The 13th Annual Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference featured an Infant and Early Childhood Reception and a Town Hall.  

Featured keynote speakers included Dr. Chandra Ghosh Ippen and Ted Bowman. Dr. Gosh Ippen’s presentation focused 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. She specifically addressed how trauma can shape development and the importance of addressing trauma as soon as possible.  

Bowman presented “Meeting At a Busy Intersection: Disruptive Changes, Shattered Dreams, and Resiliency,” sharing a framework of resiliency that included attention to change and loss.