tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88813962638643085602024-03-08T02:23:04.336-05:00Center for Family Development BlogThis blog is about the evaluation and treatment of trauma and attachment disorders. It focuses on Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy; the effective and evidence-based treatment for trauma and attachment disorders.Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-38646069018126370662013-05-11T18:15:00.000-04:002013-05-11T18:15:08.844-04:00Early Neglect and Child Development<b>Early Neglect and Child Development:
Randomized trail compares children in institutions with those in foster care
Summarized by <a href="http://www.center4familydevelop.com">Arthur Becker-Weidman</a>, PhD</b>
Severe neglect and institutional care cause significant difficulties in attachment, biology, cognitive functioning including executive and neuropsychological functions, and behavioral and emotional regulation. Studies of children in Romanian orphanages and other settings have demonstrated the pervasive and negative impact of such neglect on various domains of child development. Those of us who work with such children know the complexities of helping families with these children. Their difficulties may include disturbed patterns of attachment, sensory-integration dysfunction, various neuropsychological impairments, mental health issues, and problems with emotional and behavioral regulation. These children are extremely challenging to work with and their families need comprehensive and supportive treatments.
The Bucharest study, led by Charles Nelson, III, Nathan Fox, and Charles Zeanah, Jr., is a randomized trial comparing the emotional and physical well being of institutionalized children with those place in foster homes. The study involved 136 children in orphanages in Romania. The average age was 22 month, ranging from 6 to 31 months of age. All children selected were free of neurological, genetic, and other birth defects based on a study-team pediatrician's examination. The children selected then has a series of baseline physical and psychological assessment. Half the children were randomly assigned to foster care while the other half remained in the institution. The children placed in foster care were placed in homes that had been recruited, trained, financed, and maintained by the study team. This would be considered high quality foster care. The study team also recruited a third group of typically developing children who lived with their birth families and who had never been institutionalized. The study went on for ten years.
One important finding that has significance not only for institutionalized children, but for all children who experience maltreatment is that there sensitive periods during which environmental influences are particularly powerful. The study found that the average IQ of the institutionalized children, measured at thirty, forty, and fifty-two months was in the low to middle 70's while it was ten points higher for the children in foster care. In other words, after only between eight and thirty months longer in an insitutional setting, there was about a 12.5% drop in IQ. The average IQ for the group of children never institutionalized was 100; or about 20% than the children in foster care. Or, to put it differently, about two years in an institution is associated with a 30% lower IQ. The sensitive period seems to be the first two years. The study found that a child placed in a home before two years of age had a significantly larger gain in IQ than a child placed in foster care after two years of age.
The study measured attachment and found that the institutionalized children displayed incompletely formed and aberrant relationships with care-givers. However children place in foster care, at 42 months of age (after an average of 20 months in foster care) displayed major improvements in making emotional attachments. About half the children in foster care demonstrated secure attachments while only eighteen percent of the child in institutions demonstrated secure attachments. Sixty-five percent of the children never placed in institutions displaced secure attachments. This seems to demonstrate the capacity of healing relationships to help remedy these significant early deficits. However, as with IQ, children placed in foster care before two years of age were more likely to form secure attachments when compared with children placed after two years of age.
Foster care had a major influence on levels of anxiety and depression; reducing their incidence by half. The more secure the attachment between the child and foster parent, the greater probability that the child's symptoms would be reduced.
The study examined brain activity using an EEG. They found that infants in institutions has significant reductions in alpha and heightened theta waves, which they stated reflect delayed brain maturation. When measured eight years later they found that children placed in foster care before two years of age showed no difference in EEG when compared with children never in an institution. Children who remained in the institution and those placed in foster care after two years of age showed EEG patterns reflecting delayed brain maturation. Institutionalized children had smaller brain volumes.
Finally they examined telomeres, regions at the ends of chromosomes that provide protection from the stresses of cell division and which are shorter in people who have experienced extreme psychological distress than in those who have not experienced such stresses. Children who spent any time in an institution had shorter telomeres than those who had not.
REFERENCES
Almas, A., et. al., (2012). Effects of Early Intervention and the Moderating Effects of Brain Activity on Institutionalized Children's Social Skills at Age 8. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (2), 17,228-17,231.
Nelson, C., (2007). Cognitive Recovery in Socially Deprived Young Children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project. Science 318, 1937-1940.
Scientific American (2013). How Adversity Affects Young Children www.ScientificAmerican.com/apr2013/orphans, accessed May 11, 2013.
Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-89176433276731491092013-04-14T17:27:00.000-04:002013-04-14T17:27:06.643-04:00Attachment-Focused Family Therapy and EpigeneticsAttachment-Focused Psychotherapy & Epigenetics:
What your grandparents past on.
Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhD
Center For Family Development
Attachment-Focused Treatment Institute
716 810 0790
http://www.attachment-focusedtreatmentinstitute.com/
AWeidman@Concentric.net
Is it possible for the experiences of your parents, grandparents, and great grandparents to have effects on you, your children, your grandchildren and beyond? The answer is yes! But how is that possible? Is it nature and genetics or is it psychology and nurture? Is it bad genetics and biology or bad parenting? Turns out it is both!
This article will summarize what we know about epigenetics and the implications of that for Attachment-Focused Treatment. Your life experiences and those of your parents, grandparents, and great grandparents directly affect your genes and resulting behavior.
A bit of biology now. Chromosomes are composed of genes which are composed of long strands of DNA. DNA is wound around spools (histones) and how tightly the spools are wound determines how the gene is expressed. If the DNA is wound tightly the gene will have little or no expression. If the DNA is wound more loosely, then the gene and associated proteins will be expressed in large quantities. When a methyl group or acetyl group becomes attached to the DNA that changes the activity of the gene. Attachment of a methyl group tightens to thread of DNA wrapping around the histone spool. This makes it harder for the gene to produce the protein it codes. When an acetyl group becomes attached to a gene the thread of DNA is more loosely wrapped around the histone spool resulting in greater gene expression. Diet, chemicals, and various experiences including childhood maltreatment, drug abuse, and severe stress can cause methyl groups to become attached to genes. These epigenetic changes can be passed down from parent to child and on to grand and great-grand children.
Szyf & Meaney, two researchers at McGill in behavioral epigenetics, suggest that traumatic experiences in our past and ancestry leave molecular markers on our DNA. Szyf & Meany found that maternal care causes changes in DNA methylation. In a series of famous experiments using rats that were either highly attentive or highly in attentive, described in their 2004 article in Science, they found that in the hippocampus region (essential for the regulation of stress response), pups of inattentive mothers had highly methylated genes regulating the production of glucorticoid receptors, which regulate sensitivity to stress hormones. Pups of the conscientious mothers had un methylated genes for glucocorticoid receptors in the hippocampus. More methylation results in less transcription. So, the methylation of the genes in the pups of inattentive mothers reduced the number of glucocorticoid receptors from being transcribed in the pup's hippocampus. This means that those pups had an over-active stress response system and were generally more nervous and fearful.
Whereas a nurturing environment can predispose a rodent to be calmer in adulthood and raise a nurturing family of its own, an adverse environment can have the opposite effect. There’s evidence that this effect, too, may involve epigenetic changes. Last year, researchers led by Tania Roth and J. David Sweatt of the University of Alabama, Birmingham, helped show this by building on earlier work showing that rat mothers denied access to the materials needed to make a proper nest become anxious and spend less time nurturing their young. Pups raised by these stressed-out rat moms exhibited increased methylation of the gene for BDNF, a neural growth factor, in the brain’s prefrontal cortex, they reported in the 1 May 2009 issue of Biological Psychiatry. In addition, this methylation pattern, which would tend to reduce the amount of BDNF produced, was passed on to the subsequent generation. (Miller, 2010)
This suggests that Jews whose great-grandparents were in concentration camps, Chinese whose grandparents lived through the ravages of the Cultural Revolution, young immigrants from Africa whose parents survived brutal civil wars and genocidal massacres, and adults who grew up with alcoholic or abusive parents, all carry with them more than just memories…our experiences and those of our forebears are never gone, even if they have been forgotten. They become a part of us, a molecular residue on our genetic scaffolding. The DNA remains the same, but the psychological and behavioral tendencies are inherited. You might have inherited not just your grandparent's eye color and freckles, but also their predisposition toward depression caused by the neglect they suffered as infants and young children. On the other hand, if your parent or grandparent, who was born to a maltreating family, was adopted at an early age by a nurturing, supportive, and loving family, then they and you will be privy to an epigenetic boost; strengths and resiliencies are also passed on.
Sackler Program for Epigenetics and Psychobiology at McGill University found that childhood abuse amongst suicide victims was associated with a distinct epigenetic mark on the DNA. The discovery represents a huge step forward for epigenetics—the study of how environmental factors change gene expression—and holds the promise of better understanding suicide and, perhaps, new treatments. team used a cohort of 36 brain samples. One third were from suicide subjects who were known to have been abused in childhood, one third from suicides with no known abuse in their childhoods, and one third from a control group. The researchers discovered that those suicides who had suffered abuse as children bore specific epigenetic methylation characteristics absent on specific DNA sites that were in the other two groups. Significantly, those marks were shown to influence the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) function. The HPA axis is a critical feature of the stress response. It is managed by a set of genes expressed in the hippocampus, including one that was epigenetically marked by the experience of childhood abuse. Abnormal HPA activity in response to stress is in turn strongly linked to suicidal action. They found excess emthylation of the genes in the suicide brains' hippocampus, a region critical for memory acquisition and for the regulation of the stress response.
In a landmark study, Szyf looked at the blood samples of forty men all born in 1958, who were either very poor or very rich at some point in their lives. Genes were more than twice as likely to show methylation changes based on family income during early childhood. Timing matters! Early experiences have more impact on the developing brain and on genetic expression than later experiences. Yu and colleagues (Yu, et. al., 2012) compared blood samples of 14 children raised in Russian orphanages with 14 other Russian children being raised by their birth parents. The research team found markedly greater methylation in the institutionalized children's genes, particularly those influential in neural communication, brain development, and brain functioning. " The findings suggest that patterns of differential methylation seen in nonhuman species with altered maternal care are also characteristic of children who experience early maternal separation," (p. 143). Elena Grigorenko at Yale, one of the study's authors stated, "Our study shows that the early stress of separation from a biological parent impacts long-term programming of genome function. This might explain why adopted children may be particularly vulnerable to harsh parenting in terms of their physical and menthal health. Parenting adopted children might require much more nurturing care to reverse these changes in genome regulation."
One clear implication of this research is that the Attachment-Facilitating Parenting associated with Attachment-Focused Psychotherapy can be instrumental in de-methylating important genes and, therefore, "resetting" the stress response system to be within a more normal range. It is clear that harsh parenting methods, methods grounded in power and control, methods that are shaming, blaming, and critical only serve to reinforce negative expectations and the unresponsive stress-response system's reset mechanism. Parenting methods that are grounded in a focus on relationship and connections of an emotionally meaningful and joyful nature may reset the stress response system by its epigenetic effects.
The following three slides are from my Workshop: Learning & Survival Brain: Effects of Maltreatment on Development.
REFERENCES
Francis, R., (2011). Epigenetics. NY: Norton\
Meaney, M., Szyf, M., (2005). Environmental programming of stress responses through DNA methylation: Life at the interface between a dynamic environment and a fixe genome. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 7(2), pp. 103-123.
Miller, G., (2010). The Seductive Allure of Behavioral Epigenetics. Science 329 (5987), pp. 24-27 DOI:10.1126/science.329.5987.24
Saey, T., (2013). From Great Grandma to You. Science News, 183(7), pp 18-21.
Weaver, I., Cervoni, N., Champagne, F. Alessio, A., Shakti, S., Seclk, J., Sergiy, D., Szyf, M., & Meaney, M., (2004). Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior, Nature Neuroscience 7, 2004. DOI: 10.1038/NN1276.
Yu, O., Lee, M., Koposov, R., Szyf, M., Dozier, M., Grigorenko, E., (2012). Differential patterns of whole-genome DNA methylation in institutionalized children and children raised by their biological parents. Developmental Psychopathology, 24(1), pp. 143-155.
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579411000605
Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-16424652705925510212012-11-22T17:24:00.001-05:002012-11-22T17:24:53.483-05:00Interview at NYU Medical Center after I did Grand RoundsEarlier this month I did Grand Rounds at the NYU Medical Center in New York City. Afterwards I was interviewed and you can view the interview at: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tJY2CWNqLo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tJY2CWNqLo</a>Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-63311939892589268152012-06-27T07:03:00.001-04:002012-06-27T07:03:17.933-04:00Attachment Focused Treatment Institute GrowingThe Attachment Focused Treatment Institute's Certification is growing by leaps and bounds. We have quite a large group on the listserv. Of that group there are about 20 Certified Attachment-Focused Psychotherapists and Family Therapists and five certified Attachment-Focused Consultants. There are two Certified Attachment-Focused Organizations and three in process.
The Institute, based at the Academy for Human Development, a University in Singapore, is the one of the few certification programs that is University based. The program certifies therapists who practice Attachment-Focused Treatments, such as Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy.Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-26022756370068690322012-06-23T19:24:00.002-04:002012-06-23T19:24:43.841-04:00New York City office now openDear colleagues,
Our NYC office is now open and we've begun to see families there. We have a wonderful group of staff and affiliates. You can see our info at the <a href="http://www.center4familydevelop.com/newyorkofficelocation.html">division's website</a>.
http://www.center4familydevelop.com/newyorkofficelocation.html
best regards
artArthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-83415237792046618722012-04-22T09:27:00.000-04:002012-04-22T09:27:23.291-04:00Attachment-Focused Treatment InstituteA collaboration between the Academy for Human Development's Graduate Counseling program (a University in Singapore) and the Center for Family Development. This Institute provides training and certification in Attachment-Focused Therapy, Attachment-Focused Family Therapy, and certification as an Attachment-Focused Professional (for residential treatment center milieu staff, teachers, therapeutic foster parents, occupational therapists, and others who wish to use attachment-facilitating methods in their work.
In addition, the Institute providers certification for organizations (Group Homes, Foster Care agencies, Residential Treatment Centers, Wilderness Program, and Therapeutic Boarding Schools as a Certified Attachment-Focused Organization.
See the Institute's Facebook page.Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-75618107542575670172012-04-10T10:42:00.000-04:002012-04-10T10:42:20.706-04:00The Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy PrimerThe Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Primer is now out in print and Kindle at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dyadic-Developmental-Psychotherapy-Primer-ebook/dp/B007SO9UNO/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1334068545&sr=8-10">Amazon</a>. This book describes the principles of Attachment-Focused Treatment, the components of treatment, and the differential use of those 14 components in the five phases of treatment. It is essential a treatment manual, with many clinical examples, describing the essential elements of attachment-focused family therapy.Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-63040117661709811002012-03-29T10:44:00.000-04:002012-03-29T10:44:05.365-04:00Attachment Focused Treatment InstituteThe Center for Family Development, in conjunction with a University, the Academy of Human Development in Singapore, has opened the Attachment-Focused Treatment Institute. The Institute offers three levels of certification:<br />
Attachment-Focused Therapist<br />
Attachment-Focused Family Therapist<br />
Attachment-Focused Professional<br />
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The Attachment-Focused Treatment Institute was founded to provide training and certification in treatment methods based on attachment theory. Attachment-Focused Treatment includes psychotherapy, family therapy, and work by other professionals using the principles of attachment theory to guide interventions, treatment, and programs. <br />
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Certification is offered in conjunction with the Academy of Human Development, a university in Singapore, and The Center for Family Development. CEU’s are awarded through the University and the Board of Psychology, Indiana. <br />
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There are three Certifications offered: Certified Attachment-Focused Therapist, Certified Attachment-Focused Family Therapist, and Certified Attachment-Focused Professional. The Therapist Certification is for mental health providers. The Professional Certification is for residential treatment center staff, therapeutic foster carers, educators, and others who wish to use Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Attachment-Focused Treatment methods in their work.<br />
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Certification by the Institute means that the professional has completed a comprehensive course of advanced study in the application of attachment theory and the latest advances in interpersonal neurobiology to treatment, parenting, programming, and practice. <br />
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Attachment-Focused Treatment is grounded in attachment theory, the neurobiology of interpersonal experience, and uses methods and principles from Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy. <br />
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Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy is an evidence-based, effective, and empirically validated treatment that is grounded in current thinking and research on the etiology and treatment of Complex Trauma or Developmental Trauma Disorder and disorders of attachment. It is now recognized as a general approach to treatment. Treatment is primarily experiential. Teaching parents about attachment-facilitating parenting methods and the importance of attunement and responsive, sensitive parenting is essential. <br />
STEPS TO BECOME CERTIFIED<br />
There are two components to certification. The first is completion of the required number of approved training hours (48), which can be completed through the SKYPE Master Class. The second is the consultation component in which the applicant's work is reviewed to assess how the material is being applied in practice. <br />
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Attachment-Focused Therapist & Attachment-Focused Family Therapist<br />
1. Complete 48 hours of training<br />
2. Provide evidence that you are authorized to practice in your jurisdiction, evidence of applicable insurance, singed attestation form.<br />
3. Completion of the Consultation-Practicum: review of a minimum of six DVDs.<br />
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Attachment-Focused Professional<br />
1. Complete 48 hours of training.<br />
2. Letter from your supervisor approving your participation in the Institute's certification program.<br />
3. Completion of the Consultation-Practicum: review or observation of a minimum of four DVDs.<br />
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Certification is valid for three years. Re-certification requirements include either attending an Advanced Practice Seminar (3 hours) or having one DVD illustrating your work reviewed by a consultant.Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-75980126582172781772012-02-21T20:30:00.000-05:002012-02-21T20:30:07.509-05:00Presentation at CALOI Will be presenting at <a href="http://caloteens.com/blog/post/Professional-Conference.aspx">CALO</a> in April as their keynote speaker for their annual conference. See:<br />
http://caloteens.com/blog/post/Professional-Conference.aspx<br />
This is their annual conference and will be held April 12 & 13 2012.Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-43595562360719796262012-02-13T12:50:00.000-05:002012-02-13T12:50:20.797-05:00Assessing Complex Trauma: WebinarAssessing Complex Trauma<br />
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This workshop will describe a three session model for the assessment of Complex Trauma (aka Developmental Trauma Disorder). A brief description of what is Complex Trauma and its effects on child development and the importance of parenting will be followed by a presentation of the assessment protocol. This assessment protocol is multi-modal and uses data from records, caregivers, various psychometric instruments. Screening of the various domains of possible impairment is an essential element of this protocol.<br />
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This workshop will only be available through Webinar (instructions on how to access the Webinar will be provided upon registration)<br />
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Date: June 15th, 2012 10:00am – 11:30am<br />
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Workshop Leaders:<br />
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Arthur Becker-Weidman, Ph.D., Center for Family Development<br />
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Emily Becker-Weidman, PhD, Child Study Center, New York University<br />
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To register, please complete the attached registration form and send to Maribel Cruz<br />
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(p) 212-660-1318<br />
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(f) 212-660-1319<br />
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Email: MaribelC@nyfoundling.org<br />
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Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection<br />
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27 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014<br />
The New York State<br />
Chapter of American<br />
Professional Society on the Abuse of Children<br />
Presents<br />
The 2011/2012<br />
Child Abuse<br />
Workshop Series<br />
Co-Sponsored by<br />
The New York Foundling<br />
Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection<br />
Villano Conference Center<br />
27 Christopher Street<br />
New York, New York 10014<br />
www.nyfoundling.org/fontana-center<br />
Workshops<br />
1. Preventing Foster Home Disruption: A Programmatic Approach<br />
This workshop is for mental health clinicians, case planners, supervisors and administrators working in the child welfare system. The workshop will identify the risk factors that contribute to foster home disruption and describe clinical and social service interventions designed to<br />
stabilize the foster home and prevent disruption of the foster home.<br />
Date/Time: October 24, 2011 10:00am to 11:30am<br />
Workshop Leader: Mel Schneiderman, Ph.D<br />
Director of Mental Health Services<br />
New York Foundling<br />
Co-founder Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection<br />
2. Forensically Defensible Child Sexual Abuse Evaluations<br />
This workshop, presented by a defense attorney, will focus on issues which arise in the context of child sexual abuse litigation including Parental Alienation “Syndrome,” the suggestibility of children, allegations of child sexual abuse in the context of divorce/custody proceedings, proper forensic interviewing, the professional ethics of mental health professionals maintaining proper records, and other issues.<br />
Date/Time: December 5, 2011 10:00am to 12pm<br />
Workshop Leader: Lawrence Jay Braunstein Esq.<br />
Partner in the Firm of Braunstein & Zuckerman, Esq.<br />
3. Common Myths and Clinical Realities of Child Maltreatment<br />
Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment or neglect of children. This<br />
workshop will provide a multi-disciplinary forum to explore commonly held beliefs that can<br />
often derail the process of obtaining the best outcomes for a child who has experienced any of these forms of child abuse. Through case-based discussion interspersed with brief didactics we will explore common myths as they relate to each of the forms of child maltreatment while<br />
integrating findings from the literature in the field.<br />
Date/Time: February 3, 2012 10am to 12pm<br />
Workshop Leader: Ingrid Walker-Descartes, MD, MPH, FAAP<br />
Maimonides Infants and Children’s Hospital of Brooklyn Child Abuse Pediatrician<br />
Attending - Pediatric Ambulatory Division<br />
Program Director - Pediatric Residency Training Program<br />
4. Evidence-Based Mental Health Interventions for Child Abuse<br />
This workshop will describe the current state of evidence-based mental health interventions for childhood abuse. Childhood models of PTSD and other sequelae will be described briefly. Em-pirically supported treatment for child sexual abuse, physical abuse and emotional/psychological abuse will be reviewed. Critical issues in treating youth will be described and finally national and state dissemination efforts will be noted, with focus on how New York State can adopt best prac-tices for the treatment of abused children.<br />
Date/Time: April 2, 2012 10am to 11:30am<br />
Workshop Leader: Komal Sharma-Patel, PhD<br />
Assistant Director of Research<br />
PARTNERS Program<br />
St. John’s University<br />
5. Integrating Prevention into Your Practice: American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Prevention Guidelines<br />
While much of professional practice has the objective of preventing further maltreatment, it is often difficult to understand how to best incorporate prevention activities into our work. This workshop will be hosted by a member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Board Prevention Task Force who will review current evidence and best practices in the child maltreatment field and discuss guidelines to assist professionals in integrating preven-tion into their work.<br />
Date/Time: May 1, 2012 10am to 11:30am<br />
Workshop Leader: Vincent J. Palusci, MD MS<br />
Professor of Pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine<br />
Child Abuse Pediatrician at the Frances L. Loeb Child<br />
Protection and Developmental Center at Bellevue Hospital<br />
6. Assessing Complex Trauma<br />
This workshop will describe a three session model for the assessment of Complex Trauma (aka Developmental Trauma Disorder). A brief description of what is Complex Trauma and its effects on child development and the importance of parenting will be followed by a presentation of the assessment protocol. This assessment protocol is multi-modal and uses data from records, care-givers, various psychometric instruments. Screening of the various domains of possible impair-ment is an essential element of this protocol.<br />
This workshop will only be available through Webinar<br />
Date and Time to be announced<br />
Workshop Leaders: Arthur Becker-Weidman, Ph.D.<br />
Center for Family Development<br />
Emily Becker-Weidman, PhD<br />
Child Study Center, New York University<br />
The New York State Chapter of<br />
American Professional Society on the<br />
Abuse of Children<br />
The New York State Chapter of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children provides an opportunity for professionals in New York State to meet, share ideas and experiences, develop strategies for improving<br />
professional services to clients, influence public policy and educate the public, other professionals, and policy makers about child maltreatment.<br />
The New York Foundling<br />
Vincent J. Fontana Center<br />
for Child Protection<br />
The Fontana Center supports the mission and values of The New York Foundling by serving as the advocacy,<br />
public policy, research, professional and community<br />
education arm of the agency.<br />
The Center’s mission is to eliminate child maltreatment through the identification and promotion of evidence based primary prevention and treatment strategies. To achieve this objective, The Fontana Center engages in<br />
research, professional training, community education and advocacy.<br />
Registration Form<br />
Please, indicate which workshop you would like to register for below.<br />
1._____Preventing Foster Home Disruption: A Programmatic Approach<br />
(October 24, 2011 10:00am to 11:30am)<br />
2. Forensically Defensible Child Sexual Abuse Evaluations<br />
(December 5, 2011 10:00am to 12pm)<br />
3._____Common Myths and Clinical Realities of Child Maltreatment<br />
(February 3, 2012 10am to 12pm)<br />
4._____Evidence-Based Mental Health Interventions for Child Abuse<br />
(April 2, 2012 10am to 11:30am)<br />
5. Integrating Prevention into Your Practice: APSAC Prevention Guidelines (May 1, 2012 10am to 11:30am)<br />
6._____Assessing Complex Trauma: Webinar Only<br />
(Date: TBA)<br />
There is no fee for New York State APSAC members or for NY Foundling staff.<br />
There is a $10.00 fee for all non NYS APSAC members.<br />
Please make check payable to:<br />
Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection<br />
All workshops will be held at the Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection<br />
at 27 Christopher Street in Manhattan.<br />
Subway stops: West 4th (A,C, E, F, B, D, M trains) or Christopher Street (1 train)<br />
Send check and registration form to Maribel Cruz at:<br />
maribelc@nyfoundling.org<br />
Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection<br />
27 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014<br />
Phone: 212-660-1318Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-42334049783554672622012-02-12T16:37:00.002-05:002012-02-12T16:37:41.265-05:00Working with culturally diverse groupsI've been reading and thinking, recently, about work with culturally diverse groups and wonder if any of you do and what your experience has been. <br />
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In thinking about treatment it seems that family and DDP therapists (who are primarily European-American) may tend to:<br />
* Allow and encourage expressing emotions freely and openly<br />
* View each member as having a right to the member's own unique self: to individuate from the family as a primary unit of identity<br />
* Strive for equal division of labor among members of the family<br />
* Consider egalitarian role relationships between spouses as preferred<br />
* Focus on the nuclear family as the standard.<br />
* Value a present-future time perspective<br />
<br />
A variety of other cultures have differing values and orientations (Asian, South-Asian, Black American, First Nations/Native American, Hispanic, to name a few). <br />
<br />
It might be interesting to have a discussion about working with culturally diverse groups...if any of us do work with such groups (I do, so that's what prompted my readings and thinking).<br />
<br />
regards<br />
<br />
artArthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-25385237094758116582012-02-10T14:32:00.000-05:002012-02-10T14:32:05.918-05:00Spanking lowers IQ scoresA comprehensive study of the literature in the <a href="http://nospank.net/n-v16.htm" target="_blank">Canadian Medical Journal</a> finds that spanking children results in poor outcomes: lower IQ scores. <br />
<br />
The arguments against spanking and corporal punishment are even stronger when considering its re-traumatizing effects on children who have experienced complex trauma.Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-74802622509480971582012-02-05T12:19:00.000-05:002012-02-05T12:19:06.812-05:00Attachment Therapy CompanionThe book I wrote with 2 colleagues, <a href="http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Attachment-focused-Therapy/">Attachment Therapy Companion</a>, will be out in July an is now listed on the Norton website:<br />
<br />
http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Attachment-focused-Therapy/<br />
<br />
The book is meant to be a statement of best practice in the provision of attachment focused therapy. It described the theory base for this approach, appropriate and evidence-based principles for evaluation and treatment, and ethical principles of practice. <br />
<br />
It is a must read for anyone practicing treatment grounded in attachment theory.Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-45736239272721573632011-11-17T16:45:00.000-05:002011-11-17T16:45:48.210-05:00Training in Complex Trauma for Value Behavioral Health ProvidersI'm in Pittsburgh now, November 17, 2011. I'll be doing a presentation for Value Behavioral Health about evaluating and treatment Complex Trauma tomorrow. VBH manages the Medicaid contract for the State of PA for Western PA, so there will be about 350 providers at the training.Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-41752679642087159622011-11-12T08:48:00.002-05:002011-11-12T08:48:39.537-05:00Attachment Therapy CompanionI've just heard that a book I wrote with two colleagues,<br />
The Attachment Therapy Companion: Key Practices for Treating Children<br />
& Families<br />
is now in production and should be out in early 2012. The book<br />
describes what are the standards of care for this treatment.<br />
From the Introduction:<br />
<br />
This book is an important contribution to the field of trauma<br />
treatment and attachment-focused the therapy. It provides the<br />
clinician with a framework to assess, develop treatment plans, and<br />
provide treatment in a comprehensive and integrated manner. College<br />
professors are afforded a guide for classroom instruction. The book<br />
will provide consumers with the necessary tools and information to<br />
make better informed decisions regarding the adequacy of care they are<br />
getting. College professors will find this book a useful adjunct for<br />
family therapy, treatment, and ethics classes and the study guide will<br />
assist in classroom instruction. Finally the book will provide judges,<br />
child welfare professionals, insurance companies, and others with a<br />
framework for evaluating proposed plans of care. It is my belief that<br />
this book will mark a new stage in the development of attachment-<br />
focused therapy by delineating what are the standards of care for the<br />
treatment of attachment and trauma disorders.Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-36579374355575705632011-10-23T16:25:00.002-04:002011-10-23T16:25:36.026-04:00Tips for parentsTips for parents on Halloween safety:<br />
<br />
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-l-pulido-phd/protecting-kids-first-a-s_b_991354.htmlArthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-63766407052905298402011-10-23T15:29:00.000-04:002011-10-23T15:29:00.545-04:00New Book on the Practice of Attachment-Focused TherapyDr. Becker-Weidman is one of the editors of a new book to be published early in 2012 on the professional practice of attachment-focused therapy. The two other editors are Lois Ehrmann and Denise LeBow. The book will serve as a practice manual defining standards of care. The book will be a valuable resource for social workers, psychologists, mental health practitioners, departments of social services, child welfare organizations, judges, and attorneys. The book's table of contents will be:<br />
Chapter 1: Terminology and Diagnosis<br />
Chapter 2: Purposes and Scope of Guide<br />
Chapter 3: Overview of Attachment Theory: Synopsis of Key Concepts<br />
CHAPTER 4: Overview of Attachment-Focused Therapy<br />
CHAPTER 5: Core Concepts of Trauma and Trauma Focused Therapy<br />
CHAPTER 6: Intake, Screening, & Referral<br />
CHAPTER 7: Assessment of Children With Attachment Issues<br />
CHAPTER 8: Treatment Planning<br />
CHAPTER 9: Considerations in Behavior Management<br />
CHAPTER 10: Training, Consultation, and Competency<br />
CHAPTER 11: Ethical Considerations in Attachment Focused Therapy<br />
CHAPTER 12: Vicarious Trauma and the Clinician’s Responsibility for Self Care<br />
References <br />
Glossary <br />
Appendix A: Paper on Coercion in Treatment<br />
Appendix B: Screening and Assessment Tools<br />
Appendix C: Out-of Home Placements <br />
Appendix D: Study GuideArthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-50862627499481379492011-09-25T16:41:00.000-04:002011-09-25T16:41:01.328-04:00Dr. Becker-Weidman to present two days in Northern CaliforniaDr. Becker-Weidman will be presenting a workshop, <a href="http://www.center4familydevelop.com/Art_BW.pdf">"Healing Trauma and Attachment Disorders"</a> at two locations in Northern California Oct 14 & 15.Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-28157521172668258632011-09-25T16:39:00.000-04:002011-09-25T16:39:03.944-04:00Dr. Becker-Weidman in Saratoga SpringsDr. Becker-Weidman will be presenting a community workshop, <a href="http://www.center4familydevelop.com/2011_fall_conference_BrochureFINAL.pdf">"Complex Trauma: A Community Approach"- Implications for Treatment, Parenting, Child Welfare, Family Court and Education"</a><br />
in Saratoga Springs on October 20, 2011.Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-2885792391929760922011-09-25T16:33:00.000-04:002011-09-25T16:33:18.849-04:00Dr. Becker-Weidman @ Justice For Children in SyracuseDr. Becker-Weidman will be presenting at the <a href="http://www.center4familydevelop.com/BJFC2011_Training_Seminar_Schedule.pdf">2011 Building Justice for Children Conference</a> in Syracuse October 25-27. He will be talking about Assessing Children's mental health and trauma issues.Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-61191081290458674422011-09-20T15:40:00.000-04:002011-09-20T15:40:18.575-04:00A cool website for 3D images of the BrainI found this cool website and thought you'd be interested in it.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.g2conline.org/2022">3D Brain images</a><br />
<br />
<br />
http://www.g2conline.org/2022Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-86420114159299569762011-09-12T17:29:00.000-04:002011-09-12T17:29:10.614-04:00What is Attachment?The attachment system, is a biologically based system that evolved to ensure the survival of the human infant. In simple terms, it is a proximity seeking system. When a child is threatened, the child will seek its primary caregiver who provides a sense of safety and security.<br />
<br />
The organization ATTACh (<a href="http://attach.org">Association for the Treatment and Training of Attachment in Children</a>) gives the following lengthier definition of attachment:<br />
“Attachment is a reciprocal process by which an emotional connection develops between an infant and his/her primary caregiver. It influences the child’s physical, neurological, cognitive, and psychological development. It becomes the basis for development of basic trust or mistrust, and shapes how the child will relate to the world, learn, and form relationships throughout life.”Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-44787188653319413652011-09-09T09:27:00.002-04:002011-09-09T09:27:40.389-04:00Complex Trauma: A community ApproachDr. Becker-Weidman will be presenting two day-long workshops in California:<br />
<br />
<br />
Arthur Becker -Weidman, Ph.D. <br />
Friday, October 14, 2011 <br />
9:00 AM—4:00 PM <br />
Chi co Masonic Fami ly Cente r <br />
1110 W. East Avenue , Chi co CA <br />
Please RSVP to (530) 879-3861 or ldamschroder@sierraff.org <br />
This FREE training is made available through the collaborative efforts of <br />
Sierra Forever Families & California Department of Social Services <br />
Childcare Reimbursement Available call Leslie 879-3861 for more information <br />
Arthur Becker-Weidman, Ph.D. is a Diplomat in Child Psychology and Forensic Psychology, the American Board of Psychological Specialties. He is a Registered Clinician with the Association for the Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children and is a Certified Therapist, Consultant, and Trainer of Dyadic Developmental treatment®. Dr. <br />
Becker-Weidman has edited and authored four books: Creating Capacity for Attachment (2005/2008), Attachment Parenting (2010), Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy: Essential Practices & Methods (2010), and The Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Casebook (2011). He has four DVD's. Dr. Becker-Weidman is on the Board of Directors of the Association for the Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children where he serves on several committees. Dr. Becker-Weidman provides training and workshops to parents, professionals, and governments across the U.S. and internationally. <br />
These learning objectives will be addressed: <br />
Participants will be able to describe how parent-child attachment normally develops <br />
Participants will identify the seven domains of impairment caused by Complex Trauma <br />
Participants will be able to identify three general principles of parenting & treatment grounded in attachment-theory & Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy <br />
Participants will be able to use two new interventions to help parents with children with trauma and attachment disorders <br />
Participants will be able to describe one key element of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and be able to use it in their practice <br />
Parents will be be able to describe the fundamental principles of attachment-facilitating parenting. <br />
Parents will be able to implement at least two attachment facilitating interventions <br />
Course meets qualifications for 6 hours continuing <br />
education credit for MFT’s & LCSW’s as required by the Board of Behavioral SciencesArthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-66053323504034519182011-09-09T08:50:00.000-04:002011-09-09T08:50:22.805-04:00Complex Trauma: A community ApproachDr. Becker-Weidman will be presenting an all day workshop on October 20, 2011 in Saratoga Springs.<br />
<br />
“Complex Trauma: A Community Approach”- Implications for Treatment, Parenting, Child Welfare, Family Court and Education.”<br />
<br />
With Dr. Arthur Becker-Weidman<br />
<br />
October 20, 2011<br />
<br />
8:30- 5 pm.<br />
<br />
8:00am Registration<br />
<br />
Knights of Columbus Hall<br />
50 Pine Road<br />
Saratoga Springs, New York<br />
<br />
CONFERENCE FEE<br />
PROFESSIONALS: $95.00<br />
All purchase orders add $15.00<br />
PARENTS & GUARDIANS: $25.00<br />
Due to Co-Sponsorship by the Theraplay Institute 6 CEUs are available for psychologists and play therapists<br />
<br />
Coffee & Lunch Included<br />
<br />
MAKE YOUR CHECK PAYABLE TO:<br />
CCMH YOUTH CONFERENCE<br />
<br />
MAIL TO:<br />
Tammy Horan<br />
Saratoga County Mental Health Center<br />
211 Church Street<br />
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866<br />
518-584-9030<br />
e-mail: ythserv@yahoo.com<br />
<br />
Name:___________________________<br />
<br />
Agency:__________________________<br />
<br />
Address:_________________________<br />
<br />
________________________________<br />
<br />
Phone:___________________________<br />
<br />
E-Mail:__________________________<br />
<br />
Children in the Child Welfare system have often experienced Complex Trauma and require specialized treatment, parenting and educational approaches. For over twenty-five years Dr. Becker Weidman has specialized in the treatment of families with children who have complex trauma and disorders of attachment and on training therapists, parents, children welfare workers, educators and courts<br />
Dr. Becker- Weidman will describe Complex Trauma and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), which is an evidence-based, effective, and empirically validated treatment, and how these approaches and concepts can integrate the community response system. Dr. Becker-Weidman will explain the effects of complex trauma on child development as well as factors affecting placement stability. The ways that teachers, child welfare professionals, parents, and therapists respond are often the key to lessening the ill effects of trauma. The community system of care must embody the principles of safety, security, support, acceptance, curiosity so that the child and family can heal. Through the use of presentations and tapes of actual sessions, Dr. Becker-Weidman will explain his approach.<br />
<br />
Children in the Child Welfare system have often experienced Complex trauma and require specialized treatment, parenting and educational approaches. For over twenty-five years Dr. Becker Weidman has specialized in the treatment of families with children who have complex trauma and disorders of attachment and on training therapists, parents, children welfare workers, educators and courts. The material presented by Dr. Becker-Weidman will build on the presentation of Dr. Daniel Hughes her in 2009. Dr. Becker-Weidman and Dr. Hughes are close colleagues, haven written articles together and collaborate as trainers and Board members of the Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute.<br />
Dr. Becker- Weidman will describe Complex Trauma and dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, which is an evidence-based, effective, and empirically validated treatment,how these approaches and concepts can integrate the systems of care that are involved with foster and adoptive families and their children, as well as will children with histories of abuse and neglect and attachment disorganization. Dr. Becker-Weidman will explain what Complex Trauma is, its effects on child development, factors affecting placement stability and the implications of this for teachers, child welfare professionals, parents, and therapists. The framework for this presentation will be Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, an approach grounded in Attachment Theory. Dr. Becker-Weidman’s approach within all systems of care is to provide safety, security and the necessary support so that the positive and emotionally meaningful relationships can develop. He actively communicates acceptance, curiosity and empathy. The system of care must embody these principles so that the child and family can heal. Through the use of presentations and tapes of actual sessions, Dr. Becker-Weidman will explain his approach.<br />
<br />
About the Presenter<br />
Dr. Arthur Becker-Weidman has been training professionals, evaluating and treating families and children with trauma-attachment disorders for over thirty years. He has a PhD from the University of Maryland’s Institute for Child Study and is a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychological Specialties in Child Psychology and Forensic Psychology. He is recognized as an expert witness and frequently provides testimony in court proceedings.<br />
Art lives in Williamsville, NY with his family and is the Director of The Center for Family Development, an internationally recognized training and treatment center. He is the author of four books: Creating Capacity for Attachment (2005/2008), Attachment Facilitating Parenting (2010), Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Casebook (2011). He is the author of many articles in professional peer-reviewed journals and empirical studies. He has published research demonstrating the efficacy and evidence-base of DDP. Dr. Becker-Weidman provides training and consultation to therapists, psychologists, social workers, and parents throughout the US, Australia, Canada, Finland, Singapore, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.<br />
<br />
Who Should Attend?<br />
This program is designed for anyone who would like to know how to work together across disciplines with children and families who have suffered from the effects of Complex Trauma. The conference is directed toward child-centered professionals and community systems that work to help to lessen those effects. This training will provide a perceptual framework to understand what these children and families need as well as readily implementable ideas that can be used at home, school, community, as well as in therapeutic, child welfare, and family court offices.<br />
• Psychologists and Psychiatrists<br />
• Social Workers/Therapists<br />
• Family Therapists<br />
• Play Therapists<br />
• Parents and Caretakers<br />
• Residential Counselors<br />
• Teachers/School Professionals<br />
• Adoption/Post-adoption Caseworkers<br />
• Child Welfare Workers<br />
• Family Court Judges<br />
• Early Childhood Development Specialists<br />
• Teachers/School Professionals<br />
• Adoption/Post-adoption Caseworkers<br />
• Child Welfare Workers<br />
• Family Court Judges<br />
• Early Childhood Development Specialists<br />
<br />
Program Schedule<br />
Introduction/Overview of Day-8:30-8:45<br />
Complex Trauma………………..8:45-11:00<br />
1) What is Complex Trauma?<br />
2) 7 Domains of Impairment<br />
3) Effects on Child Development and Behavior<br />
4) DVD: A child’s View<br />
BREAK……………………………..10:30-10:45<br />
Factors affecting placement stability & Breakdown………………………11:00-11:30<br />
Principles of effective interventions-11:30-12:00<br />
LUNCH……………………………..12:00-1:00<br />
Implications for Parents, Teachers, Clinicians, Child Welfare and Family Court …………………..…………………..1:00-5:00<br />
Teachers……………………… ….1:00-2:00<br />
Class and School Practices<br />
Child Welfare and Family Court-2:00-3:00<br />
Placement Policies/Court Issues<br />
Foster Parent Selection & Training<br />
BREAK………………………………..3:00-3:15<br />
Treatment……………………………3:15-4:00<br />
Elements of treatment Parenting<br />
…………….………………………….4:00-5:00<br />
Attachment Facilitating Parenting<br />
<br />
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:<br />
Tammy Horan<br />
518-584-9030<br />
conferenceythserv@yahoo.com<br />
DIRECTIONS:<br />
From I-87 take Exit 13N, merge onto US-9<br />
toward Saratoga Springs<br />
4.4m turn left onto Washington St. /NY 29<br />
(Corner with Starbucks)<br />
1.5 m turn left onto Pine Rd<br />
Left into Parking Lot.<br />
50 Pine Rd.<br />
Knights of Columbus HallArthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881396263864308560.post-3237333225858975712011-09-08T13:56:00.000-04:002011-09-08T13:56:31.222-04:00Healing Trauma & Attachment Disorders WorkshopDr. Becker-Weidman will be presenting two day-long workshops in California:<br />
<br />
<br />
Arthur Becker -Weidman, Ph.D. <br />
Friday, October 14, 2011 <br />
9:00 AM—4:00 PM <br />
Chi co Masonic Fami ly Cente r <br />
1110 W. East Avenue , Chi co CA <br />
Please RSVP to (530) 879-3861 or ldamschroder@sierraff.org <br />
This FREE training is made available through the collaborative efforts of <br />
Sierra Forever Families & California Department of Social Services <br />
Childcare Reimbursement Available call Leslie 879-3861 for more information <br />
Arthur Becker-Weidman, Ph.D. is a Diplomat in Child Psychology and Forensic Psychology, the American Board of Psychological Specialties. He is a Registered Clinician with the Association for the Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children and is a Certified Therapist, Consultant, and Trainer of Dyadic Developmental treatment®. Dr. <br />
Becker-Weidman has edited and authored four books: Creating Capacity for Attachment (2005/2008), Attachment Parenting (2010), Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy: Essential Practices & Methods (2010), and The Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Casebook (2011). He has four DVD's. Dr. Becker-Weidman is on the Board of Directors of the Association for the Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children where he serves on several committees. Dr. Becker-Weidman provides training and workshops to parents, professionals, and governments across the U.S. and internationally. <br />
These learning objectives will be addressed: <br />
Participants will be able to describe how parent-child attachment normally develops <br />
Participants will identify the seven domains of impairment caused by Complex Trauma <br />
Participants will be able to identify three general principles of parenting & treatment grounded in attachment-theory & Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy <br />
Participants will be able to use two new interventions to help parents with children with trauma and attachment disorders <br />
Participants will be able to describe one key element of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and be able to use it in their practice <br />
Parents will be be able to describe the fundamental principles of attachment-facilitating parenting. <br />
Parents will be able to implement at least two attachment facilitating interventions <br />
Course meets qualifications for 6 hours continuing <br />
education credit for MFT’s & LCSW’s as required by the Board of Behavioral SciencesArthur Becker-Weidman, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336450524735140641noreply@blogger.com0