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BOSTON INSTITUTE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF INFANTS AND PARENTS

  


BIDIP
Spring Program
2001


STRENGTHENING INFANT AND TODDLER
COPING STRATEGIES WITHIN A
CAREGIVER RELATIONSHIP

Saturday, March 31, 2001  9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, 221 Rivermoor Street, West Roxbury, MA

Sponsored by: BIDIP, in cooperation with Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology

Please contact BIDIP at (617) 484-6603 or by e-mail to bidip@bidip.org.

Participants will learn how to
  • identify coping styles of infants and toddlers and develop strategies to improve their ability to cope with their seonsory wants and needs within caregiver relationships;
  • define the specific elements that promote emotional availability within dyads and triads;
  • determine specific behavioral elements of caregiver's interaction and build upon enhancing the positive behaviors through supervision, mentoring and training; and
  • conceptualize how to assess, intervene, and evaluate the development of positive interactions between caregivers and infants and toddlers that improve infacnt/toddler coping.
    • A Half-Day Spring ProgramParticipants are invited to bring examples for discussion from children and families with whom they are working.

    Presenters

    Libby Zimmerman, Ph.D., LICSW is a social worker with a particular interest in understanding how children relate to more than one caregiver. Her research focuses on infants' developing relationships with their parents and their infant childcare teachers. She is a Senior Early Childhood Associate with the Early Head Start National Research Center at Zero to Three. In this position, she is a consultant to federal staff working to support Early Head Start programs in the New England Region. For the past 12 years, Dr. Zimmerman taught at Boston University School of Social Work where she chaired the Human Behavior Sequence. She is currently completing work on a federal Multidisciplinary Assessment Training grant.

    Sharon Ray, ScD, OTR/L has extensive clinical experience working with children and their families in both early intervention and school-based settings. She currently teaches pediatrics in occupational therapy at Boston School of Occupational Therapy at Tufts. She provides consultation to occupational therapists in various pediatric practice areas and to school and early intervention programs. Her research involves examining the interactions that occur between parents and their young children with a focus on the relationship to the child's engagement in activity.

    Registration

    Pre-registration is requested. No confirmations will be mailed. After March 22, add late fee: $10. Refund requests must be received in writing by March 22. $25 of the fee is non-refundable.

    Continuing Education Credits

    Psychologists (4 Hours) BIDIP is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education. The APA-approved sponsor maintains responsibility for the program.
    Educators and EI (4 Hours) PDP and OFC certificate.
    Social Workers (4 Hours) applied for*
    Nurses (4.8 Contact Hours) applied for*
    Licensed Mental Health Counselors (4 Hours) applied for*

    * For information regarding status of continuing education credits, call BIDIP: (617) 484-6603.

    Registrants must attend the entire workshop to receive continuing education credit. CEU certificate charge is $5.


  • Emergency Phone Number (617) 327-6777, ask for BIDIP Conference.
  • Free Parking.
  • Directions to MSPP [To be provided.] Address: 221 Rivermoor St, West Roxbury, MA


    Fee Schedule

    (Regular / BIDIP/NECCAP)
  • PhD/EdD clinicians, MDs: Regular: $85 / BIDIP members*: $75
  • Other Professionals: $75 / $65
  • Students, Professionals-in-training, and MEIC members: $45 / $45 (no additional discount)
    * Discount applies only to forms received by March 22

    Fee Due: _______
    $10 Late Fee after March 22 _______
    $5 CEU Certificate charge _______

    BIDIP Membership 2001: Regular - $25 * Student - $15
    NOTE Paying dues with this registration entitles you to the member's discount on the conference registration fee.

    Make checks payable to BIDIP and mail with your registration form to:
    BIDIP Spring Program
    26 Trapelo Road
    Belmont, MA 02478


    BIDIP Spring Program * March 31, 2001 * Registration Form

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    Last update: March 10, 2001
    BIDIP e-mail to: bidip@bidip.org