Promoting Positive Parent-Infant Relationships: Understanding the Implications of Attachment

Dates:

September 16, 2005,
February 17, 2006, and
May 05, 2006

Details:

Maltreated Young Children: What do we See? What do they Need?
Recent brain development research confirms the impact of abuse, neglect, and poor parent-child relationships on the development of young children. Increasing numbers of children are entering community settings without a “secure” attachment with a primary caregiver. Communities are being confronted with the challenge of meeting the needs of these children across systems, including families, childcare programs, and schools. Most treatment in the past has focused on behavioral interventions with the child, often with poor outcomes.
This workshop will address, explore, and define the underlying needs that are being expressed through behavior. Specific forms of parenting therapy, educational and programmatic responses to children with insecure attachments will be discussed.

About the Presenter:
Julie Ribaudo, MSW, ACSW is a clinical social worker and infant mental health specialist in private practice in West Bloomfield, MI. She has extensive experience in the filed of attachment, regulatory disorders in young children, abuse/neglect, and postadoption treatment, in both domestic and international adoption. In addition to private practice, she has been an early childhood consultant with Oakland schools and an Early On coach. Julie is the current president of the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health.

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Register Online at:Kent County Early On 2005-2006 Workshop Schedule

Trainers:

Julie Ribaudo, MSW, ACSW