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Fresno, Tuesdays, beginning Aug 26, 2008 ~ 6-9pm
Sacramento, Mondays, beginning Aug 25, 2008 ~ 6-9pm San Diego, Thursdays beginning Aug 28, 2008 ~ 6-9pm Los Angeles (Alhambra) – Saturdays, Sept 6, 13, & 27, Oct 11 & 25, Nov 1 &15, 2008 ~ 9am-4:40pm This seminar addresses the theoretical bases of infant mental health, integrating normal and atypical infant development and infant-family relationships, with a particular emphasis on parent-child attachments. It introduces the basic assessment and intervention approaches in infant mental health with an emphasis on relationship-based approaches. Treatment planning is organized around the ecosystemic theoretical perspective, integrating development, relationships, intrapsychic processes and ecosystemic contexts, including interdisciplinary collaboration & ethics. Evidence-supported approaches are explored, including Infant-Parent Psychotherapy, Watch Wait, and Wonder, Circle of Security, and STEEP. Requires completion of outside reading and assignments, including a non-clinical infant-family case study. This course meets the following criteria developed by the California Infant, Early Childhood & Family Mental Health Workgroup on training standards: California's IPFMHI Training Guidelines
Fresno Instructor: Daryl Hitchcock, PhD, RPT-S is a licensed psychologist, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor and Clinical Director of the Assessment Center for Children ages 0-5 at Exceptional Parents Unlimited, Fresno. He co-developed and taught the Infant mental health learning lab Curriculum in Fresno County for non-clinician providers and worked as a psychologist with the Infant Mental Health team at Fresno County Mental Health Youth Link. He is a co-developer of the Marschak Interaction Method Rating System (MIMRS) and has published his research in the International Journal of Play Therapy. Sacramento Instructor: Beth Limberg, PhD, RPT-S is a licensed psychologist, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director of the doctoral clinical psychology program at CSPP/Alliant in Sacramento. She was Program Services Manager of Building Blocks Early Childhood Intervention Program at the River Oak Center for Children for several years. She is a national trainer on the DC:0-3R for Zero To Three. She presents extensively on early childhood mental health and has published two book chapters on Ecosystemic Play Therapy with young children. San Diego Instructors: Lily Cosico-Berge, PsyD, ATR-BC, RPT is a licensed psychologist and registered art & play therapist in the San Diego area. She is also a clinical supervisor at East County Outpatient Counseling, an outpatient clinic for children from birth to 21, and a psychological consultant to Head Start. She has developed and directed early intervention and treatment programs for infants, preschoolers and their families and has worked extensively with high-risk and multicultural populations. She uses an ecosystemic and relationship-based approach in her work, with particular emphasis on integration of diversity issues. She is trained in Incredible Years (IY), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Infant-Parent/Child-Parent Psychotherapy and Trauma Focused CBT. Kim Flowers, MSW, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker with the New Parent Support Program at Camp Pendleton, providing home-based counseling, developmental guidance, psycho education, developmental screening and bio-psychosocial assessments, parenting classes, perinatal support groups, and parent-child interactive groups with military families. She was trained as an Infant Mental Health Therapist with the Parent Infant Program in Michigan over ten years ago and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the field. Los Angeles Instructor: Mayra Mendez PhD, LMFT, CGP is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified group psychotherapist, certified marriage and family supervisor, and community speaker/educator with over 30 years experience in the fields of Developmental Disabilities and Infant Mental Health. She has extensive experience working with and conducting trainings for DCFS, Regional Centers of California, LACDMH, and First 5 L.A. She is clinical coordinator of the Developmental Disabilities Programs at Saint John's Child and Family Development Center in Santa Monica where she focuses her work on children and families with co-existing disabilities and mental health issues. Dr. Mendez also serves as an expert witness for the Board of Behavioral Sciences and independently for cases related to issues of developmental disabilities and early childhood mental health. |
