This annual conference offers professionals and families opportunities to:
• improve policy and enhance practices for children (birth to 21) who have or are at risk for mental health disorders;
• acquire skills and strategies that will improve outcomes for children with mental health needs;
• gain knowledge of best practices and latest research in infant, early childhood, and children’s mental health and related fields;
• enrich understanding of different perspectives and common goals in support of all children.
MONDAY KEYNOTE: Chandra Ghosh Ippen, PhD will focus on attachment, culture, and trauma as key forces that shape development and perspective, and the need for our treatments and service settings (school, juvenile justice, and social welfare) to be aware of and responsive to these key forces.
TUESDAY KEYNOTE: Ted Bowman, will present, "Meeting At a Busy Intersection: Disruptive Changes, Shattered Dreams, and Resiliency," a framework of resiliency that includes attention to change and loss that children face, including death, divorce, violence, chronic health conditions, and poverty. |
