Children's Institute, Inc.: Event Details: Strive to Thrive: Building Systems of Care for Birth to Fives

Strive to Thrive: Building Systems of Care for Birth to Fives

February 3, 2011

Save the Date – Join top researchers, advocates and health and social-service professionals on February 3-4, 2011, in Long Beach, California for the first national conference on infant and children’s mental health.

Conference topics include:

• Prevention and intervention models
• Trauma treatment
• Strategies to engage families with children in the child welfare system
• Adapting programs to meet diverse families’ cultural needs
• Perinatal substance abuse, maternal depression, domestic violence exposure, medically fragile children
• Policy changes and challenges

Confirmed National Speakers (Partial List):

• Gary Blau, PhD, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Charles Zeanah, MD, Tulane Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
• Betsy McCallister-Groves, LICSW, Boston University School of Medicine & Co-Director of the Child Protection Team at Boston Medical Center.
• Chandra Ghosh Ippen, PhD, Early Trauma Treatment Network

Download our Conference Program Announcement and the Call for Papers. If you have questions regarding the Call for Papers, please email us for assistance.

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