2002 FALL CONFERENCE
TEMPERAMENT, LIFE EXPERIENCES, AND INFANT-PARENT MENTAL HEALTH

The relationship between early temperaments and future personality development.

Clinical material that represents theory, research, and interactional strategies working toward optimizing developmental outcomes and healthy family function between parents and their infants.

How trauma affects attachment and affect development in infant-parent relationships.

Welcome 8:45am
Marjorie Beeghly, Ph.D.
Marcia Melanson, LICSW
BIDIP Co-Presidents

Keynote 9:00 - 12:00pm
Jerome Kagan, PhD
The Roots in Early Personality Development
of Later Psychotherapy
Moderator
Arnold M. Kerzner, MD

Marjorie Beeghly, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Senior Research Associate, Child Development Unit, Children's Hospital, Boston MA

Jean Bellows, MEd, PsyD Founding Partner/Psychotherapist, Trauma Recovery Associates, Boston MA

Jerome Kagan, PhD Research Professor of Psychology, Harvard University

Arnold M. Kerzner, M.D. Child Psychiatrist, Belmont Counseling Associates; Medical Director, Human Relations Service, Wellesley, MA; President Emeritus, BIDIP

Frances Mervyn, Ph. D. Community and Health Psychology Faculty, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology; Clinical Psychologist, Newton MA

Jayne M. Singer, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, Children's Hospital, Boston MA

Janice Ware, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, Children's Hospital, Boston MA

Lunch 12:00 - 1:00pm

Main Address I 1:00 - 3:15pm
Jayne M. SInger, PhD
Janice Ware, PhD
Infant Mental Health:
Examples of Interactional Clinical Intervention
Moderator
Marjorie Beeghly, PhD

Main Address II 3:15 - 4:45pm
Jean Bellows, MEd, PsyD
Comforting and Sustaining the Traumatized:
Caring for Ourselves While Caring for Others
Moderator
Frances V. Mervyn, PhD

There will be a 15-minute break in the morning and afternoon sessions. Question and Answer periods are included in the presentations. Book Sale will be held in the lobby of the Massachusetts Medical Society.

Continuing Education Credits*

Psychologists
BIDIP is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. BIDIP maintains responsibility for the program.

6 hours

Educators

6 hours PDP and OFC Certificate (no charge)

Social Workers

6 hours

Nurses

7.2 contact hours

Licensed Mental Health Counselors

6 hours

Physicial approval pending

6 hours

* Call BIDIP for status of CEUs offered.
Registrants must attend the entire conference for CEU credits. The Certificate charge is $10.