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INFANT and YOUNG CHILD MENTAL HEALTH SEMINAR

2009 - 2010 SERIES

Elizabeth Maury, PhD, Co-Chairs

THE CHILD IS FATHER. . .

How development in the first 3 years lays the foundation for complex psychopathology in later life

9 Monthly Seminars beginning September 25, 2009

Fridays 12:15 - 3:15 PM


This seminar series is for licensed professionals who are interested in the treatment of children with complex psychopathology originating early in life.  Each seminar includes a case presentation which the faculty discusses from different perspectives including:  1) attachment theory; 2) heritable and constitutional factors; 3) intrapsychic and psychodynamic factors; 4) family structure and systems.  The goal is to provide students with multiple points of view from which to plan and provide comprehensive treatment.  Cases in this series include:  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Regulatory Disorders and Attachment and Separation Disorders.

ELIGIBILITY

This seminar series is open to licensed mental health and early intervention professionals. Doctoral candidates who have relevant internship experience may also apply.  Please attach a copy of your CV to your application. Enrollment is limited.

TUITION:  $750

CE/CME AWARD:  25 FOR FULL ATTENDANCE

PRESENTERS:

Mauricio Cortina, M.D.                          Elizabeth Maury, Ph.D.                  

Georgia DeGangi, Ph.D.                        Marc Nemiroff, Ph.D.

Griffin Doyle, Ph.D.                                Edward Turner, MSW

Gwen Martinsen, Ph.D. 

SCHEDULE

The seminar sessions will meet on the following Fridays from 12:15 to 3:15 p.m. Each session includes a case presentation followed by faculty and student discussion:

September     25 Whose sleep problem is it?  A brief intervention with a 6-year-old girl and her 7-month-old brother, illustrating the 4 perspectives Elizabeth Maury, PhD
October 23 A young child with a severe regulatory disorder:  Transformation from fearful and cautious to oppositional defiant Georgia DeGangi, PhD
November 20 Continuation of the child with severe regulatory disorder into the school and teenage years:  Social and emotional challenges Georgia
DeGangi, PhD
December 18 Fourteen-year uninterrupted treatment of a boy with Asperger's Syndrome:  The treatment process during ages 4 - 7 Marc
Nemiroff, PhD
January 15 Fourteen-year uninterrupted treatment of a boy with Asperger's Syndrome:  The treatment process during ages 8 - 18 Marc Nemiroff, PhD
February 19 Family disturbance, sensory-motor dysregulation:  A vigilant infant/toddler Griffin Doyle, PhD
March 19 Family disturbance, sensory-motor dysregulation:  A terrified pre-school girl Griffin Doyle, PhD
April 23 Chronic post-traumatic stress disorder Gwen Martinsen, PhD
May 14 Chronic post-traumatic stress disorder - continued Gwen Martinsen, PhD