CT-AIMH 2019 Spring Conference

Connecticut Association for Infant Mental Health Announces:

 2019 CT-AIMH Spring Conference is open for Registration!

Date: May 9, 2019, 8:30 AM – 4 PM

Location: Woodwinds in Branford, CT

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD

Presentation: The Power of Early Childhood Experience in Shaping Risk & Resilience

Cost: $175 – Members , $225 – Non-members

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Overview: Experiences of early childhood shape the developing brain by providing a range of social, emotional, motor and cognitive experiences that impact the development and functioning of key neural networks in the infant brain.  The major provider of these early experiences are the primary carers.  This presentation will discuss the vital importance of supporting and fostering brain development from infancy throughout early childhood by supporting the carers.  The importance of designing caregiving strategies and support programs for new parents cannot be underestimated.  Dr. Perry’s address will focus on the importance of the relational ‘therapeutic web’ in providing the consistent, predicable and nurturing experiences that buffer stressors and build resilience.

Biography: Dr. Perry is the Senior Fellow of The ChildTrauma Academy, a not-for-profit organization based in Houston, TX (www.ChildTrauma.org), and adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago.  Dr. Perry is the author, with Maia Szalavitz, of The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog, a bestselling book based on his work with maltreated children and Born For Love: Why Empathy is Essential and Endangered. Over the last thirty years, Dr. Perry has been an active teacher, clinician and researcher in children’s mental health and the neurosciences holding a variety of academic positions.

Breakfast and Lunch Included

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