Center for Excellence in
Children's Mental Health
2007-08 Lessons from the Field Series
Workshop #3 - Morning
WORKSHOP TITLE:
Intergenerational Consequences of Attachment
PRESENTER:
Miriam Steele, Ph.D., is the Assistant Director of Clinical Training at The New School for Social Research in New York. Dr. Steele originally trained as a child psychoanalyst at the Anna Freud Centre in London, England and received her Ph.D. from the Department of Psychology at University College London. Her interests include bridging the world of psychoanalytic thinking and clinical practice with contemporary research in child development; attachment research; bonds between parents and children; intergenerational consequences of attachment; and the impact of attachment in the fields of adoption and foster care.
DATE:
May 7, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
LOCATION:
Great Hall, Coffman Union and broadcast to Greater MN Site
CONTENT:
Dr. Miriam Steele, Assistant Director of Clinical Training at The New School for Social Research in New York, presented on the intergenerational consequences of attachment as well as the impact of attachment in the fields of adoption and foster care.
GOAL:
To provide human services professionals, social workers, educators and parents with an understanding of the intergenerational consequences of attachment and the role of attachment in affect regulation and mental health issues of children.
OBJECTIVES:
- Gain knowledge of current research on the implications of the parent’s attachment representation for the development of healthy attachment representations for the child
- Understand the role of attachment in affect regulation and mental health issues for children
- Explore methods for intervening with adoptive/foster parents to facilitate parental understanding of a child’s state of mind
- Using the lens of attachment, learn strategies for promoting resilience in children that have experienced maltreatment
For questions or more information, please contact Ellen Lepinski at 612-625-6527 or lepin008@umn.edu.
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