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Early Care and Education Consultant Training- Fall 2007

CT-AIMH Annual Fall Conference- Registration Form:

"Promoting First Relationships"
Keynote speaker and small group discussions:
             Dr. Jean Kelly, Director, NCAST-AVENUW, and
             Co-Director of the Center on Infant Mental Health and Development
             University of Washington
When:    November 15, 2007 - 8am-3pm
Where:  Woodbridge Country Club

Program Description

Suggested Readings:

In collaboration with Dr. Kelly, we have selected a number of readings that could enhance your conference experience.  For those seeking more information about basic concepts in infant mental health, we suggest the articles by Deborah Weatherston and Robert Karen.  For those seeking information about the effectiveness of Promoting First Relationships, we suggest the article by Jean Kelly, et al.  For those who might be interested in promoting parent child relationships for children in foster care, we suggest the articles by Bernier & Dozier and Dozier, et al.

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"Training Personnel to Promote Quality Parent-Child Interaction in Families Who are Homeless"

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"Infant Mental Health:  A Review of Relevant Literature"

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"Bridging the attachment transmission gap:  The role of maternal mindedness"

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"Interventions for foster parents:  Implications for developmental theory"

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"Becoming Attached"

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"A Developmental Psychiatrist looks at Infant Mental Health Challenges for Early Head Start:  Understanding the Context and Overcoming Avoidance"

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"An Infant Mental Health Perspective"

For further information about Dr. Jean Kelly and Promoting First Relationships, check out these websites:

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http://www.son.washington.edu/centers/pfr/ 

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http://www.ncast.org/p-pfr.asp 

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http://depts.washington.edu/chdd/ucedd/cimhd_3/3_cimhdmain.html