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BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFANTS AND PARENTS

Seminars in Infant-Parent Relationships
1997 - 1998


September 23, 1997
Sexual Abuse in Very Young Children
Muriel Sugarman, MD, Child Psychiatrist, Assistant in Psychiatry, MGH Faculty, Harvard Medical School.
Clinical indications that a child may have been sexually abused, andtechniques and strategies for talking to very young children about thetopic without introducing leading questions or influencing details of thechild's disclosure.


October 28, 1997
Mothers and Infants in India:
Attachment Study of Intra-Uterine Growth-Retarded Infants and Their Mothers
Lynn LaGasse, PhD, Assistant Clinical Professor/Pediatrics, Brown University Program in Medicine, Providence, RI
Kathryn Weinberg, PhD, Research Associate, Children's Hospital, Boston
Report on research program in India led by Children's Hospital and Women and Infants Hospital staff.


January 27, 1998
Raising Readers:
An Early Intervention for Parents, Teachers, and Children in the Area of Emerging Literacy
Jean Ciborowski, PhD, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

February 24, 1998
Evaluation of Young Children for PDD/Autism
Karen Levine, PhD, Director of Psychology, Developmental Evaluation Clinic, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

March 24, 1998
Attention Problems in Young Children:
Diagnosis and Treatment
Joann Frankhouser, PsyD, Director, Preschool Team, Neurodevelopmental Center, North Shore Children's Hospital, Salem, MA
Leslie Goldberg, MEd, Director, Attention Disorders Clinic, Neurodevelopmental Center, North Shore Children's Hospital, Salem, MA

April 28, 1998
Variations in Childrearing Practices:
Mother-Infant Interaction in San Jose, Costa Rica and Boston
Pablo Stansbury, EdD Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Child Development Unit, Children's Hospital Boston

May 26, 1998
Developmental Follow-up of Prenatally Cocaine-exposed Infants:
Maternal and Environmental Influences
Yvette Blanchard, ScD, PT, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT

All professionals interested in infant/child/parent
development are invited to attend

Place: Annenberg Library Lecture Hall, Pine Manor College, 400 Heath Street, Chestnut Hill, MA

Time: 7:30-9:30 PM (fourth Tuesday of month)

Continuing Education Credits: Psychologist - APA; Social Workers - NASW receive 2 CE Credit Hours/seminar (must attend 80% of Sep-Jan or Feb-May seminars to receive credits); Nurses - MNA: BIDIP program meets the specifications of the Board of Registrationin Nursing (244CMR).

Fee: $10, BIDIP members $9. Auditors: suggested contribution $5.

Directions: College is 1 mile south of Rte. 9, 5 miles west of Boston.From Rte 128: take Rte 9 east for 3 1/2 mi., turn right on Hammond St.,turn left, cross Rte 9, take first left (Heath St.) for 1/2 mile.



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