participative community projects to help the groups they study . He is editor of several books in Spanish, among them: Erich Fromm y el Psicoanálisis Humanista. Siglo XXI editores,
 

Continuing Education: The Washington School of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Washington School of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for the program. The School is approved by the State of Maryland as a provider of continuing education for social workers. Attendees will earn 6 credit hours for February 19 conference and 3 credit hours for February 20 workshop.

Fee: $115  for Feb. 19 one day conference

       $60    for Feb. 20 half day workshop

       $150   for both Feb. 19 conference and Feb. 20 workshop  

Please call the School at 202-237-2700 for further information or to register.