Infant Mental Health Seminar Series

Presented by:
Kate Rosenblum, Ph.D.,
Ann M. Stacks, Ph.D.
Lisa Garcia MSW LMSW

Clinical practice in infant mental health requires practitioners to assess and intervene with high-risk or problematic parent-infant relationships. The relationships that parents form with their infants are critical to healthy social and emotional development and the development of a secure attachment in infancy is strongly correlated with parent sensitivity. Unfortunately, research suggests that increasing parental sensitivity may not be enough to improve the parent-child attachment relationships. Drawing from the most recent research in attachment, this workshop will emphasize the assessment of parents' reflective functioning, insightfulness, and representations of their child, which underlie a parent's ability to be sensitive and to promote a secure parent-child relationship. Further, this workshop will translate recent advances in attachment research into practical guidelines for assessment and treatment of the parent-infant dyad. Clinical vignettes, videotapes, and interview transcripts will be used to illustrate a case study and will be woven through the presentation to highlight the usefulness of attachment-based assessments in infant mental health treatment.

To register and see more information on the Infant Mental Health Seminar Series please view the Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute Website and load the PDF Infant and Mental Health: 2008 Training Series Schedule and Registration Form

Questions? Contact Ann Stacks at (313) 872-1790 or
Ann Stacks Email: amstacks@wayne.edu